A View from the Chair

John caVana

aRPS

We have been gradually getting back to normal since late 2021, when the restrictions of the pandemic began to ease and we felt more comfortable about meeting in groups. Now, I’m very pleased to say that there is a lot going on.

A superb weekend in Buxton in october 2021 was followed by a full and entertaining Rollright sub-group day in November. Since then, there have been 2 more Rollright meetings, now organised and led by Barry Barker FRPS and a well attended and excellent residential weekend in Brighton, organised and led by Mike Kitchingman LRPS and Sally Kitchingman.

In 2021, inspired by an idea from our former chairman, Andreas Klatt ARPS, we launched the annual print exhibition in book form; this was done to avoid possible cancellations of physical exhibitions. After receiving a record number of entries, an excellent ‘coffee table’ book was produced for the Visual Art Group members. It has been well received and we are now showing the square format prints as a physical exhibition. After exhibiting in conjunction with Richmond & Twickenham PS