Thomas Wrights macro image came fourth in Amateur Photographer's APOY competition (macro round, 28th August edition of the magazine): well done to Tom who is enjoying sucsess in many of the photo magazine competitions.

A selection of Linda Wrides allotment photos (Cultivating Communities) are being shown (on DVD) as part of the Oxford Textile Workshop's exhibition Sew Seasonal (Stitched Allotments) in the Upper Gallery, Vale and Downland Museum, Church Street, Wantage.  The exhibition opens, 17 August, and runs until Saturday 4 September (open 10:00 - 16:00 Monday-Saturday).
Here is a link ( scroll down to Sew Seasonal)
She will be doing a "meet the artists" season on Saturday 28 August 11 am - 1 pm, if anyone wants to pop in and say hello!

Congratulations to Colin Harrison for gaining his MFIAP, The MFIAP is the highest award of FIAP (Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique) you can see Colin’s panel here on our website on the photo awards page and other MFIAP panels on the FIAP website.

Oxford Photographic Society are in the top 10 clubs in the country again! after the annual PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) projected image competition where all the federations have conducted local competitions and sent their top clubs to decide each clubs ranking, OPS are now officially Seventh in the country, we would like to thank all the members for submitting their pictures and Ivor Porter and Phill Ball for making the selections and all the club members who represented us at the event.

BY THE WATER`S EDGE an exhibition by one of our members Uwe Ackermann at the North wall arts center south parade Oxford OX2 7NN from Mon 19th - Sat 31st Jul 10.

Uwe Ackermann uses photography in his own words ’as a filter for the visual world and a tool for focusing on what is there for all to see’. Following a journey to New Orleans in the 1980s, Uwe was inspired to record the city’s use of and connection with iron, and so began taking photographs. This exhibition will be an exploration of ’the water’s edge’ as a transitional place of life and a place of death, where many congregate to re-invigorate body and soul, an edge that ’takes, gives, reflects and tantalises’. Trained as a physiologist, Uwe spent his professional life teaching and researching at the Universities of Oxford and Toronto, before taking up photography full time.

 

Gallery hours:
Monday-Saturday, 11am-4pm
Tel. 01865-319450
Admission free

Jeanette Upton presented the award for the Peter Upton Best Use of Light Memorial Trophy to Peter Warrington. After the sad passing of Peter this year we are pleased to honour his memory in this way and thank Jeanette for presenting the trophy.

I think you will agree Peters picture is a great example of the use of light in Photography.

It's Art week in Oxford and some of our members are putting on exhibitions check the links below for details

Igor Bronstein

Valentina, Anatoli Krassavine

Ian Cave

OPS member Neil Lawrence has won a photographic contest! However, not a national contest. Not even a regional contest. No, not even a local contest. He has won the Burra Regional Art Contest (photographic) in South Australia

So how did this happen? Well, his sister lives in Booborowie in South Australia (I promise you, that is actually a real place name. It's known as 'Boobs' for short) and after entering her own watercolours. She saw one of his photos (Inside Dad's Coat) on his Flickr site and asked him to send a high-res image, which she then got it framed and entered into the competition.

Well done Neil on your long distance win.

We would like to congratulate Doug Vernimmen for his BPE1* award for 25 acceptances required at National Exhibitions, these where obtained using 25 different images and these were also different from the ones used for his LRPS panel, Well done Doug.

To find out more about BPE awards see our Photo Awards page on the Events menu and to see Doug’s panel of pictures see the Photo Awards pages under our gallery menu.