This month’s magazine has articles about from making use of those unused sparklers, our upcoming competitions, our forthcoming AGM and images from our recent Projected Image Competition.
We also explore the work of early documentary photographer Jacob Riis and show some highlights from the recent couple of months of meetings and activities.
As an early Christmas present to members and the wider public, we are making our 125th Anniversary book available for free as a digital version. This book celebrates the history of the society and it’s photographers, who have helped shape photography in the Capital over the last 125yrs.
WPS was presented the Wanganui Cup at the Central Regional Convention as the winning club in the 2015 Central Regional Interclub Projected Image Competition.
Clubs from throughout the Central Region were required to submit a set of eight images, each image must be by a different photographer (click here to view the WPS set of images). The history of the Wanganui Cup dates back to 1959 and was originally awarded to the best set of slides but with the development of digital photography, the cup is now awarded to the best set of projected images.
WPS has now won the Wanganui Cup on ten separate occasions however this is the first time since 2009 so the news was received with great excitement.
Congratulations to the WPS photographers behind the winning set of eight images: Ross Collins, Ian McIlraith, Barry Mahon, Jenny O’Connor, Peter Rodgers, Gail Teale, Mike Timmer, and Glen Wheatley.
A presentation of the cup and certificates to the photographers will take place at the WPS meeting on 26 Nov.
