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Thursday 20 December 2018

The RPS: The Photography Show 2019



More info HERE




Competition: Less than one month left

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The 2019 Sony World Photography Awards is looking to reward and showcase the world’s most outstanding bodies of work.

To apply couldn’t be easier: Enter the Professional competition on behalf of your photographers 
here or forward this email to them directly so they can submit as individuals here.

The Competition is judged on a series of 5 to 10 images across the following categories: Architecture, Brief, Creative, Discovery, Documentary, Landscape, Natural World & Wildlife, Portraiture, Still Life, and Sport.

Entering could 
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The Open competition is also live, rewarding the best single images across ten categories: category listed. Find out more here.

If you have any questions, please email me on rita@worldphoto.org
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Thursday 13 December 2018

An Invitation from Chichester Camera Club

Members of your Club are cordially invited to Chichester Camera Club's eighteenth advanced members' exhibition to be held on Saturday, 19th January 2019 at the North Mundham Village Hall. The exhibition will be open between 10 am and 5 pm with refreshments, light lunches and teas available throughout the day. If anyone cannot make it on the Saturday, we will be open on the following day (Sunday) between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. We will also have refreshments available on that day.

Print exhibitors have had the choice of varying screen spaces with the freedom to display virtually any type of work they wish with no rules on size, subject matter technique, etc. whilst PDI workers are each allowed to have up to 4 images projected, again with no subject ruling. Based on our
previous, similar exhibitions, this freedom of choice has resulted in a considerable display of artistic talent. The day has also proved to be a great social occasion.

We hope you will be able to visit us and look forward to meeting you on the 19th January. 
Your members may also be interested in another event involving the Chichester Camera Club - an exhibition exploring the history and images of the Club since its founding in 1893. It is being held at Chichester's new museum, "The Novium" and is getting rave reviews from all who see it. The exhibition will be there until March

See our web site at

PAGB News No.220

Click HERE to read the PAGB News
Lots of Christmas stories

Monday 10 December 2018

LAST CHANCE FOR HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS TO ENTER ART COMPETITION
Now open to anybody in the Andover area.
As mentioned, we’re in the last week of taking entries for our art and photography competition. We are looking for entrants to take photos or produce pictures highlighting the natural beauty in Andover and its surrounding areas – the competition is going to be judged by Pip McGarry, world renowned wildlife artist and the winner will receive £500, with two runners up getting £100.

Entrants should send their photos or a scan of their entry to: purecremation@mccann.com

Time is running out for people in Hampshire to submit their entries for an art competition which is being run by Pure Cremation, the leading direct cremation specialist behind the new Charlton Park Crematorium in Andover.

As the deadline of Friday 14th December approaches, Pure Cremation is calling on people to capture Andover in a work of art, to be in with a chance of winning £500 as well as the opportunity to have their art publicly displayed when Charlton Park Crematorium is opened in spring 2019.

With Pip McGarry, one of the world’s leading wildlife artists and the ‘Artist-in-Residence’ at Marwell Zoological Park, lined-up to perform guest judging duties, the creative competition is open to residents of Hampshire who are over 18.

Works of art can be submitted in any form, as long as they can be hung on the walls of the new crematorium; so photographs are welcomed, along with drawings or paintings created in any medium such as oil, acrylic, pencil, charcoal, watercolour or pastel

Entries, which should be clearly labelled on the back with the entrant’s name, address and contact details, can be posted to: Charlton Park Crematorium Art Competition, C/O McCann PR, Pure Cremation Team, Communications House, Highlands Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4WE. Alternatively, photographic entries can be emailed to: purecremation@mccann.com.

Artist Pip McGarry said: “I am thrilled to be involved in this campaign alongside Pure Cremation, and to put the spotlight on the creativity and passion for art that exists within Andover and the wider county of Hampshire. I look forward to seeing all the entries and to having the privilege of performing guest judge duties.”

Currently under construction on Hatherden Road, Charlton Park Crematorium, is set to open in spring 2019, giving local families the chance to say goodbye to loved ones a little closer to home.

Catherine Powell, director and co-founder of Pure Cremation, said: “As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting and engaging with the community, we wanted to launch a public art competition to source unique works from local people to be displayed within Charlton Park Crematorium.

“We have already received some fantastic entries and we do hope members of the public will make the most of this opportunity to capture Andover and enter this very special competition.”

The deadline for entries is 23:59 on Friday 14th December and more information, along with terms and conditions, can be found at www.charltonparkcrematorium.uk/artwork-competition-terms-conditions

Selected works will be chosen to be displayed in the crematorium when it is completed in spring 2019; and, from these, one overall winner will be awarded a cheque for £500, and two runners-up will receive a cheque for £100.

To find out more information about Pure Cremation, please visit www.purecremation.co.uk or call 0800 182 2163. For more information about the new crematorium please visitwww.charltonparkcrematorium.co.uk

Wednesday 28 November 2018

RACHAEL TALIBART. "Tides and Tempests"

Our New Year starts off with a wonderful evening, a presentation by very up and coming landscape and outdoor photographer, RACHAEL TALIBART. She will be presenting her "Tides and Tempests"talk. We have a limited number of tickets available to non members to buy online at £6. I attach a flier giving all the necessary details which I hope you will be able to share with members of your club. If you would like some hard copies of this for your noticeboard, then I would be happy to send them to you.

This will be a very entertaining evening and I very much hope that we will be welcoming some of your members to our new home on January 10th.

Meet at Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel, Lymington, SO41 5ZB
tel: 01590 380307

Origins of Photography Exhibition at Museum soon

Harnham Mill by William Russell Sedgfield c.1858

The Origins of Photography:
A brand new exhibition with Salisbury at its heart

The New Year gets underway at The Salisbury Museum with a brand new exhibition looking the history of the photographic process, using wonderful images of Salisbury as a guide. The Origins of Photography in Salisbury 1839 – 1919 opens on 19 January and runs until 4 May 2019.

This exhibition is co-curated by Anthony Hamber, who is an independent photographic historian. He was born and brought up in Salisbury, where his father was a medical GP. His book Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition (Oak Knoll Press and V&A Publications) was recently published to accompany the opening of the V&A Photography Centre. Previously, Anthony’s study of William Blackmore, one of the founders of the Salisbury Museum, was published as Collecting the American West: The Rise and Fall of William Blackmore (Hobnob Press, 2010).

Starting with the rise of photography in Salisbury during the first decade or so of the medium’s existence, this exhibition will tell the story of the development of both amateur and commercial photography and the processes and formats used. Amateur photography started in the city during the 1840’s, but it was following the Great Exhibition in 1851 that commercial photography really took off in earnest. 

Salisbury is a beautiful and photogenic medieval city, with the Cathedral and Close at its heart. This exhibition will transport the viewer back in time to see Salisbury Cathedral and views of the city, but at the same time, reflect on the evolution of the photographic process and technique of photographers over the years. Using the rich archive of images from Salisbury Museum and including images from the British Museum, the exhibition will also show photographs of the Blackmore Museum and major events, like the 1906 rail crash and 1919 Peace Pageant, to tell this compelling story.

Anthony Hamber says, ‘This exhibition provides an insight into the richness and diversity of the photographic holdings of Salisbury Museum, documenting the city, its architecture and daily life.’

From daguerreotypes, calotypes and albumen prints, to glass plates and rolls of film, this exhibition will take you on a photographic journey of discovery, with the city of Salisbury and its people, at its heart. 

19 January – 4 May 2019 Main Exhibition Galleries. No booking required.
Normal admission charges apply
£8 Adults, £4 Children, £20 Family
Museum opening hours: Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm

The Salisbury Museum
The Kings House

65 The Close

Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2EN
UK www.salisburymuseum.org.uk

Wednesday 21 November 2018

British Journal of Photography IPA 2019

Hello,

I’m just touching base and emailing you to let you know that BJP International Photography Award 2019 is open for submissions until 20 December 2018.

The award has long as established itself as an entry-point into the photography industry, and has been credited with launching the careers of some of the industries most recognisable names, such as Juno Calypso [my U3A group Practical Photography love Juno's work as seen at Messums recently], Chloe Dewe Mathews and Daniel Castro Garcia.

I’d love to communicate the awards to your photographers to ensure they don’t miss out on an amazing opportunity to win a solo show at renowned gallery, TJ Boulting in London UK as well as international press coverage and the chance to be featured on BJP-Online.

Let me know if you would like to know more about the award, and I can send you some communications assets to share with your photographers.

Have a lovely rest of week!

Best,
Héloise Winstone

Tuesday 20 November 2018

RPS Southern Region Newsletter

This interesting newsletter can be easily read  using the Issuu.com web site.
Paul Cox mentioned this site on his visit to us earlier in the season.

Saturday 17 November 2018

PAGB News No.218 plus Extra

Click HERE to read the newsand 
for the EXTRA NEWS click HERE

Wednesday 14 November 2018

PAGB Awards Officer’s report

PAGB Awards Officer’s report to the 
November Club Reps’ meeting, 16.11.18

November 2018 adjudication - Pontefract

All entries have been finalised. Observer tickets for the event are available from the YPU. Anyone wishing to attend should contact:

Reception Secretary, Stephen Dean APAGB LRPS, 22 Holgate Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 4ND. Cheque should be made payable to “Yorkshire Photographic Union”. Contact details for tickets is also available on the YPU Website: www.ypu.org.uk .

April 2019 - North Wales
The Credit section is now full and closed to further applications. The Distinction/Master day is over half full. (Following our successful Advisory Day we filled most of the vacant "C" spaces but still some attendees missed out as they have not returned their forms in time

November 2019 - Watford

As previously advised the lists are open and entries are coming in. The closest to the Southern Counties Fed for some time, demand will be high and will fill quickly.

Nothing further heard about the Awards in AV. We have one prospective applicant from our Fed but it will depend upon the minimum being achieved in the next few weeks - time is short bearing in mind the Christmas break.

Many thanks
Leo

Tuesday 13 November 2018

Chichester Camera Club at the Novium

Greetings from Chichester Camera Club

We're having a mayor exhibition in the Novium (Tower Street, Chichester) Museum from the 24th November 2018 to 10th March 2019 tracing the history of our club and displaying some contemporary work.

Tuesday 6 November 2018

Obituary for Ivor Smith

Ivor was a member of Salisbury and Ringwood Camera clubs for many years. In Salisbury he wins his first Trophy in 1983 and his last in 2008/9. You can see all this information and every other Trophy winner in Salisbury CC from 1954 HERE
Below we reproduce 11 of his photographs by kind permission of his daughter Linda. Please click on an image to see a larger version.


Nave Bristol Cathedral

Boilerman

Salisbury Cathedral

Altar Salisbury Cathedral


Girl in Straw Hat
Girl in Straw Hat - back of print mount

Winning Hand
Winning Hand - back

Red Head

Girl in Vintage Car, Lockerley

St Thomas's Church Pulpit

Male Portrait

Female Portrait
Ivor used to run a repair garage in the village of Broad Chalke. He had a collection of prints he made of the village. I believe he found the glass negatives in the village. He gave copies to the church.

Sunday 4 November 2018

PAGB No.217

Click HERE to read this edition plus 
a special extra that is lavishly illustrated with Irene Froy's work.

Saturday 3 November 2018

Ivor Smith has died

My father Ivor Smith passed away on 25th October at the age of 91. 

He was a member of the Salisbury Camera Club for many years and his name is on some of the trophies. 

His funeral will be at 1:45 pm on 12th November at the Salisbury Crematorium with a gathering afterwards at the Queen’s Head, Broad Chalke. 

Regards Linda Smith

Friday 19 October 2018

Our Millennium Project now safe

Today I donated the Project that the Camera Club made in 1999 for the new Millennium to Salisbury Museum.
Jeremy and Sheila helped me load the 130 panels into my car and later we had fun unloading them into the Museum with the help of Adrian Green the Museum Director.
He said he was very pleased to accept them and has various plans in mind to use them such as covering from floor to ceiling a corridor in the Museum. I will let you know when and if this happens.
Meanwhile below are copies of the paperwork. This has a unique number that will allow us to see the items if we should wish to do so. Click on the images to enlarge them.
Perhaps now is the time to do a repeat for 2020 twenty years on to see the changes in Salisbury.



PAGB News No 216

Read the latest News from the PAGB HERE

Friday 12 October 2018

Stonehenge 100

As part of English Heritage celebrations to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Stonehenge being gifted to the nation and cared for on behalf of us all, we are hosting a ‘show and tell’ afternoon at Bemerton Heath Centre supported by the Celebrating Age project.
Bring your photos, memories and stories of Stonehenge to share with others and join in the afternoon’s heritage activities.
This free event takes place at Bemerton Heath Neighbourhood Centre, Pinewood Way, SP2 9HU on Monday 29th October, 1.30 – 3.00pm.
For more information, speak to Dawn at the Bemerton Heath Centre on 01722 417100.
Celebrating Age is a three year programme with the aim of helping older people, especially those facing loneliness and isolation access art and cultural activities within their own communities.  See here for more information about the programme.

Thursday 11 October 2018

RPS Newsletter No 76


 
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eRPS no.76
The enewsletter from
The Royal Photographic Society

OCTOBER 2018
 
eRPS is published monthly
To submit material to be considered for inclusion
click here
Corporate Patrons
Our corporate patrons listed below support our many activities. Please mention us when contacting them.
 
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Journal
The RPS Journal is available
as a members-only download
from The RPS website from
the 1st of each month.
 
Members logged in to the website can also download recent back copies or read an ISSUU version. Click here to see more.
 
Closing soon

Selected events, competitions and activities from the website.

Campaigns

The Face of Suffrage. Submit your pictures by: 31st October

Competitions

Win a solo exhibition in central London. Closes: 21st October 2018




Exhibitions

Alex Prager and Tish Murtha. Closes: 14th October 2018. Location: London

Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick. Closes: 28th October 2018. Location: New York

Omar Victor Diop: Liberty / Diaspora. Closes: 3rd November 2018. Location: London

Arpita Shah: Purdah – The Sacred Cloth.Closes: 3rd November 2018. Location: London

Festivals

Photomonth East London. October and November. Location: various

Film

Film installation: Alone with Empire. 1st-17th October 2018. Location: Bristol


Coming soon

Exhibitions

Night and Day: 1930s Fashion & Photographs and Cecil Beaton exhibitions. Open: 12th October 2018 – 20th January 2019. Location: London

NPG Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2018. Open: 18th October 2018 – 27th January 2019. Location: London

Roman Vishniac Rediscovered. Open: 26th October 2018-24th February 2019. Location: London

Interior Lives: Contemporary Photographs of Chinese New Yorkers. Opens: 26th October 2018-24th March 2019. Location: New York.

Festivals

Photo North Festival. Open: 9th-11th November. Location: Harrogate

Talks

Siân Davey talk and book signing. 16th October 2018. Location: Bristol

Don McCullin in conversation with Martin Parr.24th October 2018 Location: Bristol

Wildlife lecture tours by three acclaimed cameramen. Until the end of November. Location: various.

Combined Royal Colleges Lecture 2018.  15th November 2018. Location: London

Special Events

Mark Neville - How to Make a Photobook. 5th-8th October 2018. Location: London

The Royal Photographic Society Awards 2018. 29th November 2018. Location: London
 
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MONTHLY 365 COMPETITION
Call for entries: People at Work
Closing date: 31 October
People at Work is the focus for the October competition – from a candid image of people working, to an environmental portrait. people are working all around us. 

Open to all RPS members, of all levels of photographic ability, enter for a chance to feature in the RPS Journal.

For file size and entry details see online.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018
A note from the President 

Dear Members

I am writing with a short summary of the outcome of the 2018 AGM, the minutes of which will be published in The Journal.

Both the proposed resolutions to amend the By-Laws were passed. I am mindful of several points raised by members. Whilst pleased that a majority supported the two resolutions, I have asked Derek Trendell ARPS, Honorary Treasurer, to report to Council on any improvement opportunities relating to communication, explanation, timing or drafting arising from the AGM. Once Council have considered his report I will write again with details of any suggestions Council wishes to put forward.

Robert Albright HonFRPS
President
 
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RPS MERCHANDISE SALE
25% Discount – Ideal Christmas Presents

The RPS online shop stocks a range of products of interest to anyone who enjoys photography. These range from RPS-branded merchandise (limited sizes on clothing) and gift items.

Worldwide shipping available. All sales help support The Society's charitable objectives. 

Buy online here using Promotional Code SALE25


GIFT MEMBERSHIP
Christmas 2018

Membership of the Royal Photographic Society is an inspiring gift for anyone with a passion for photography.
The gift recipient will enjoy 12 issues of ‘The Journal’ our award-winning magazine, regional events, member discounts and much more.
To purchase a gift membership in time for Christmas, please contact our reception on 44 (0)1225 325733 or email the membership department by Friday, 14 December 2018.
 
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Hundred Heroines:
Celebrating Women in Photography Today

Nominations have now closed, but you can still help us add our voice to the global debate on equality by joining the conversations on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.


 
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MULTIMEDIA ASSESSMENT 
28 November 2018

On the 28 November, the Distinctions Department will be running a Multimedia Assessment for Licentiate & Associate Distinctions.

For more information and how to book visit the link here.