OPS Weekly Newsletter 15 December 2024
- Wishing everyone a wonderful festive time and a happy New Year
- Last week’s meeting Tues 10 December: Projected Digital Image No. 2
Our judge was Colin Mill and the results were:
Commended
John Boteler – Misty Forest
Dave Atkinson – Cub in the Meadow
Pete Warrington – Black Light, Bexhill on Sea
Dave McKay – Traditional Fishing, Cao Bang
Highly Commended
Dave Stroud – Greater Flamingo
Dave Atkinson – Red Squirrel Snacking in the Snow
Pete Warrington – Into the Bleak Wood
Third – Dave Stroud – Avocet
Second – Keith Worthington – Cheetah Cub has strayed
First – Dave Stroud – The Elephants of Amboseli
Many congratulations to all who entered the evening’s competition
- Next meeting Tues 17 December at 19.30: Julian Elliot: Mongolia – from landscapes to eagle hunters
Julian will be ‘zooming-in’ al the way from Vietnam. His talk will take us on a journey across Mongolia from the famous Steppe landscape to the eagle hunters of the Altai region in western Mongolia.
We do not meet again until Tuesday 7 January when Pete and Phil Warrington will be showing their images.
- Upcoming meetings in January 2025
Tuesday 7 January: Pete and Phil Warrington will be showing their images.
Tuesday 14 January: We are hosting round two of Rosebowl Competition
Tuesday 21 January: Astro-photography with Gareth from London Camera Exchange
Tuesday 28 January: Oxford based photojournalist Adrian Arbib will present some stories he has documented
- Programme Secretary vacancy
We have a full and varied programme for you this season thanks to the hard work and excellent choices by Les. Unfortunately, due to unexpected changes in Les’s work commitments he cannot continue in the role and we need someone to step forward to start the planning and booking of speakers for next season’s programme. Please do contact me or any other committee member if you are interested in taking on the role.
- Events photographic in and around Oxford
Bettina von Zwehl: The Flood
This exhibition will feature photographs by London-based artist, Bettina von Zwehl (b. 1971). Von Zwehl’s aim is to rekindle wonder and curiosity as critical tools for exploring new ideas and practices.
https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/ashmolean-now-bettina-von-zwehl
Don McCullin talks to Richard Ovenden
The Bodley Lecture and Award of the Bodley Medal: Life and Work
Thursday, 3 April 2025
6:00pm-7.00pm Sheldonian Theatre
£8 – £20
- General photographic interest
Pointless jobs: the unbearable ennui of office life – in pictures
Lars Tunbjörk spent the 1990s photographing offices in Stockholm, Tokyo and New York – the result was an iconic series that captured the soul-sapping mundanity of modern work
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/dec/11/lars-tunbjork-office-life-in-pictures
There are places I remember: Steve McCoy’s Merseyside – in pictures
From windy beaches to self-built homes, the photographer has spent 45 years capturing the region’s people and places – and the changes that have transformed it
Photojournalist Ami Vitale finds hope in the face of crisis
The RPS Honorary Fellow urges action from all to help save the planet’s endangered species
Anthony Luvera illuminates the experience of homelessness
The artist and educator challenges stereotypes – and puts control back in the hands of people without a home
Patience is a virtue for winning Canadian photographer
Andrew Mielzynski is named International Landscape Photographer of the Year
