RPS Yorkshire Newsletter September 2016 by Royal Photographic Society

Yorkshire News

Newsletter for Photographers in the Yorkshire Region September 2016 YORKSHIRE

Notes from your RO

in this issue Contacts - who’s who in Yorkshire: P.1 Notes from your RO P.1 Yan Preston’s “Mother River” P.1 Got any news? P.2 Yorkshire Monochrome Group P.2 Finding out about RPS SIGs and other Regions P.2 Landscape SIG growing quickly P.3 New members and successes P.4 What not to miss in Yorkshire P.4 More from your RO P.4 Photo quality - last Newsletter P.4

Yorkshire Region contacts Regional Organiser: Mary P Crowther ARPS E: photobox50@gmail.com T: 07921 237962 Regional Treasurer: Robert Helliwell ARPS E: bobhelliwell@clara.co.uk T: 07802 413570 Newsletter Editor: Brian Crossland LRPS E: RPS.Yorkshire.News@gmail.com T: 07540 824112 Website: David Edge E: oddsocks.edge@gmail.com T: 07947 849643

Mother River What is in the mix for 2017? Of course there will be the Distinction Advisory Days and we hope to have some Special Interest Advisories, such as Nature and Travel. We are planning more Self Help Group/Café Sessions which are proving to be very beneficial as the first steps for those who are interested in working towards RPS distinction. We are working hard with a couple of SIGs to bring something different to the region, although this is still in its infancy of planning. There will be a couple of days of photography and as this is a ‘member activity’, if anyone wishes to suggest themes or places for consideration, this would be helpful for all members to get the greatest benefit. The region will also be hosting an Assessment Day in York during May 2017; this will only be available to book through the website or Bath. Now that should be enough to tempt your appetite and all will be revealed on the website and promoted in the Journal throughout the year. More information can be found on page 4 of this Newsletter.

A Photography Journey along the Yangtze Yan Wang Preston British-Chinese photographer Yan Wang Preston began her project as a way to reconnect with her homeland after moving to the UK in 2005. She was interested in the ways in which the Yangtze is perceived and portrayed in China and the West. She describes the process of documenting the 6,211km of the Yangtze River as "four years of blood, sweat and tears." Mother River project follows a strict ‘Y Points System’: to photograph one of China’s Mother Rivers, the Yangtze, with a precise interval of every 100 kilometres using a largeformat film camera, a total of 63 photographic locations were recorded by the singleminded artist-explorer. Completed between 2010 and 2014, the project has received multiple awards, including the Reviewer Choice Award at Format International Portfolio Review in Derby (2014) and the Shiseido Photographer Prize at the Three Shadows Photography Award in Beijing in April 2016. Solo exhibitions of Mother River have been staged at the 56th Venice Biennale as well as museums in China such as the Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum and Wuhan Art Museum. The renowned British curator Zelda Cheatle comments on Mother River: “Yan Preston’s pictures of the Yangtze River will stop you in your tracks. This is a photographic odyssey that is remarkable for the pictures and remarkable as a story. This young and fearless woman set off to make a pictorial record of the entire Mother River, stopping every 100km to take a picture on her large plate camera. The result is an astonishing look at the whole inner life of China, composed and shot with great skill and ingenuity in often the most adverse conditions. Three and a half years later, this wondrous series of pictures is being made into an exhibition that will thrill and enthral and educate. A work of genius and an eye-opening experience.” Yan’s presentation can be seen at the York Medical Society, 23 Stonegate, YO1 8AW at 6:30 - 8:30pm, 29th Oct 16. Booking details can be found on the website.

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Email the Yorkshire Region Newsletter: RPS.YORKSHIRE.NEWS@GMAIL.COM

Got any news? Many RPS members and other readers of this Newsletter, are also members of a range of Photographic Societies and Clubs, so why not use this Newsletter to share your news of members’ activities and achievements, v i s i t s , h i s t o r y, p r o b l e m s , developments, etc. If we can squeeze it in, we will.

Got something interesting happening? Please let us know and we’ll try to include it in a future Newsletter, or write your own report and email it in.

Know of any photography exhibitions near you? Please let us have venues, dates, websites, contact details, etc and we’ll try to visit and report back in the Newsletter.

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Yorkshire Monochrome Group For his service to photography Dr Don Whitley LRPS has been awarded the APAGB. He received his APAGB certificate and badge at the YMG meeting on 8th May 2016. The presentation was made by the YPU President Mr Andrew Pell CPAGB. Photo courtesy of Stephen Dean APRS

Dr Whitley APAGB LRPS is co-founder and chairman of the group which meets on the 2nd Sunday of each month at Don Whitley Scientific, Shipley. Attendance is open to anyone with an interest in monochrome. For more details go to www.yorkshiremonochrome.co.uk Their next few meetings include: 11th September 2016 - Leigh Preston FRPS EFIAP MPAGB FIPF - www.leighpreston.co.uk Leigh is well known to YMG and a regular visitor to show us his superb photography in his entertaining manner. 9th October 2016 - Steve Cheetham - www.stevecheetham.photography Steve is new to YMG and we are looking forward to seeing his work Vince Rooker -Vince will be showing images from the NCPF International Salon 13th November 2016 - Peter Hogan - www.monochromephotography.com

Details of RPS Special Interest Groups and other Regions Locally, we tend to receive a few details about the RPS SIGs, especially when they are doing something with a Yorkshire flavour, or they have a sub-group which meets in and around Yorkshire. When any of these groups provide me with summaries of their local activities, with a few images, we include details within the Newsletter, to let everyone know what is going off and possibly encourage more involvement. The newly formed Landscape SIG is growing rapidly (see next page), although it seems they have yet to venture into Yorkshire’s landscapes to take photographs, but perhaps they are building up to this? Some SIGs and Regions publish their Newsletters and Journals at www.issuu.com as with this Newsletter, and entering the name of the publication, or simply ‘RPS’, in the search box reveals a wide variety of interesting items. Let’s hope the RPS ‘trial’ subscription with issuu is to continue, then everyone can share more than ever.

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Landscape Special Interest Group

(article received from Jim Souper ARPS)

The Landscape Special Interest Group, launched in January 2016, aims to encourage and develop the practice of landscape photography, in all its many forms. It has already attracted more than 400 members. At the last count, there were 22 from the Yorkshire Region, which is represented on the committee by group newsletter editor Jim Souper. The group’s main objectives are -“to encourage photographers to concentrate on the art of landscape photography, in its broadest sense, through enhancing understanding of techniques and collaboration of ideas, with the lofty aim of advancing both the art of the landscape photograph and the skills of those who practice it”. The group produces a monthly e-newsletter and, during its first months, has run a number of successful field trips and a workshop on the use of tilt and shift lenses for landscape photography. All have been fully booked. One of the challenges for the group is to ensure our events have a wide geographical spread, and it is hoped that Yorkshire locations will feature before too long. If any Yorkshire member is interested in organising a field trip in the area, please contact Paul Graber, the group’s events co-ordinator at landscapeevents@rps.org Moving forward, the committee is working on how best to put the results of their recent members’ survey in to practice. One of the priorities identified was to provide the means for members to get in touch with other local members. Should any Yorkshire members wish to follow up on this, please contact Jim Souper at jim_souper@msn.com For more information about the Landscape Group please visit http://www.rps.org/special-interest-groups/landscape

Harden Goit Stock, Jim Souper ARPS

Dedham Vale, Liz Akers LRPS

More Landscape SIG images will be added to the on-line Newsletter at www.issuu.com by mid September.

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