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Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival event; 14th February 2026

This event may interest camera club members particularly in the north of our region. From Jill Crowson, Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival: Dear Members, I wrote last August to ask for photographic support for a Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Festival event, and we were delighted with the response we received. We are now planning our next…
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Dark Peak Photo Festival; Glossop; 20th–23rd February 2026

The Dark Peak Photo Festival will return to Glossop from 20–23 February 2026, bringing contemporary photography to venues, shop windows and public spaces across the town. Now in its third year, the festival will once again transform Glossop High Street into a large-scale window exhibition, alongside events and exhibitions in indoor venues. Previous festivals have…
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National Coal Mining Museum: Captured History Photography Walk; Saturday 14th February and April 2026; Overton, near Wakefield

Photography walks at the National Coal Mining Museum are led by Roy Henstock ARPS. Full details and (free) booking are available on National Coal Mining Museum website Join us for a relaxed guided photography walk, and explore the dramatic spaces and stories of our industrial heritage. Led by our knowledgeable volunteer guide, the walk combines…
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YPU 2026 Annual Competition and Exhibition

The Rules and Conditions of Entry for the YPU 2026 Annual Competition are now available on the YPU Portal (after logging on, select Services and View Document Archives). This document has already been distributed to club Competition Secretaries. For convenience, the first page is shown below. However, please be aware that the full document on…
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Photo North Festival, 13th-15th March 2026, The Carriageworks, Millennium Square, Leeds

Photo North Festival #7 returns to Leeds 13th-15th March, with a packed programme of exhibitions, talks, and events. Highlights include a specially curated exhibition by Leeds International African Arts Festival, exhibitions by Janine Weidel, Seamus Murphy, Carolyn Mendelsohn, Jo Coates, and Souella Petrou, Anne Worthington, plus a film screening by Brandon Spivey. Channel 4’s team…
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Ray Brammall presented with Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society

It is a quarter of a century since the last YPU Club member was awarded the coveted Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, so it was particularly appropriate that Richard Egan, the previous Yorkshire recipient, was on hand to record Ray Brammall receiving his certificate from Acting President, Andrew Pell at the recent YPU Representatives…
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Chris Hodgson ARPS CPAGB, YPU President

A message from Alan Sopher, YPU Secretary: “It is with great sadness that I report the untimely passing of our friend and YPU President, Christine Hodgson. Chris died peacefully in hospital on Monday 18th August, after a rapid deterioration in her health. Chris’s husband, Simon and daughter Natalie are very much in our thoughts as…
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Batley and District Camera Club lecture: Derry Brabs – James Herriot’s Yorkshire and Beyond; Tuesday 7th October 2025; Batley Community Centre

Batley & Distrct Camera Club present: Derry Brabs – James Herriot’s Yorkshire and Beyond For the second of our Lecture evenings, we are delighted to welcome Derry Brabs to the club on Tuesday 7th October. Derry is regarded as one of the UK’s most renowned landscape photographers, best known for his collaborations with James Herriot…
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Viewfinder PS: Annual Exhibition 2025; Skidby (26th-28th September) and Walkington (3rd-5th October)

The Viewfinder Photographic Society’s (VPS) annual exhibition gets underway once again this autumn at Skidby Village Hall with its usual diverse range of members’ images before then moving on to the Society’s regular new home at The Ferguson Fawsitt, Walkington. VPS Chairman, David Marshall said; “We’ll continue to hold our popular photographic exhibition each year…
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Bishopthorpe CC: Charlie Waite: “Behind The Photograph” talk via Zoom; Tuesday 9th September 2025

Bishopthorpe Camera Club are delighted to welcome renowned landscape photographer Charlie Waite on Tuesday 9th September, 7.30pm via zoom. Charlie Waite has been an advocate of ‘the photograph’ and the importance of engaging with the landscape through photography for over 40 years. He has had a lifetime’s experience of talking to photography enthusiasts and has travelled…
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