Events

Ways of Looking:

A month of photography in Leeds and Bradford; for the month of September, Leeds and Bradford will be the undoubted destinations for photography and new media, with the first edition of Ways of Looking.

Exhibitions, talks, films and events will be happening in museums, historic houses, contemporary galleries, cinemas, stately homes, and even a railway station.

Fourteen organisations have joined forces to present a diverse range of photography and new media work: Axis, Bradford 1 Gallery, Bradford Grid, Brontë Parsonage Museum, The Culture Company, Harewood House, Hyde Park Picture House, Impressions Gallery, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Met Gallery, Lumen, National Media Museum, Pavilion, and PSL [Project Space Leeds].

Highlights include the international premiere of new digital work by Swiss artist Annelies Strba at Bronte Parsonage Museum, original nineteenth century photographs by Roger Fenton at Harewood House, a moving billboard commission at Leeds Railway Station, and the emerging stars of photography at the National Media Museum.

See Impressions Gallery Web Site for full details of all events.

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Sunday 7th September

Otley Camera Club and Derry Brabbs

Otley Camera Club has secured one of England's finest published
photographers to launch their 64th year in style. The club will be hosting Derry Brabb's who will present an entertaining evening entitled "In Wainwright's Footsteps and other Journeys" at Otley Courthouse from 7:30pm.

Tickets are £2.50 in advance; £3.00 on the door, for advance tickets
please contact the club on info@otleycameraclub.co.uk.

More information on the evening can be found on www.otleycameraclub.co.uk

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September 8th to 15th

Wetherby Library; Westgate, Wetherby.

Club's annual display in the library window.

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Saturday October 18th; 10.00 am.

YPU Keighley Memorial Day at Selby Community Centre, Scott Rd., Selby

Guest Speaker: Derry Drabbs and Hugh Milsom, MFIAP, plus one other to be announced.

Tickets priced £16 including coffee, lunch and tea - booking form available from Brian Gray the club secretary at secretary@wetherbycameraclub.co.uk

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Sunday 26th October

RPS Yorkshire Region

Documentary day at the National Media Museum, Bradford from 10:30 to 16:30. Follow this link to see the details and/or book tickets.

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Sunday 16th November

RPS distinctions' workshop at the National Media Museum, Bradford. For more information use this link to RPS events page.

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Sunday 23rd November

RPS Great Yorkshire Audio Visual Day at the NMM, Bradford from 10:00 - use link to find more information. The previous day sees the meeting of the AV distinctions' panel also at the NMM.

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Sunday November 23rd

RPS Yorkshire Digital Group meet at the Selby Community Centre between 10:00 and 16:00 to hear talks from Margaret and David Wilson for a talks about Photoshop Techniques in both colour and monochrome. More information.

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Sunday January 18th 2009.

Also at Selby Community Centre from 10:00; the RPS Yorkshire Digital Group have a talk from Rikki O'Neil entitled "One Step Beyond". More information.

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Tuesday March 3rd

The Specsaver's Lecture in the larger room in the Church Centre at the normal time, 19:30.

The club is delighted to welcome as its guest speakers for this important event, Phil and Gwen Charnock, from the famous Wigan 10 Foto Club. Gwen and Phil are photographers of international renown and more information about them can be found on their web site and also on this page from the BBC web site.

The meeting is to be an all ticket event to control numbers within the limit of the room but there will be no charge for these tickets which will be distributed nearer the event.