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Gibraltar Photographic Society

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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

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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

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  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.
  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.
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