This talk will be of particular interest to members who favour street photography, John’s monochrome images are stunning. John and Bridget Gill are husband and wife street and documentary photographers from West Yorkshire in the UK. For the past few years, they have undertaken a project to document life in[...]
Members will remember watching previous rounds of the Tour Series event when it visited Northwich (2018) and Birkenhead (2019). Unlike road races such as the Tour of Britain, this is a circuit race lasting one hour plus 5 laps. As the circuit is quite short, you get loads of chances[...]
We are planning a visit to the historic Manchester Victoria Baths When Manchester City Council decided it had to close Victoria Baths in 1993, there was a vigorous reaction in the local community. Manchester residents greatly valued the Turkish baths, the Aeratone, the swimming facilities, and the building itself. The[...]
Weather permitting Miriam and Ian will be opening their garden for flower photography and maybe more … Further details in Snapshot dated 8 July.
The annual Castle Park ‘Picnic in the Park’ event will be held on Sunday 3rd July. As well as plenty of stalls and opportunities for street photography, club members has been the semi-official photographers for the Downhill Run for the last few years. This starts at the top of Frodsham[...]
Liz Kenny has arranged for us to visit the cutting garden and wildflower meadow at Delamere Flower Farm in Norley on Monday evening, 16 May. Hopefully by timing the visit for a Monday evening, we will get a good turnout. On half an acre of south facing land, Alice Taylor, her[...]
This is a rare opportunity to see work by a world class photographer Sebastiao Salgado in Manchester. For seven years, Salgado worked with twelve indigenous communities to create this magnificent photography exhibition. The result is an incredible collection of powerful black-and-white photographs that reveal Salgado’s vision of the Amazon when the[...]
Wilson Trophy Team Dinghy Racing, West Kirkby The Wilson Trophy is widely regarded as the premier team racing event in the world, attracting some of the world’s most skilled exponents of the discipline, along with many fleet racing and match racing world champions and Olympians. It is held annually in[...]
Photo North Festival, run by Sharon Price, Peter Dench and friends, is back for its third year, at Bonded Warehouse, Manchester, 7,8,9 May. Building on the success of previous years, this unique photography event is aimed at the professional photographer, art-enthusiast, keen amateur and students. The festival brings together a[...]
Member Lynda Haney is leading a visit to this event. Details of the entries and the running order are still being finalised, so Lynda will provide further details about the arrangements next week. If you would like to go, put the date in your diary. The address is: Organsdale Farm,[...]