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The visit from our fellow photographers was a huge success the newly-installed statue of Millicent Fawcett – the only woman celebrated on Parliament Square – before a boat trip to Greenwich. Alongside the familiar highlights of the Cutty Sark and the Royal Naval College we shot the Brunel Foot Tunnel under the Thames and the Tulip Staircase in the Queen’s House.” Exchange coordinator Angela Ford says: “The visit from our fellow photographers at Image’in Périgny was a great success and they really enjoyed discovering photo opportunities with us in and around London.” Perigny president Michel Boucheret says that the truly interesting element of the relationship between the two clubs is the opportunities it provides for meeting each other. “This allows us to know each other better and promotes friendship. The exchange of images between us allows us to see differences in the way that we approach photography. It is just a feeling, but it seems to us that Beckenham has a stronger focus on selecting images with impact for competition. Périgny ismore about the image of the author.”
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Above Members of both clubs enjoying London’s Brick Lane. Right PN Editor Will Cheung meets Sheree Dodd (left) of Beckenham PS and Estelle Ducept of Image’in Périgny.
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A special thanks to Sheree Dodd, president of BeckenhamPhotographic Society, for writing this feature and to Angela Ford for contacting Photography News with the story. If your camera club has a special relationship with an overseas club, Photography News would love to hear about it especially if you have get togethers such as Beckenham’s. In the first instance, please email the editor: willcheung@bright-publishing.com
French organiser Estelle Ducept offers her thoughts on what has made this a successful relationship. “Previously Périgny had approached other clubs to create a twinning relationship but these had not succeeded. What has made the difference with Beckenham is that it has combined enthusiasm with opportunities to meet up and build friendships, rather than base the relationship on contests. It is also important
that we have two clubs which share similar high standards of photography,” she said. “All in all, it was a tiring but exhilarating three days,” said Sheree Dodd, “during which those with limited French/English skills found that could be overcome through the language of photography. When the new club season starts in September we will be looking carefully at future activities to keep our friendship alive.”
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