SANP Monthly Club Meeting

Sept 29, Program - Jim Britt

My Photographic Journey: Stories and Lessons

Club member: Jim Britt

After his early years spent on a Mississippi farm, followed by college, medical school, a stint as a Navy Flight Surgeon and radiology residency, Jim Britt came to Knoxville in 1975 to begin a thirty-year plus career as a diagnostic radiologist. His years of practice saw the introduction and explosive development of digital imaging technologies such as CT, MRI, Ultrasound, and PET scanning.

Jim retired in 2005 to pursue other interests and passions, foremost among them his desire to learn to capture the beauty of our natural world through the medium of photography. As he puts it, “For most of my professional life, my job was to look at images of the human body and all the things that can go wrong."

So in retirement, it seemed natural for Jim to continue his interest in producing and examining images, only nicer ones. Instead of brains and bones, he could look at mountains and forests. Instead of lungs and livers, he could look at sunrises and sunsets. Instead of searching for diseases, he could search for beautiful light. And Jim discovered that he enjoyed it immensely.

Jim’s travels have taken him to many countries in Europe and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, and many places in the U.S. But he has come to appreciate more-and-more the photographic opportunities in Southern Appalachia and here in our own East Tennessee.

Join Jim at our monthly meeting on September 29 as he shares some of his adventures, stories, rewards, regrets, and lessons learned in his journey toward becoming a better nature photographer.