Gibraltar Photographic Society

Gibraltar Photographic Society is a photographic society of Gibraltar. It was established in January 1965. Historically they met at the governor's residence.^[1] As of 2017 the president was Stephen Hermida.^[2]

It holds an annual awards ceremony^[3]^[4] and an annual National Celebrations Photographic Competitive Exhibition.^[5]

Annual National Celebrations Photographic Competitive Exhibition

The exhibition is held at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery in Casemates. It consists of the following sections:^[6]

Section A: Monochrome prints
Section B: Beginners Section of Monochrome and/or Colour prints
Section C: Colour prints
Section D: Digital Photograph Images

The competition is open to anybody, with a maximum of six photographs.^[7] At the 2018 exhibition 242 prints were exhibited, and 109 digital images displayed.^[8] At the 2019 exhibition, 279 prints were exhibited along with 115 digital images. John Pirisfor won awards in 2019 for his works "Sarah-Jayne" and "Selfie", while Soraya Schembri won the award for Most Original Photograph for "Grater than".^[9]

References

^ Newby, Eric (1985). On The Shores of the Mediterranean. Pan. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-330-28826-2.
^ "Photographic Society competitive images". Gibraltar Chronicle. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Gibraltar Photographic Society holds annual awards ceremony". Gibraltar Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
^ "Photographic Society annual competitive exhibition opens today". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
^ "Gibraltar National Celebrations 2019 Photographic Competitive Exhibition". Government of Gibraltar. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
^ "Annual photographic exhibition". Gibraltar Panorama. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Gibraltar National Celebrations 2019 Photographic Competitive Exhibition". Gibraltar.gov.gi. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "The Annual Competitive Exhibition of the Gibraltar Photographic Society". Gibraltar Magazine. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Winners of annual Gibraltar Photographic Society competition announced". Gibraltar News. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

External links

Official site

[Newby1985-1] Newby, Eric (1985). On The Shores of the Mediterranean. Pan. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-330-28826-2.

[2] "Photographic Society competitive images". Gibraltar Chronicle. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[3] "Gibraltar Photographic Society holds annual awards ceremony". Gibraltar Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

[4] "Photographic Society annual competitive exhibition opens today". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

[5] "Gibraltar National Celebrations 2019 Photographic Competitive Exhibition". Government of Gibraltar. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

[panorama-6] "Annual photographic exhibition". Gibraltar Panorama. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[7] "Gibraltar National Celebrations 2019 Photographic Competitive Exhibition". Gibraltar.gov.gi. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[8] "The Annual Competitive Exhibition of the Gibraltar Photographic Society". Gibraltar Magazine. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[9] "Winners of annual Gibraltar Photographic Society competition announced". Gibraltar News. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.