Indian gypsy woman smoking a Hukka by Françoise Steel
EDITORIAL
By the time you receive this Bulletin we will have opened our Annual Exhibition at Gibbard Gallery, Harlow. The exhibition of the very best of EAF members’ photography will be open until 24th May. It will be well worth a visit and will give you an appreciation of the standard you need to reach to gain acceptances.
Another event not to be missed is the EAF Club Print Championship being held on 8th June at Chamberlin Hall, Bildeston, Suffolk - commencing at 1.15pm - pay on the door.
I have had plenty of your letters for this issue of the Bulletin. Please keep them coming in as more are needed to make the future issues more interesting.
Below is the first article by Naomi Saul as President of the EAF, but our thoughts are with her and Eric at this time following another operation on Eric’s joints, which will keep him off his feet for the next few weeks. We wish Eric a speedy recovery.
The next EAF Bulletin will be published at the beginning of September. Let me have your contributions by 10th August.
Barry Freeman ARPS DPAGB
PRESIDENT’S PREAMBLE
“The Camera is an instrument that teaches people to see without a camera” - Dorothea Lange
As I pen this, it is difficult to believe that Easter has already passed and made sure it’s early place in the calendar this year will not be forgotten, by giving many of us a covering of snow and icy winds, but at least now, there is a return to “Spring” in the air.
It is a great honour to have been elected as your President for the next two years and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible whilst in office. It is important that the faces of the Committee are recognised by Members, so that all know who is representing you.
We are the largest Federation in the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) having 116 Member Clubs, with approximately 3800 individual Members. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the Federation Committee who voluntarily and freely give so much time and effort to ensure that the various activities of the Federation run smoothly. We are very fortunate to have the facilities of the inter Club competitions, a large Exhibition and other events, organised and run on your behalf. Please try to ensure that you support and attend these - they are done for you. Photography is of course a hobby and although serious, must be fun too. As a Federation we are not at the top of the league but I am delighted to say we are known as a very warm, friendly and welcoming group - something of which we can all be very proud, and long may it continue.
The Exhibition is now approaching fast - I hope as many of you as possible will try to see the selected items. Sadly, we cannot show any more than 200 prints - so with a total entry of over 1500 again this year, many good prints have to be passed over by the Judges - but don’t forget there is always another year to try again. This year sees the introduction of an extra category, with the inclusion of digital images and I am glad to say this now brings the number of “projected images” entered back to the 1000 figure, with slides still well represented (almost 400 submitted - just a few less than last year).
The next issue of the Bulletin will not be until September/October and although I hope to see many of you at the Exhibition opening, the Print Championships on June 8th at Bildeston, or at your Club meetings, I wish you all a happy and productive few months of photography.
Naomi Saul ARPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB BPE4*
The ‘Beyond Group’ - has done the EAF proud by coming joint 6th in the 1st Great British Club competition, organised by the PAGB. There were 88 clubs competing for the prestigious title of ‘Best Club’ and not surprisingly ‘Wigan 10’ were awarded this honour, closely followed by the usual list of top clubs. It was the 1st digital competition of its type.
The ‘Beyond Group’ entered in the ‘BIG CLUB’ section despite having a membership of just 15. They wanted to compete at the very top level. They were represented by 11 of their members.
Congratulations must go to one and all.
Barbie Lindsey
