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Norwich & District Photographic Society looks forward to an exciting new Season

At this time of the year the members of the Society are normally pre-occupied with staging their Annual Exhibition at Norwich Cathedral and looking forward to welcoming an influx of new members who have in recent years turned up during the first weeks of September as the new Season begins. In the past three years alone, the Society has grown by more than a third and last season reached a peak of eighty members.

Covid-19 means that during the past months the Society has been forced to change but we continue to innovate and despite all the difficulties we look forward with excitement to our new season which opens on Tuesday 1st September with an online illustrated photo-talk from the very talented Bilbao born photographer Iñaki Hernández-Lasa, FRPS - FIPF – AFIAP who is now living in Ireland.

When on the 16th March the Prime Minister announced the first measures to combat the pandemic the third time in just over 100 years our Society could not meet as a group - two world wars and now a pandemic – but we were determined to bounce back strongly...!

Our first action was to appoint a small steering sub-committee with the brief to keep the members connected with one another and to steer the Society through these difficult times. This In Focus team, each chosen for their particular skills, met immediately and took the view that the pandemic was an opportunity to take the Society in new directions and allow the members to take part in events that previously had not seemed possible.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE - UPDATE REGARDING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC

As members of the Society are aware there was a video meeting of the entire committee on Monday evening during which the current situation regarding the on-going coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic was discussed.

Reluctantly, in the light of the latest strict new measures introduced by HM Government to tackle the spread of coronavirus coupled with the advice from the NHS the committee unanimously agreed that there is no alternative but to suspend ALL meetings of the Society for the foreseeable future.

The committee would also urge all members of the Society to follow the new rules from the Government – ‘staying at home and away from others’ – which is the single most important action we can all take, in fighting coronavirus, in order to protect the NHS and save lives. Please continue to be safe and protect yourselves and your families at this difficult time.

A significant consequence of the decision to suspend meetings of the Society means that the Annual General Meeting cannot now be held before the 30th June deadline as required by our Constitution. The committee has therefore undertaken the authority (as set out in Clause 56 of the Constitution) to decide upon the actions that must be taken to manage the on-going affairs of the Society until such time as a General Meeting can be properly convened.

Coronavirus, NewsMaurice YoungMarch 25, 2020coronavirus, pandemic, meetings

Tribute to Richard Elliott Jarrold (1934-2019)

Norwich & District Photographic Society wishes to pay tribute to Honorary Member of the Society Richard Jarrold who recently passed away peacefully at home, aged 85.

.On 16th September 1980, the Friendship Association was founded at the Sewell Barn Theatre with the aim of promoting informal links between Norwich and Koblenz and, in the same year the first visit to Norwich by a group of people representing Koblenz took place.

NDPS’s connection with Foto-Club Koblenz began in 1987 when several of their members visited Norwich with the Friendship Association and for the first time a courtesy panel of their photographs was included in that year’s NDPS Annual Exhibition held in the Castle Museum. This relationship between the two Clubs has continued and flourished to this day without a break.

Richard and Waltrund took a keen interest in the relationship between NDPS and Foto-Club Koblenz, and frequently ferried photographs backwards and forwards between the two cities to be displayed in each other’s annual exhibitions.

NewsMaurice YoungDecember 20, 2019tribute, richard, jarrold, honorary memberComment

Outdoor Photography declares David Noton's Chasing the Light Road Show is 'A Night to Remember'

There are now less than 20 days before Norwich and District Photographic Society hosts David Noton’s inspirtational ‘Chasing the Light Road Show’ when it arrives in Norwich.

David Noton is recognised as one of the world’s leading landscape and travel photographers, who runs his own highly successful freelance photography company from Sherborne, Dorset, UK. His passion for photography, travel and the world’s most beautiful locations are the defining influences that have shaped his life, work and creative approach to photography. The BBC has described some of his latest work as beathtakingly beautiful…!

Just two weeks to the start of the New Season at NDPS...

With just two weeks to go before the new season opens at Norwich and District Photographic Society all the final preparations are well advanced and we are working hard to ensure everything goes to plan.

Our programme has contained many superb presentations in the past 12 months during which time our membership has continued to grow, and our regular meetings and Special Interest Group meetings have all been well supported. Hopefully this season will be even better with many great highlights throughout the season and a number of important new initiatives being introduced.

Here is a summary of the main activities during the first month:

Message from Keith Garnham - Chairman

The Norwich & District Photographic Society has made huge progress over the past year.

Our membership continues to grow and last season’s programme was excellent and second to none with many superb presentations. This year looks as if it will be even better with many great highlights throughout the season and a number of important new initiatives.

An in depth study of Norfolk's lovely medieval churches

Mike Trendell FRPS who in recognition of his outstanding contribution over many years was recently elected and Honorary member of Norwich & District Photographic Society is holding an exhibition of his photography showing an in depth study of a selection of Norfolk’s Medieval Churches at Christ Church in Eaton from Saturday 2nd August until Sunday 18th August.

NewsMaurice YoungJuly 22, 2019Mike Trendell FRPSNorfolk, medieval churches, exhibition

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