APAG: American Photography Archives Group
Engel is the founder and president of the American Photography Archives Group, APAG which began in 2000. It originally began with a dinner with five people who had interited archives, and then they started having meetings and it quickly grew to 17 people, then 27 and the now has close to 300 photographers, archivists and archives. APAG used to meet at the School of Visual Arts, and later had meetings at the International Center of Photography.
Engel is the Executive Director and Founder and handles all aspects of maintaining the day to day operations of APAG, including strategic planning, financial and legal matters, membership fees and communications with all members, and sets meetings, the seminars, and the field trips. She makes Facebook posts, and updates the APAG website and fields questions from people looking to contact members. Since the pandemic in 2021 APAG has been having Zoom meetings, approximately every two weeks with presentations from photographers and industry experts, and they average 60 -70 people per meeting from all over the United States and some members located in Europe.
She works closely with her board of Directors, Grayson Dantzic, Julie Grahame and Ernest Londa.
The American Photography Archives Group is a resource organization for individuals who own or manage a privately held photography archive.
THE PHOTO ARCHIVE HANDBOOK: What you need to know (2017) It is currently being revised, and will be available in early 2024.
Currently, only digital copies are available until it is reprinted. Please pay $20 via paypal or Zelle Quick Pay to info@apag.us