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The winners of the April 2022 ‘Architectural Patterns’ competition for the Jim Davis Trophy were as follows:
1st - Jeff Thomas – Croatian Citadel (see below)
2nd – Alan Shepherd – High Rise
3rd – Alec Stewart – Royal Border Bridge
The competition was judged by Linda Meaton.
Here is the Merit Table after four of eleven competitions in 2022. Please report any inaccuracies to Geoff Howard or Leigh Woolford.
The Exhibition of images selected for the 2022 Welsh Salon of Photography will be held at the Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare CF44 8DL from the 6th May to the 28th May. The museum is opposite Tesco’s store in Aberdare.
Museum opening times are Tuesday to Saturday 10:00am – 3:00pm. It is closed every Sunday & Monday.
The official opening and trophy presentation will be on Saturday 7th May at 1:00pm. Note, an AWPF workshop will be held in the same venue on the 7th May from 10:00 – 14:00pm.
The 2022 Ace of Prints Competition will take place on 3rd July 2022 at the Talbot Green Community Centre. Doors open at 9.00am.
The 2022 Rhondda Cynon Taf Photo Marathon takes place on Saturday 11th June 2022 starting at 10am. It is sponsored by, among others, the RPS and Olympus.
It is an event that allows its participants to express creativity through the medium of Photography. In a 24 hour time frame you will receive 12 topics that will require a single image submission for each.24 hours – 12 images. From wherever you are.
Prizes include an Olympus Tough TG6 Camera and a Royal Photographic Society Annual Membership.
Full details of how to take part are availble here.
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Here is the merit table after three of eleven competitions in 2022. Please report any inaccuracies to Geoff Howard.
The winners of the March 2022 Open competition were as follows:
1st - Dave Owen – One Day Hopefully (see below)
2nd – Jill Jones – Agapanthus Blue
3rd – Trevor James – Lily
The competition was judged by Dave Russell AFIAP
Gwynfa photographers achieved 35 acceptances in the 2022 Welsh Salon of Photography. No less than 7 of those images gained awards.
This exceeds our results in recent years. 2021 saw 24 acceptances and 6 awards and 2020 saw 29 acceptances and 5 awards.
Huge congratulations to everyone who got acceptances. It’s a tough salon with only around 15% of entries being exhibited. All Gwynfa acceptances can be seen here.
Details of the exhibition will follow when we have them.
Special congratulations to our award winners:
| Photographer | Title | Section | Award |
| Gwynfryn Jones | Beauty in the Catacombs | PDI | Best Colour |
| Trevor James | End of the Day | Colour Print | Best Landscape |
| Gary Welsby | Painted Lady on Scabious | PDI | Best Nature |
| Christine Tidman | Blue Hyacinths | Colour Print | WPF Ribbon |
| Leigh Woolford | Winter at Godafoss | Colour Print | WPF Ribbon |
| Leigh Woolford | Duel in the Rain | Mono Print | WPF Ribbon |
| Gary Welsby | Female Orange Tip | PDI | WPF Ribbon |
Following the news of our return to LIVE meetings at Caerlan Hall, you can find a printable version of our programme of events for April-December 2022 here.
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