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Virtual meetings are being held, unless specified as in-person or outings on our calendar.
Our weekly activities include tutorials, photo presentations, discussion forums, competitions and photo outings.
Although our regular meetings are reserved for member participation, they are open to the public. If you are interested in atttending a meeting, let us know via email at fortdinfo@gmail.com.
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Friday, October 23, 2026
7:30 PM CDT
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Fort Dearborn - Chicago Photo Forum Special Presentation
"Seating" is Limited
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About John Paul Caponigro
John Paul is a pioneer among visual artists working with digital media. He consults with the corporations that build the tools he uses, including Adobe, Apple, Canon, Kodak, and Sony. A member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame, Epson’s Stylus Pros, and X-Rite’s Coloratti, his work is published widely in periodicals and books, including Art News and The Ansel Adams Guide.
Author of the video training series R/Evolution and the book Adobe Photoshop Master Class, he has been a contributing editor to a variety of magazines and websites for over twenty years, including Camera Arts, Digital Photo Pro, The Huffington Post, and Apple. His conversations with photographers are archived in the Eastman Museum. His creative nonfiction and poetry have been published in over 100 literary journals across 20 countries on 5 continents.
A highly sought-after speaker (Apple, Microsoft, MIT), teaching thousands in workshops and tens of thousands in lectures, he leads unique adventures in the wildest places on earth to help participants connect more deeply with nature and themselves. He is a certified Jungian dream analyst. Get a taste of what he does in his Google and TEDx talks.
Learn more – visit www.johnpaulcaponigro.com
John Paul Caponigro
Enjoy an evening of inspiration as John Paul Caponigro shares his adventures in Antarctica (his favorite place), planet Earth's most remote, coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent – a crystal desert where 90% of the world’s ice is located, making it the largest body of fresh water on the planet. A place of stunning contrasts, sublimely beautiful Antarctica feels like another planet, but it’s home, and it affects all of us.
A form of environmental art in virtual space, John Paul Caponigro’s work explores the nature of perception and the perception of nature.
Exhibited internationally, his works have been purchased by private and public collections, including The Smithsonian, Princeton University, and The Estée Lauder Collection.
A lively Q&A will follow J.P.'s presentation.
Donations to not-for-profit Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum, providing these programs, are always welcome and are tax deductible:
Antarctica
by John Paul Caponigro
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