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Obituary for the Late Stan Long FPSNZ

WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS in technology and most people using emails, there is a small number of members who do not use emails and rely on traditional snail mail or NZ Post to communicate.

Such was the case of a former longstanding PSNZ member and member of the Stratford Camera Club, Stan Long FPSNZ, who was one of a handful of PSNZ members whose subscription renewal notices were printed and put in the mail.

As a result of his member subscription renewal invoice being received by his family recently, his daughter advised the database coordinators that sadly, Stan had passed away on 15 March this year, just two weeks shy of his 93rd birthday.

Andrea Linwood advised us that as a self-taught photographer and a Taranaki farmer Stan did “okay” with his photography. He held two PSNZ honours distinctions and when I checked the database I saw he gained his APSNZ in 1997, quickly following with his FPSNZ in 2000, which according to Andrea was a “significant high point in his life”.

He also had several photos in NZ Camera over the years and says, “I miss critiquing the NZ Camera book with him already. Photography was his passion and a significant part of the Dad I knew.”

Andrea sent in a couple of photos of her Dad and cautioned me on the quality of the black and white photo, which is a photo of a photo . . . “but says it all” about her Dad. The other, more recent . . . “glass flare and eyes not sharp,” said Andrea.

RIP Stan Long FPSNZ.

The Late Stan Long FPSNZ

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