Visual Art Group Members' Print Exhibition 2020

VISUAL ART

MEMBERS’ PRINT EXHIBITION 2020

VISUAL ART

COMMITTEE

Andreas Klatt ARPS (Chairman & Editor) visualart@rps.org

David J Wood ARPS (Vice Chair & Programme Secretary) wood.david.j@virgin.net

Janie Chapman LRPS (Honorary Secretary) janie.chapman13@btinternet.com

Andrew Leeming LRPS (Honorary Treasurer) andrewleeming@googlemail.com

Michael Butterworth LRPS (Group Web Editor) visualartweb@rps.org

John Cavana ARPS (Headline Event Organiser) jcavana68@gmail.com

Mark Deutsch LRPS (Membership Secretary) mrkdeutsch@aol.com

Gill Dishart ARPS (Circles Secretary) gill@dishart.plus.com

Wendy Meagher LRPS (Exhibitions Lead) wmeagher@gmail.com

Eddie Morton ARPS (Exhibition Co-ordinator) eddiemorton@gmail.com

CO-OPTED

Robert Herringshaw ARPS (Exhibition Co-ordinator) robertherringshaw@me.com

SUB-GROUP ORGANISERS

Rollright Andreas Klatt ARPS rpsva@klatt.co.uk

South West Di Wilkins ARPS diwilkins@hotmail.co.uk

If you are interested in having or organising a Visual Art Sub-Group in your area, please contact:

Andreas Klatt ARPS visualart@rps.org

4. Gold Medal Winner

6. Paul Mitchell FRPS Selector’s Award

7. Marcus Scott-Taggart Selector’s Award

8. Caroline Colegate ARPS Selector’s Award

9. Highly Commended Images

10. Commended Images

11. Accepted Images

Front Cover Image: Reminiscences by Mike Kitchingman

Inside Front Cover Image: The Village Church by Chris Perfect ARPS

DESIGNER: Paul Mitchell FRPS (paul@pmd-design.co.uk)

Visual Art is The Magazine of the RPS Visual Art Group and is provided as part of the annual subscription of the Group. © 2020 All rights reserved on behalf of the authors. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder. Requests for such permission must be addressed to the Editor. The Royal Photographic Society, RPS Visual Art Group and the Editor accept no liability for any misuse or breach of copyright by a contributor. The views expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the policies of the Royal Photographic Society or of the Visual Art Group.

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Winter Dip Chris Palmer

Paul Mitchell FRPS

Every once in a while I see an image that makes me stop. I want to study it in more detail and I want to know more about it. My first reaction to Winter Dip was that it felt contemporary, documentary in style but also had a very visual narrative. I enjoy the muted sea/concrete colour palette, which becomes a most suitable backdrop

for the brightly attired swimmers. One also has to admire the photographer’s timing, each swimmer perfectly separated, and the subtle line created by the waiting and submerged members of the group. The lady in the foreground, adjusting her swimwear, adds a focal point and aids to break up the expanse of the promenade. The selectors do not know until the end

who has made an image, so I was pleasantly surprised when the name of the Gold Medal winner was revealed. Someone I know more for his wonderful landscape photography, than this particular style of work. A lesson and encouragement for us all to look beyond the obvious and to step out of our comfort zone every once in a while.

Marcus Scott-Taggart

The photograph is enlivened by the saturated colours of swimmers’ hats and costumes. However, the evenness of illumination and the subdued colour palette of the environment support the “Winter” of the title, yet only one of the swimmers looks as if she is struggling with the cold. All the others are relaxed, coping with the conditions and seeming not to notice the cold. Immediately, and probably without conscious thought, we take the message from the scene that these are hardy people, if perhaps a little eccentric. We are given few clues about the location of the water but the inclusion of the vertical reflections top left and the concrete on which the swimmers are standing hint at it being a harbour.

But the crowning joy of this photograph is the masterful composition: the winding trail starting with the lady central in the foreground, preparing herself for what’s to come, moving to the right at the end of the queue then down through the steps, following the three in the water to finish on the orange swimming cap. Without effort we have been carefully led through the photograph pausing on individual swimmers on the way to enjoy how each is coping with their winter dip. The complete image cleverly contains all the stages of the exercise in the same way that individual pictures in a flip book would take you through preparation; anticipation; semiimmersion; complete immersion; ending with striking out towards an unknown destination.

Caroline

Colegate ARPS

Chris has obtained a simple uncluttered composition from a situation that could have been chaotic. That takes skill and patience. Compositionally, there is a lovely “s” shape formed by the swimmers and this leads me gently through the image. This gentle composition is therefore consistent with what appears to be a calm day on the ocean. The bathers are starting out with the breast stroke and therefore this adds to the overall feeling of calm. The bright colours of the bathing costumes stand out well from the muted colours of the water and pavement. These people appear to be serious swimmers because even in gloomy weather they are venturing out. The inclusion of just one pair of flip flops is the icing on the cake!

Saltburn Mark Snowdon ARPS

PAUL MITCHELL FRPS AWARD

Even without the title I recognised the location straight away, having been there many times and always been rewarded by it, with my own pinhole camera, too! It will come as no surprise to those who know me that I was immediately drawn to the soft, ethereal rendition that this type of camera gives.

The very small pinhole aperture can also result in longer than normal exposure (typically 2-5 seconds) which can soften breaking waves and capture moving people in a subtle blur. I also enjoy the angle Mark has chosen, allowing the pier to point into the scene like a finger of iron. It was rather satisfying

to see that Mark had used traditional darkroom methods to produce his print. Immediately recognisable by the thick, slightly wavy baryta paper, where the image seems to be part of the paper rather than just sitting on top.

Paul Mitchell FRPS

Homage to Mondrian Wendy North

MARCUS SCOTT-TAGGART AWARD

Marcus Scott-Taggart

If one was to categorise this photograph it would fit comfortably into an Architectural/Engineering group but only if you called on the most basic identities of the two elements with which Wendy has created this design. The title suggests that it is the geometric, coloured rectangles of the building that caught her attention but, for me, the disproportionate scale of the streetlamp towering threateningly, or with curiosity, over the building adds a lot more opportunity for further interpretation. If I have any criticism at all, and it does not undermine my other reasons for choosing this, it is that I feel the darkening of the sky top left is a little overdone. While vignetting that corner does lend weight to the

feeling of the streetlamp leaning over the building, once noticed, it is a more dramatic effect than is needed. What the photograph does highlight is Wendy’s ability to see past the mundane and formulate a design with meaning beyond the obvious by choosing carefully her camera’s viewpoint. That is a talent, in my opinion, more valuable than technical excellence especially now as so many of the procedural demands can be supported by the equipment.

Surrender Roger Ford FRPS

CAROLINE COLEGATE ARPS AWARD

Caroline Colegate ARPS

Roger’s composition has transformed an ordinary scene into something much more intriguing and exciting. I really admire the fact that the top row of sunbathers has been cropped to remove their identity. This leaves me with an opportunity to guess what they may look like. Their style of footwear suggests that they may be younger than the front row. The position of the hands of the two gentlemen in the front row is almost a surrender sign and is therefore in keeping with the title or maybe the person on the empty chair has already surrendered and left the sun deck. Perhaps the two couples in the front row have purposely left an empty chair between them in order to preserve their personal space. Who might be brave enough to bag that seat?

It’s a great image that invites all of us to weave our own narrative. There are so many interesting differences to enjoy especially in terms of clothing and what each person is doing. Conversion to monochrome has simplified the image and I can concentrate on the story without the interference of what might have been bright colours. The pleasing curves on deck also add a strong pictorial dimension.

HIGHLY COMMENDED BONSAI REIMAGINED CHRISTINE ADAMS ARPS

HIGHLY COMMENDED MAN ON STAIRS CAROL PAES LRPS

HIGHLY COMMENDED SAND DUNES AND GRASSES SUSAN BROWN FRPS

COMMENDED WHERE HAVE ALL THE TOURISTS GONE?

MICHAEL LONGHURST ARPS

COMMENDED SAPLINGS

PETER MARTIN ARPS

COMMENDED

SOUTH COAST BOLLARD

WENDY MEAGHER LRPS

NEW YORKER VIEW • PAUL ADAMS ARPS

THE TULIP STAIRS • BARRY BADCOCK ARPS

LLYN PEN-Y-GWRYD, SNOWDONIA • KATHRYN ALKINS LRPS

THE OCTOPUS • SANDRINE AIM LRPS

WALKIES – RED • FRED BARRINGTON ARPS

SAN GIORGIO AND LAMP • JON ALLANSON LRPS

PLAYGROUND SLIDE AFTER RAIN • JACK BATES FRPS

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL • PAUL BATHER ARPS

THE ROCA GALLERY • ROBERT BRACHER ARPS

SUNRISE IN TUSCANY • BARBARA BOGACKA ARPS

BLUE NO. 7 • GARY BOURNE LRPS

MEMBERS’ PRINT EXHIBITION 2020 | SELECTED

ROSA ‘ICEBERG’ • PAUL BREWERTON ARPS

TREES ON THE LOCH • CAROLINE BRIGGS LRPS

GALLERY CHIC • JOHN CAVANA ARPS

TRAIGH SEILEBOST • RICHARD BINGHAM ARPS

CONTRASTS IN THE LANDSCAPE • MICHAEL BRINDLE LRPS

ST ANNE’S LUTHERAN CHURCH • JOHN CHESHIRE LRPS

BAND OF GOLD • JANIE CHAPMAN LRPS

BRIGHTON ART STALL • TERRY DAY LRPS

STUDY IN RED • ANTHONY CHAPMAN ARPS

MEMBERS’ PRINT EXHIBITION 2020 | SELECTED

BEACH DETRITUS • JENNI CHEESMAN LRPS

WALKWAY • DAVID FELLS LRPS

MISTY MORNING ON THE CUCKMERE • PAUL CONNOR LRPS

TIME FOR A REST • LORRAINE CLIFTON LRPS

LARKING ABOUT AT TATE MODERN • STEVE LENAERTS LRPS

CLEARLY NOT CLEARLY NO. 6 • ANDREW CRAWFORD ARPS

RAINY DAY, TRAFALGAR SQUARE • MARK DEUTSCH LRPS

NIGHTFALL ON THE TYNE • GILL DISHART ARPS

REFRESHMENT STOP • STEPHEN COLLINSON LRPS

SOUTHPORT SHORE • STEPHEN DEAN LRPS

GIOVANNA NO. 2 • ROY ELWOOD FRPS

THE TREE AND THE TOWER • COLLEEN DONALDSON ARPS

FRUIT SALAD • GERALD KITIYAKARA LRPS

SNOWDROP MEDLEY • DIANE FIFIELD ARPS

SWIRLING WATER • ROBERT GALLOWAY LRPS

HOSTA • BEN GORMAN ARPS

FRAMED IN VENICE • ANGELA FORD ARPS

GLANCE • PETER DISHART

AUTUMN LEAVES • RAY DUFFILL

MEMBERS’ PRINT EXHIBITION 2020 | SELECTED

OREGON DRIFTER • DEREK GODRIDGE LRPS

WATER REFLECTION • SUSAN HENDRICK FRPS

THE BATHROOM • RICHARD HALL LRPS

MAN IN SPACE • JOHN HOSKINS ARPS

DREAM CATCHER • GREG LAMBERT ARPS

TEGAN • JULIE HOLBECHE-MAUND LRPS

• ROBERT HERRINGSHAW ARPS

MEMBERS’ PRINT EXHIBITION 2020 | SELECTED

TEA FOR TWO • ROBERT HUGHES LRPS

SPRING IS OVER • DEREK JONES LRPS

RENAISSANCE PRINCESS • SUE HUTTON ARPS

CAT’S HEAD HEADDRESS • GRAHAM LAND ARPS

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY • ANDREAS KLATT ARPS

COIGACH • JIM LAWS LRPS

ON THE MOVE • TOM LEE ARPS

HOPE • ANDREW LEEMING LRPS

BLUE MOON • JIM MULLER

MEMBERS’ PRINT EXHIBITION 2020 | SELECTED

COLLIERS WOOD UNDERGROUND • SUSI LUARD ARPS

RED DEER PAIR • LYNDA MUDLE-SMALL ARPS

UNDERPASS ISTANBUL • LYNDA MORRIS LRPS

HEAVENLY LIGHT • BARRIE MACJANNETTE

DANIEL • GRAHAM McLAREN ARPS

FRIEND OR... • CLIVE MARSHALL ARPS

BATTLING THROUGH THE SNOW • MARTIN PARRATT ARPS END OF THE SEASON

• JOHN PATTERSON LRPS

MEMBERS’ PRINT EXHIBITION 2020 | SELECTED

DOCKLAND SUNSET • PAUL O’FLANAGAN LRPS

A STRANGER IN PARADISE • GILL PEACHEY LRPS

NATURE’S BAUBLES • PAM PERRY LRPS

FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE • DAVID POLLARD ARPS

HEADWATERS • KAY REEVE ARPS

SECURITY STAFF - FRAMED • DAVID REES

MAGRITTE’S APPLE • NEIL SCOTT FRPS

LOOKING OUT • JOHN TIMBRELL ARPS

FRAMED • BARRY ROBERTS ARPS

PLYMOUTH AQUARIUM • CHRIS ROGERS LRPS

MUSEUM LIVERPOOL • ALAN SANDER

AT PLAY • BARRY SENIOR HonFRPS

FREESIA • MICK SAYER ARPS

CRICK CASSETTES • DAVID TOWNSHEND ARPS

END OF SEASON • BARBARA SELLARS LRPS

RETIRED YELLOW CANNA • SIMON SIMPSON

REST ASSURED • MARTYN SMITH LRPS

THE GUITARIST • CLIFF SPOONER LRPS

WINTER LIDO • ANNA STEVENSON FRPS

AN IDEA AHEAD OF ITS TIME • ROMNEY TANSLEY ARPS

SNOW BLOWN • ROBERT STYRING ARPS

LITTLEHAMPTON BLUE • CHRISTINE WOOLGAR ARPS

AGATE LANDSCAPE • MARILYN TAYLOR ARPS

SUNLIT INTERIOR, WIMPOLE HALL • SIMON WELLS

THREE WISE MEN • JOHN WIDDOWS FRPS

THE NIGHTSTAND • SUE VAINES LRPS

JOSS & HER SMOKEY • MIKE WOODMAN

CATTLE DRIVE • DAVID WOOD ARPS

VENUS • KIRSTEEN TITCHENER

THE CHURCH AT BUDIR • IAN WILSON ARPS

HERDWICKS • JANET DOWNES

ALONE AGAIN • ANDREW WOOD ARPS

WET PARIS • MARIAN GUESS LRPS

MARCESCENCE • BARRIE FOSTER LRPS

WILD WATER • BARON WOODS FRPS

POSTAL AND EMAIL PORTFOLIOS

Get even better value from your membership of the Visual Art Group: join a circle. Email circles are free to join, while print circles will cost you no more than postage. Meet new people keen to share their experience, to ask questions and to comment on your photographs. Get a different angle on your work from people who are neither fellow club members, nor your family! Members range from new recruits to very experienced photographers, from people who just want to enjoy their photography with new friends, to people working towards distinctions.

There are print and email circles and we’d welcome a few more members. Join a circle. To join or ask for more information, just email Gill Dishart ARPS (Gill@dishart.plus.com).

THE DANCING LIGHT • DIANA FOX BRINDLE LRPS

NIHANG SIKH 1 • RAVI GOEL LRPS

BLUES IN THE NIGHT • RAY HIGGINBOTTOM ARPS

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