The Royal Photographic Society has announced the winners in pleasure for the 2009 International Projected Image Exhibition Awards. Amateurs, students and experienced photographers worldwide were invited to submit digital images and slides in three categories, General Digital, Nature Digital and Open Slide. The successful course of action in of the General Digital leg is Barbara Hill’s dispose, “In the Spotlight”.
The Open Slide leg champ is Peter Watson, who won the afford in pleasure for his temperament conceive of entlitled, “Temple Sweeper, Agra”.The successful images intention composition interest of The Society’s 2009 International Projected Image Exhibition, which opens at The Lecture Theatre, Chester Zoo on 25th October 2009; and tours the UK and Republic of Ireland until March 2010.
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THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ANNOUNCES WINNERS AND TOUR 2009 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTED IMAGE EXHIBITION
The Royal Photographic Society has announced the winners in pleasure for the 2009 International Projected Image Exhibition Awards. In the Nature Digital leg, the Gold Medal was awarded to Kwong Hui in pleasure for his photograph, “Pied Advocet” (see above). The successful images intention composition interest of The Society’s 2009 International Projected Image Exhibition period of service – a staggering collecting of dispose covering both the big annulus and from worlds. Nearly 3,000 submissions were submitted from defunct 500 photographers representing 31 countries worldwide and 264 photographers from 24 countries were selected in pleasure for the Exhibition.
Amateurs, students and experienced photographers worldwide were invited to submit digital images and slides in three categories:
General Digital
Nature Digital
Open Slide
The increasing hero- venerate of digital photography resulted in a ungrudging escalate in entries to the Competition.
A mount up to of 48 awards were made, including 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze and a gang of Highly Commended in each leg as completely cooked as a Photographic Society of America (PSA) Medal in the General and Nature Digital categories.
Selectors Roger Reynolds Hon FRPS and Tony Wharton FRPS were joined at disburse a deliver Steve Smith FRPS in the General Digital and Open Slide categories and at disburse a deliver Ben Osborne Hon FRPS in the Nature Digital category
National tour
The Awards intention be presented at the toe of the Exhibition at the Lecture Theatre, Chester Zoo on 25th October 2009, after which the Exhibition intention period of service defunct 20 venues all the course of action through the UK and the Republic of Ireland until March 2010. Topping this year’s International Projected Image Exhibition were the Gold Medal winners:
General Digital: © Barbara Hill ARPS – In the Spotlight
Nature Digital: © Kwong Hui FRPS – Pied Avocet
Open Slide: © Peter Watson EFIAP – Temple Sweeper, Agra
The Society is appreciative to the PSA in pleasure for its beam in pleasure for the Exhibition, and a PSA Medal was awarded to the Best Overall Exhibitor in each of the Digital Categories as follows:
General Digital: © Kathryn J Scorah LRPS DPAGB BPE5* – Remembering; Mother and Daughter; North Sea Surge; Along the Pier
Nature Digital: © Soumen Kumar Ghosh ARPS – Blue-Tailed Bee Eaters, Courtship Display; Greater Flamingo Taking Off; Dusting African Elephant; Curious Springbok Pair
The Exhibition opens at The Lecture Theatre, Chester Zoo on 25th October 2009 and tours the UK and Republic of Ireland until March 2010. The Exhibition intention nowadays the entrants’ eccentric slides, together with crag of the digital images.
