Our meeting this month adopted a slightly different format.
In view of two of our colleagues, Dr. Charles Ashton and Paul Mann recently receiving Fellowship distinction awards; in an extended ‘slot’, we featured the work of Charles this month. Hopefully, we’ll be able appreciate Paul’s, very different, ‘F’ panel next month.
Our session continued with a wide spectrum of topics and approaches from our contributors.
Examples of individual ‘seeing’, through overlays and abstract content were provided by Tessa Mills, Ruth Bourne, and Bob Oakley. Taking a more interpretive, landscape, documentary approach, Eric Williams, Richard Broomfield and Geoff Hicks presented subjects ranging from Scotland to Northumbria and Liverpool.
Pat Catlin made her debut within the Group with a set of pictures about Stow Horse Fair, whilst Lucy Allum illustrated the intricacies of Beach Life with her photos.
Dr. Charles Ashton provided further evidence of his photographic style with a set about the National Memorial Arboretum, whilst in playful contrast, Peter Young showed us a quirky set of images on the theme of Hide and Seek.
The paradoxically titled, ‘Nothing to See’ by Nigel Reader, revealed how by removing or covering up a message or poster, the result can frequently be a newly-formed, inadvertent piece of art (for those with eyes to see).
Clive Haynes’ set, ‘Fading Away’, used selectively tinted ‘tintypes’, to feature ‘gone-over’ flower arrangements in churches. This visual metaphor served to represent the diminishing role of the Established Church. In graphic and contrasting style, Bob Train iconoclastically sought to challenge some of the so-called conventions of photography.
Both Stewart Bourne and Alex Isaacs sought to express aspects of the darker side of existence with sets which expressed ‘Bad News’ and entropy as represented through still-life (Stewart).
All the images and individual statements are ready to be seen in this month’s 'bumper edition' of ‘Viewpoint’. Click on image or link below…..
