LIP Local Groups

Several of these have now had a number of successful meetings. As well as talking about photography and discussing your current work, we hope that local groups will be planning other activities, including possible exhibitions. All members are welcome at any group - contact the following for details: Contact the people below for details of times and location of meetings:

Quentin Ball, 1 Summerland Gdns, N10 3QN, 0181 444-5505
Sarah Thelwall, 36 Kings Keep, Beaufort Rd, Kingston 0181 255-1309
Yoke Matze, 11 Thorncombe Rd, E Dulwich, SE22 0181 693-8107
Graeme Webb, 377 Cadwallon Rd, SE9 3PX 0181 850-4771
Alison Williams, 21b Greenhill Rd, Harrow, HA1 1LD 0181 427-0268

News

IPSE Evening Meetings

Windmill House, Top St, Bolney
27 Nov
Jill Staples 01444 88189

Inner Light, St Johns Vicarage, Purbrook
26 Nov 7.00pm
Robin Coutts 01705 262307

Beacon Group, Chromos, 58 High St, Tunbridge Wells
First Monday of each month, 8pm
Ian 01892 536986 or Julie 01892 525704

Pyrenees in Spring

Sam Gardener will be leading a week long photographic tour in the Spanish Pyrenees April 12-19 1998. It will be based at The Painting School in the little hill-top village of Berdun.

Details from Sam on 01892 852133

The Samaritans

Colour or monochrome submissions are invited for the second annual photographic competition organised by the Samaritans, which will culminate in an exhibition at the Association Gallery in May 1998.

For details of the brief contact Justin Irwin, Communications Assistant, The Samaritans, 10 the Grove, SLOUGH SL1 1QP. The closing date for entries is 30 Jan 1998.

Photo Art International

Congratulations to Jim Barron for being featured in Issue 4, Aug/Sep 1997 issue of Photo Art International. This bears no relationship to the earlier publication of the same name but is produced by Creative Monochrome, well known for their publication of books by club photographers.

Photo Art International has also published work by more generally recognised photographers such as Paul Trevor (Issue 1) and, in the same issue as Jim, a preview of the current Don McCullin retrospective at the Barbican. As well as well-printed photographs the magazine also has technical articles.

Single issues are available for Ł5 from Creative Monochrome Ltd, 20 St Peters Rd, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1HD, 0181 686 3283.

Photo UK and Prizes and Awards

Two books published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, 8 Broomfield Rd, Heaton Moor, Stockport. Photo UK at 12.95(post free or from bookshops) gives listings of galleries, workshops, festivals, educational and training institutions, magazines and periodicals, prizes and awards, funding bodies and professional associations for photographers.

Prizes and Awards gives details of these available for photographers, artists, writers and poets and is also Ł12.95

Award for Photography

This is a collaboration between five European photographic publishers who will each publish the winning book project. It must be a substantial, completed and unpublished project. Details A5 SAE to Dewi Lewis Publishing, 8 Broomfield Rd, Heaton Moor, Stockport SK4 4ND. Deadline 30 Jan 1998

London Contemporary Photography Fair

This is on Sunday 16 Nov from 12-6pm, at the Strand Palace Hotel, Strand, London WC2 and will include work from London Independent Photography, Inscape Photography, Prague House of Photography, The London Arts Cafe etc.
The event is organised by Manuela Höfer of 'Original Photographic Prints' in the Mall Arcade, Camden Passage 359 Upper St, Islington.

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