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The PAGB Masters of Print is one of the most prestigious exhibitions for camera club photographers in the UK
The Kent club is marking a century of creative image making – and celebrating in style
Other plans include sharing images with its twin club from Périgny, France; and a day-long workshop involving a Thames cruise and Hampton Court visit. beckenhamphotosoc.org.uk
THE HIGHLIGHT OF the Beckenham PS centenary season will be a day-long celebration on 27 March. It’s headlined by world-renowned BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, a keen wildlife photographer, and award-winning photographers Tammy Marlar, Clive Booth and Mike Curry. The event is at the Kent County Cricket Club in Beckenham. Tickets are £25, including a light lunch and a gift. Details and ticket purchase via Eventbrite, at bit.ly/3e1E1Fa. BPS president Lesley Rees said: “This is such an important year, and we wanted to create a celebration that will be long remembered, which we can share with friends and other photography enthusiasts. We have brought together a fascinating group of speakers with different interests and styles, that I am confident will excite and inspire.”
INSPIRING Frank Gardner was badly wounded reporting from Saudi Arabia in 2004. On 27 March, he will discuss capturing nature from a wheelchair
TOTHEVICTOR GOTHE SPOILS PAGB president Roger Parry ARPS at the Masters of Print exhibition prize presentation in December, which took place at St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham
NOW IN ITS fifth year, the PAGB Masters of Print competition is for camera club members, who can enter directly or via their club. It has three categories – colour, monochrome and nature – and awards go to individual prints or clubs, then accepted images are displayed. The event is sponsored by PermaJet, and supporters include Canon, Epson, Fotospeed and Online Paper. This year’s prize-giving and exhibition took place at St Martin in
the Bull Ring, Birmingham. “Many award winners were among the large number of photographers who attended on the day. Much favourable comment could be heard,” said Roger Parry ARPS, PAGB president. “This was the second Masters of Print run in 2021, as last year’s was rescheduled to spring 2021. Despite this, many hundreds of photographs were received from all over the UK, from nearly 200 members of the 1100 clubs affiliated to the PAGB.”
It will go on display 15-30 January at Wilkinson Cameras Liverpool. thepagb.org.uk
CENTURIONS Members gathered at the listed bandstand famous for staging a 1969 David Bowie performance, which was itself completed 100 years ago
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