This is Robert's successful CPAGB print entry to the PAGB Awards for Photographic merit Adjudication held in Nottingham, hosted by NEMPF in November 2023. Robert is a member of Aberdeen CC.
Tish - Paisley Screening - Photographic Exhibition on Friday 22nd March 2024 at the Wynd Centre, Paisley. Tickets £5. Doors open 6.30pm for Exhibition, Film Screening 7.30pm and Q & A afterwards. For full details and tickets please (click here) This is brought to you by Refractive for more details visit their website (click here)
Tish - A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed.
Synopsis - Driven by a commitment to document the impact of deindustrialisation on working class communities in Northeast England in the 1970s and 1980s, Tish Murtha used her camera to expose societal inequality. She felt she had an obligation to the people and problems within her local environment, and that documentary photography could highlight and challenge the social disadvantages that she herself had suffered. However, despite early acclaim for her work, she was unable to make a living from photography and died in poverty.
"An Intimate documentary...honouring Tish's incisive political views as well as her photographs"
We are pleased to announce that the 160th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography 2024 for Prints will open for entry on March 16th, with FIAP, GPU and SPF Patronage. Visit our website at (click here) .
The prestigious Edinburgh International remains one of the few print only photographic salons in the world. Achieving an acceptance remains a sought after goal for many photographers world-wide. The number of awards has been increased this year. We now have a total of 41 awards to recognise the quality of the work submitted to Edinburgh. A very high percentage of accepted images will now receive awards.
Like previous Edinburgh Internationals we have only two print sections Mono and Colour, both open subject. You may read the rules and enter here (click here) from the 16th March. Prints must be received by 17th June 2024 on-line entry closes on 12th June 2024.
The Exhibition will once again be part of the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe and be open for viewing from August 3rd through to August 25th at Edinburgh Photographic Society’s premises in Edinburgh’s New Town (A UNESCO World Heritage Site). The Edinburgh Festivals draw thousands of International visitors to Edinburgh and the Edinburgh International Exhibition receives thousands of visitors each year.
Alexander D. Berndt ARPS EFIAP, Chairman & Secretary
This is Robert's successful CPAGB print entry to the PAGB Awards for Photographic merit Adjudication held in Nottingham, hosted by NEMPF in November 2023. Robert is a member of Aberdeen CC.
This gallery contains the Individual Award winning Prints from the 2024 SPF Print Championship which scored 14 or 15 and were selected by the Judges to win this year's Individual Awards.
Please Note that many of these images have been photographed from the actual prints that were submitted...
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