Stan Klem has been an active member of the Silver Spring Camera Club since 1981. Over the years Stan has served as SSCC president (1984-85 and 2005-07), director (1986-89 and 2003-07), newsletter editor (1983-85 and 2003-05), and program chairperson (2006-08).  In the mid-1990's Stan and fellow club member Jim Malaro expanded SSCC's activities by launching a digital imaging workshop, which introduced SSCC members to the art of electronic image manipulation. Three years later Stan started a separate digital workshop specifically for beginners. And in the last 15 years Stan also introduced the club to concept of mini-portfolios. In gist, Stan would select about two dozen images along with some biographic information of a senior club member and present the images to the membership as 10-minute tributes. Stan felt that this exercise would help the membership gain a fuller understanding of how their fellow photographers viewed and experienced this visual world.

In club competitions Stan's focus was almost entirely on color slides, and his subject matter was predominantly portraiture, followed by close-ups, nature, and experimental. In the his first 10 years with the club, Stan was awarded SSCC Photographer of the Year in Advanced Slides three times and achieved the honor of SSCC Master of Photographer in 1991. 

 

In the 80's and early 90's Stan photographed weddings and portraits in his spare time, and in the mid-90's he joined the Great Exposure Photo Gallery in Savage Mills, MD as one of its founding members.  

For most of his professional career (39-1/2 years) Stan worked as a publications manager and editor with the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. He retired in January 2008. Apart from tending to much-needed home fix-up and repairs he hopes to devote more time to photography, travel, and possibly teaching.

 

Sandi Croan

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