Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers (SANP) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to photography of the natural environment. Our motto is "Sharing the Awareness of Nature thru Photography." Founded in 1991, SANP's home base is the Knoxville, TN, area, which abounds in superb nature photo opportunities. We are near the Appalachian Mountains, the Smokies, and the lakes, streams and pastoral valleys of East Tennessee.

We have eleven meetings a year. These are held the LAST Tuesday of the month. We do not meet in December. Our meetings feature highly skilled nature and travel photographers from our region as well as nationally known artists from across the country. In addition, we have numerous field events that are free to our more than 200 members.  Occasionally, we sponsor photo workshops led by nature photography experts

We have an annual Salon photo competition followed by a banquet where we display our members' entries and announce the winners.