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PAGB Inter-federation Competition 2021 results

The results are in from the 2021 PAGB Inter Federation Competition.  YPU had a brilliant result coming in at joint 3rd place in the Open Digital Competition, up amongst the top Federations in the UK. Joint 8th place in Nature Digital gave us another commendable result too.  The images can be viewed on the PAGB…
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PAGB Masters of Print Catalogue

The PAGB Masters of Print Catalogue is available for order now, closing 29th June. Note that all Club Secretaries and entrants are entitled to a free copy, including postage. Details are available on the main PAGB website.
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York Photographic Society Annual Exhibition, 3rd & 4th July 2021

York Photographic Society will hold its annual exhibition at Poppleton Tithe Barn on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th July 2021 between 10am and 5pm. Over 120 prints from members will be on display in the historic 16th century Tithe Barn, including a selection of awarded images at the YPU annual exhibition. You can also enjoy…
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PSA International Exhibition open for entries

The Photographic Society of America (PSA) International Exhibition is open for entries. Of particular interest is the print section which is being managed in the UK by a team lead by Brian Magor at Hoylake PS. Print exhibitions have been few and far between in the last year but being in England the reduced postage should make entering more affordable.
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National Science and Media Museum YPU Exhibition update

For those YPU members visiting the Exhibition at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford over the next few days. It’s been mentioned that the 2021 image projection is out of order. We’ve been in touch with the Museum staff and some enthusiastic children have managed to damage a couple of the motion sensors…
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The YPU Annual Exhibition 2021 is now open

The 2021 YPU Annual Exhibition, featuring prints from 2020 and digital images from 2021, is now open at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, running until 27th June. Free entry tickets are available from the NSMM website.
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A Portrait by Alexander Keighley ?

In 2019 Keighley and District Photographic Society gave framed prints to the YPU Archive, including a portrait thought to be by Alexander Keighley. David Burgess, the YPU Archive Secretary, investigated…
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Annual Exhibition Catalogue reminder – deadline 5th May

A reminder for club competition secretaries: The deadline for entering addresses of the 2021 YPU Exhibition entrants onto the competition portal is 5th May. Unfortunately entrants can’t be sent a catalogue if we don’t have an address. There are still 150+ without addresses. In addition we have 84 certificates waiting to be sent to the…
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J.S Lancaster Award for service – Howard Tate

At the recent 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Photo Alliance of Great Britain, Howard Tate, MA, ARPS, AFIAP retiring President of the PAGB was awarded the JS Lancaster Award for service. Howard is also a Past president of the YPU and currently serves on the Executive Committee as events Secretary. JS Lancaster proposed the…
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Kirkbymoorside CC: Jill Wellham – ‘Out of the Blue’, April 15th 2021, 7.30pm

Jill Wellham is an artist, print maker and digital photographer, whose work encompasses landscape, flower and abstract images. But it is through the analogue photographic process of the cyanotype that she has really made her mark. Traditionally the technique combines chemicals with water to create a photosensitive solution, for coating onto a high quality paper.…
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