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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