Category: The Welsh Salon

Here are the results of the 2025 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 results were as follows:

All Acceptance by Club
All Awards
Colour Prints
Monochrome Prints
PDI

The selectors were:
Colin Trow-Poole FRPS FIPF MAPGB
Julie Morgan AWPF
Leigh Woolford AWPF EFIAP DPAGB BPE4 Hon. FWPF

The 2025 Welsh Salon of Photography is Open for Entry

Entry Closes Soon!

How to Enter: For 2025 we will be utilising an email entry system and an on-line catalogue. Information on how to enter can be found in the documents below. Please ensure to read the entry form in conjunction with the supplementary information and conditions of entry.

Entry form (Word document)               Entry Form (PDF document)

Supplementary Information                 Conditions of Entry

Categories: There will be 3 ‘open’ categories: Colour Prints, Monochrome Prints and PDIs.

Fees: The basic charge per image entered will £2 but with a minimum charge of £6 which will cover up to 3 entries, and a maximum charge of £24 which covers 4 entries in each of the 3 Categories.

Entry Deadline: The date and time of the last (on-line) entry and delivery of Prints to the WPF AGM at Talbot Green at 10am Sunday 2^nd March 2025.

Selection: At Talbot Green Community Centre, 93 Clos Springfield, Talbot Green, Pontyclun, CF72 8FE from 10am on Sunday 23^rd March 2025. Free parking is available.

Selectors: For 2025 the selectors will be: Colin Trow-Poole FRPS FIPF MAPGB, Julie Morgan AWPF and Leigh Woolford AWPF EFIAP DPAGB BPE4 Hon. FWPF

Exhibition Venue:  Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare. CF44 8DL.

Exhibition Official Opening: 11am on Saturday 3^rd May.

Exhibition Opening Dates & Times – The exhibition opens on Saturday 3^rd May 2025 and the last full viewing day will be Thursday 29^th May. Please note, the museum is open to the public from 9.30am to 3.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday & Monday.  Please be sure to double-check opening/closing details before visiting.

Exhibition parking: You can park for up to two hours free in the adjacent Tesco car park.

Attendance: There is no entry fee to attend either the selection at Talbot Green Community Centre or the exhibition at the Cynon Valley Museum. However, visitors will need to provide their own refreshments. There is a Tesco nearby at both sites.

AWPF Distinction Workshop: This will be held during the exhibition at the Cynon Valley Museum on Saturday 17^th May. Contact David Lewis by emailing distinctions@thewpf.co.uk if you wish to be involved.

Please note, due to space limitations and other factors, not all accepted images can be displayed at the exhibition. However, they will all be included and displayed in an eCatalogue which will be published on the WPF website.

Examples of previous eCatalogues can be viewed here.