Photography News Issue 64

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Above Silver medal winner, DPI – Untitled by Steve Geer ARPS. Right Gold medal winner, prints – Corridor by Sandy Cleland FRPS

I am keen to encourage members to take part

of the chair who took his place, left us with the need to restore some stability to the role. I felt I could fulfil that task, and I also had some ideas about expanding the group’s activities. These ideas, so far, appear to have been well received. PN: Do you have anything specific you want to achieve in your term as chair? ME: I am keen to encourage members to take part in activities that will meet their expectations in terms of enjoyment of their photography. PN: What sort of events does the group hold during the year? ME: An AGM, followed by the members’ exhibition selection, takes place each spring. Further events include members’ days, field trips, photo competitions, workshops,

seminars and lectures. Field trips and lectures are often held jointly with a region and/or a photographic society, local to where the field trip or lecture is taking place. We organise displays of members’ recent RPS distinction panels and encourage retrospective exhibitions. PN: How long has the Creative Eye exhibition been going? ME: The exhibition has been running for 26 years, with the first showing at the Smethwick Photographic Society in 1993. The exhibition is showcased each year at Wingfield Barns in Suffolk, the Smethwick Photographic Society in the West Midlands, and at the Edinburgh Photographic Society on Great King Street. For the first time, last year the exhibition was shown overseas at the Swiss chapter’s

Below left Silver medal winner, prints – Yellow baboons at dawn by Martin Heathcote LRPS. Below Bronze medal winner, prints – Victorian lad by Melvyn Frewin LRPS

meeting in Lausanne, organised by Rob Kershaw ARPS.

PN: Can you explain a little about how Creative Eye Group members can enter the exhibition, and what were the entry numbers like compared with last year? ME: All Creative Eye Group members are invited to enter the exhibition. Notification of the exhibition selection day and details on how to enter go out to members at the end of the year. The notification, entry form and rules are also included in January’s edition of the group’s Creative Eye magazine. [Steve Varman LRPS is the editor]. Members can enter the print and projected sections of the exhibition, or if theywish, one of the sections. The number of members entering this year’s exhibition was 79, which was up by 11.

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To seemore about the Creative Eye group and the RPS, see thewebsite. Our thanks to SteveVarman LRPS andMoira ElliceARPS for compiling this feature.

rps.org/creativeeye

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