In collaboration with the Austin Center for Photography, the Joynes Reading Room will host a panel discussion on Thursday, Nov. 18th, at 7PM, with four outstanding photographers. The theme of the panel will be “Growing Up in Texas”. The University of Texas Press has provided some free copies of coffee table books by two of these photographers—we’ll be giving away those books at the event.

Penny De Los Santos is an award-winning documentary photographer recognized for her evocative photo essays and food, travel, and landscape photography. Once named College Photographer of Year by the National Press Photographer’s Association, she now works as a senior contributing photographer to Saveur magazine, and is a regular contributor to National Geographic.

Susan Gaetz Duarte is an editorial and documentary photographer based in Austin. Her images have appeared in numerous publications including National Geographic, the Denver Post, and the Dallas Morning News. She is co-author of the book The Quiet Land: Mennonites in Texas, published by Texas A&M Press.

O. Rufus Lovett is a nationally acclaimed photographer. His first book, Weeping Mary, received the prestigious Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Outstanding Magazine Photography. His second book, Kilgore Rangerettes, was published in 2008 by University of Texas Press. Lovett has taught photography at Kilgore College, in Kilgore, Texas, for more than three decades, and is a regular contributing photographer to Texas Monthly. He lives in Longview, Texas.

After graduating from St. Edwards University, Jeff Wilson worked as a documentary photographer at the Texas House of Representatives and as a Forensic Photographer at the Texas Department of Public Safety. More recently, he won a National Magazine Award for his  work on dance halls for Texas Monthly. His book Home Fields was published recently by the University of Texas Press.

Call 512-471-5787 or e-mail mvalentine@mail.utexas.edu for more information.