Alan Marshall’s award-winning photography documents a significant period in the 1960’s and mid-1970’s when both art and design crossed boundaries to explore and portray the expanding world of technology. This selected collection of photographs, deeply observed through the lens of an artist, sees beauty in extreme settings and offers an insight into the humanity withinpowerful…
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Congratulations to those where were successful in the latest PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit adjudication, in particular those from YPU clubs: CPAGB – DPISandra McKinlay – Doncaster CCRichard Sells – Otley CCKeira Thorogood – Otley CCGraham Thurlow – f.ocus Photographic Group DPAGB – DPIHaydn Bartlett – Halifax PS The full results can be seen below.…
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An open invitation to visit our first print exhibition since the pandemic. The framed prints will be on display until late May at the library “Yesterday I had the pleasure of opening New Image Camera Club’s first Exhibition since the pandemic. Earlier in the week I spent a day judging the digital and prints. It’s…
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To be held in Pontefract Town Hall Venue Information LocationPontefract Town Hall (managed by Wakefield Council) The Town Hall is in the centre of Pontefract at the east end of the pedestrian precinct. The registry office for civil marriages, births and deaths is housed in the Town Hall, which may mean some members of the…
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YPU Keighley Day Saturday 11th November 2023, 10:00 to 16:00 The Executive Committee are pleased to invite members of all YPU clubs to our Annual Keighley Day event To be held at: Carleton Community Centre, Carleton Rd, Pontefract, WF8 3RJ. The event is dedicated to the memory of Alexander Keighley, a founder member of the…
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Reginald Van de Velde (Belgium, 1975) scouts the unknown & unseen. As a traveller he journeys all over the world, trying to capture the momentum of splendour still undisturbed by the turmoil and temptations of modern society. He is a vagabond for lost beauty, a chronicler of forgotten magnificence. His work has been exhibited in many solo and group expos at festivals, galleries and museums…
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As a world-renowned Rock and Roll photographer, Danny Clifford has spent his illustrious career as a ‘fly on the wall’ to the most iconic musical artists of the last 40 years. From his big break, aged 20, as Bob Dylan’s official photographer in the late 1970s, through his close working relationships with Queen, The Who, The Rolling…
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Sheffield Photographic Society’s Annual Exhibition for 2023 will take place at Sheffield Cathedral from 12pm on 6th March to 12th March (normal Cathedral opening hours)
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“Industrial North Past and Present” is on from 18th February until 19th March 2023 and will be at:- Saddleworth Museum & GalleryHigh StreetUppermillOldhamOL3 6HS Opening times are 1pm until 4pm every day FREE Entry
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Images: Reginald Van de Velde On Monday 6th March we welcome (via Zoom) award-winning Belgian photographer, Reginald Van de Velde. Reginald specialises in photographing unconventional architecture. He seeks out and captures ruins and abandoned places that take us on a journey through a world of dystopian dreamscapes. Reginald finds tranquility, beauty and wonder in the patina of dereliction and abstract patterns of forgotten grandeur. His…
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Annual General Meeting The YPU Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday 26th February 2023 Venue: Carleton Community Centre, Carleton Road, Pontefract WF8 3RG Time: 11:00 am The agenda for the AGM is shown below, followed by the minutes from last year’s meeting and the financial report. You can download or print these documents…
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Otley Camera Club is proud to announce that our speaker on 9th February is the renowned award-winning professional photographer Emma Finch, owner of Emma Finch Photography; Belle Privé Photography; and AWOL Studios, Manchester. Her synopsis of the discussion is: Improve your portrait skills… It covers many aspects of portrait photography, from posing, lighting, styling and…
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Damien Demolder is a photographer, journalist and educator. He has worked in the photographic publishing industry since 1997, including 15 years at the world’s only weekly photo magazine, Amateur Photographer, where he was editor. He is also a marketing and technology advisor for camera manufacturers, providing consultancy services for market development and brand positioning. Damien is…
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It may be helpful for all club members to have a concise list of dates showing various events that are in the YPU calendar for 2023: February 9th – Inter-club Championships* – for PDI and Print entries closes at 23.55hrs February 23rd – Annual Exhibition* closes for all entries at 23.55hrs. February 26th – SUNDAY…
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We are very proud to display Bishopthorpe Camera Club’s 2023 Annual Exhibition, which will take place at the York Theatre Royal (York Theatre Royal, St. Leonard’s Place, York, YO1 7HD) between Wednesday 4 and Saturday 28 January 2023. The Club is justly proud of the variety of styles, the creativity and the quality of members’…
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“On behalf of myself and the YPU Executive Committee I wish you and all your members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I am sharing with you a briefing about the YPU and also some suggestions to help clubs who might be struggling with ideas for an affordable club programme. I am reminded…
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