News specific to YPU rather than member clubs
This championship (previously known as YPU Club Competition) is now open for club entries. The aim of the 2022 YPU Inter-Club PDI Championship is to select two YPU Clubs that will represent the YPU at the 2022 PAGB Inter-Club Championship (PDIs) to be held in July 2022. Clubs are invited to enter 20 Open PDI…
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The newly combined PAGB Cup and Trophy are now open for entries. Although this is not a YPU competition we would, of course, encourage a strong showing from Yorkshire clubs. Details from PAGB are below, with full information on their website. OPEN FOR ENTRY – https://pagbhost.co.uk/main/main.php These are now being run as a single event,…
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Following approval at the latest Executive meeting, the Yorkshire Photographic Union are pleased to welcome two new clubs: Shipley Camera Club and Castleford Camera Club. We look forward to their future participation in YPU activities.
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Please note, anyone wishing to contact the YPU Secretary or any other YPU Executive Committee members should use the email address and the contact form on this website. Unfortunately, our past secretary Stephen Dean is still receiving communications. Stephen is now enjoying a well-earned retirement!
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10:30hrs to 16:00hrs Saturday 20th November 2021 Due to the uncertainty of the situation concerning Covid-19 and the success of the 2020 event this year the Keighley Day presentations will again be carried out online using Zoom. Full details of the presenters, John Bermingham AIPF and Bernard Geraghty, can be seen on the YPU Keighley…
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The full entry requirements and instructions for the 2022 Annual Exhibition are available to view and download by Club/Society Secretaries and Club/Society YPU Secretaries in the “Documents” section on the YPU Portal website. Important Dates:
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A message from NSMM via Marilyn Roberts DPAGB BPE3, YPU President: “Calling all collectors! I’ve been contacted by the curator of collections at Bradford Science and Media Museum. They have been having a sort out at the Museum and have found lots of duplicate old cameras in their collections, no doubt from donations over the…
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We received some great feedback after the visitor numbers were released from our 2021 YPU Exhibition, which was held at Bradford Science and Media Museum and hosted by Bradford Photographic Society: 4538 visitors saw the Exhibition over its 32-day run! Visitor comments included: ‘I felt the display of the Yorkshire Photographic Union was excellent both…
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Following approval at the latest Executive meeting the Yorkshire Photographic Union are pleased to welcome two new clubs: Beverley Photographic Club and St Pete’s Photo Group (Shipley). We look forward to your future participation in YPU activities.
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YPU has been contacted by Professor Christine Ferguson, a researcher undertaking a project called ‘The Media of Mediumship’ Professor Christine Ferguson: – We’re really hoping that members of photographic societies will be able to attend some of the events and perhaps even participate in our end-of-project focus group meetings next year, where we’ll ask participants…
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Arrangements for the the YPU Keighley Day 2021 on Saturday 20th November have been announced…
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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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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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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 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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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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