2024 Barrian Cup – LAST CHANCE TO ENTER

Barrian Cup 2024 – 8th June 2024

Barry Camera Club are pleased to announce they will be running their Barrian Cup event for 2024. They would like to invite your club to participate and hope that you will join them on Saturday 8th June 2024 where once again clubs can meet to enjoy each other’s photography, friendship and healthy competitiveness!

They are delighted to be able to confirm that Nick Jenkins, AWPF ARPS, will be judging the Barrian Cup this year, so it promises to be another entertaining competition. All the details and application form can be accessed online here.

Closing date for entries is 4th May 2024.

If there are any questions, please email Pat Hollis, Barry Camera Club Competition Secretary on: barrycameraclub.compsec@gmail.com

2024 Welsh Salon Exhibition

The 2024 Welsh Salon of Photography Exhibition opens on Saturday May 4th and closes on Saturday 25th May.

The Awards presentation is at 12.30 on Saturday 4th May.

Museum Opening Hours are Tuesday to Saturday 9.30 -3.30. (Closed Sunday and Monday).

2024 Welsh Salon Results

Here are the results of the 2024 Welsh Salon of Photography.

Congratulations to everyone who achieved an acceptance. To those who were unlucky, there were a lot of narrow misses so please try again next year.

The juges were:
Roger Parry ARPS MPAGB Hon. PAGB EFIAP (WCPF)
Judith Parry DPAGB Hon PAGB EFIAP (WCPF)
Les Loosemore ARPS AWPF DPAGB (WPF)

All Acceptance by Club
All Awards
Colour Prints
Monochrome Prints
Nature Prints
PDI

Huge thanks to Salon Chair John Surridge and his team for organising the event.

Alyn Wallace

Many of you will have heard the incredibly sad news of the passing of Alyn Wallace.

Alyn, originally from Pontypridd spoke to many PF clubs and his talks were a treat. Always memorable and awe inspiring. Such dedication to a craft is rare. We cannot believe he has gone at such a young age. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.

His family has released the following statement:

As many of you probably have already heard, our miraculous talent Alyn Wallace (Wally) has passed away on 28th of March. There are no words to describe our loss and the pain we’re in. Knowing that he’s had a chance to touch many lives through social media, teach, inspire, and connect with so many souls worldwide puts a consolation smile on all of us.

It is still too early to make any decisions. This unfortunate loss has happened in a foreign country. We believe you’ll understand. It’s hard to comprehend the staggering size of his influence sphere for us boomers, and social media is not exactly a priority at the moment. Any developments regarding his work, equipment, workshops, legacy et cetera will be announced via this account in reasonable time.

We cannot check this account for messages frequently, so if you’d like to contact about his (or your) professional work, suggestions, payments, bookings, ideas or anything else, please contact his mother through paulinewallace1@hotmail.co.uk.

Just to avoid any misunderstanding or misinformation, we would like to clarify: his immune system was weakened due to a pre-existing condition, and a simple gall bladder stone infection spread rapidly, causing multiple organ failure, resulting in his untimely demise.

Pauline & Ian WALLACE

75th Midland Salon of Photography

The 75th Midland Malon, organised by the Midland Counties Photographic Federation is open for entry. It has PSA, FIAP, GPU & PAGB patronage and you may enter prints & projected images.

There are over 200 awards and low entry fees – only pay for sections you enter and all entrants receive an A4, 68-page colour catalogue.

There are six sections:
Open monochrome prints.
Open colour prints.
Open colour projected images.
Open monochrome projected images.
Nature projected images.
Scapes projected images.

The online entry system is now open at www.midland-salon.com

Closing date 24th June 2024.

2024 AWPF Workshop & Assessment Dates

The workshop will take place on the 4th of May 2024 at the Cynon Valley Museum in Aberdare.  The workshop is open to everyone and not just AWPF applicants so if you would like to come along please contact Paul James distinctions@thewpf.co.uk for further information.

The AWPF assessment day will take place on the 3rd of November 2024 at Talbot Green.  Details will be released closer to the date.

For any other information regarding the AWPF please feel free to contact Paul at the email address above.

Welsh Salon Exhibition

The official opening of the 2024 Welsh Salon of Photography is set for the 4th of May 2024 at the Cynon Valley Museum in Aberdare. We are still waiting final confirmation though.

The exibition runs from 4th May to 25th May but we strongly recommend that you do not visit on the last day becasue, as always, it will be demounted on that day.

More details about the opening ceremony times when we have them….