The Whanganui Salon

The Whanganui Salon 2019 – Humanity and Earth

By Club President John Smart LPSNZ

IT WAS A fantastic experience to host the Whanganui Salon again after a gap of 27 years. Particularly moving were the links to the past that remain, with several club members and visitors able to reminisce and share their experiences of the former glories of the Salon and its prominence in the mid-20th century New Zealand photography world. Having Whanganui Camera Club Patron and former PSNZ President Vonnie Cave MNZM Hon FPSNZ FPSNZ MNZM present the awards to winning photographers who attended the awards dinner in October was especially poignant.

We were delighted to receive over 400 entries across the three categories under our Salon theme “Humanity and Earth”. All images given awards by our three judges can be seen on the club web site: http://www. whanganuicameraclub.org.nz/whanganuisalon-2019.html

Vonnie Cave presenting Category Winner Certificate to Roger Smith

The relationship between Humanity and Earth is the defining issue of our times. As photographers, we can play a small but important role in shining a light on it. The three categories provided opportunities to illustrate both the good and the bad of our impact on the planet. Our three judges - Drew Hopper (Australia), Petra Leary (Auckland) and Simon Woolf FPSNZ (Wellington) - did a fabulous job in identifying the most evocative images from the high quality and highly diverse entries.

With the experience and success of the 2019 Whanganui Salon still fresh in our minds, we are already starting to plan the Whanganui Salon 2021. Our aim is to establish it as an ongoing biennial Salon. As its significance is likely to grow, we intend retaining the overall theme Humanity and Earth - so keep taking photos of the world and the relationship our species has with it. We will publish details of the next Salon in early 2021 if not before - keep an eye out!

Humanity and the Environment Category Winner and overall Salon winner The Cooling Tower by Jay Drew APSNZ

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The last image

St Patricks Cathedral in Melbourne, shot from a very low level with a 7mm lens by Paul Whitham LPSNZ.