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Irish Photographic Federation Newsletter
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Welcome to the April edition of our Newsletter. The days are getting longer, and the weather is becoming more favourable for photography. I’d encourage you all to take advantage of that and get out there with your camera. Having been in lockdown for so long, it is wonderful to be out and about with the camera again. After all, that’s what photography is all about.
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The bluebells are just coming into bloom now. A friend and I visited a wood in our area a few days ago and it was beautiful to see a carpet of blue beginning to cover the forest floor. We took some photos, using tripods because of the low level of woodland light and a low ISO setting. Some nice images resulted but we reckon it will be a week or two before all the bluebells will be in full bloom. So make sure you check out a forest near you. We will definitely be re-visiting our wood in a week or so.
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Don’t forget the closing date for submissions for the National Championships is Friday May 6th. Make sure your club gets its entry in on time.
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Our AGM will take place on Sunday May 8th at 10.00 am via Zoom. All affiliated clubs have been notified and I look forward to seeing representatives of all our clubs at the meeting.
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Don’t forget to enter the “How We Age” photography competition, being organised on an all Ireland basis by the Institute of Public Health. It is being jointly sponsored by the IPF and NIPA and there are good prizes for the winning images. Further details elsewhere in this issue.
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Irish Photographic Federation
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What's Inside this Month?
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- 'Seen to be Heard', An Exhibition by Jennifer Willis
- 'How We Age', All-Island Photo Competition
- IPF’s 39th National Audio Visual Championships & 8th International Audio Visual Competition
- FIAP News & Competitions
- National Club Championships 2022
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Seen to be Heard
An Exhibition by Jennifer Willis
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Belfast Exposed presents the exhibition entitled Seen To Be Heard by award-winning photographer Jennifer Willis, featuring 32 portraits of women from Northern Ireland all living with a Secondary Breast Cancer diagnosis
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Photographer Jennifer Willis started this project six months ago in her Belfast studio and brought together 16 women diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. They have united in their passion to educate people on the need for secondary cancer care services to be changed. Willis has created raw and captivating portraits of these women who bravely bare their scars and also portray their everyday lives.
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Through the development of this exhibition, hearts and minds have already been affected in local government. The issue addressed in this way is a creative response to what is considered an inequality in women’s healthcare for the management of secondary breast cancer in Northern Ireland. Brought together, the exhibition reflects the trauma and courage of those who are living daily with a secondary breast cancer diagnosis. The exhibition wants to shed light on these issues and appeal to politicians and medical people to act and support those with a secondary breast cancer diagnosis. Currently, in Wales and England, the Government provides treatment, care and check-ups, this isn’t offered e in NI.
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The artist's approach within this exhibition and the use of colour, content and composition, give a sympathetic platform to these women’s voices.
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“This has been a very special project to work on and one of the most important exhibitions Belfast Exposed has done. Jennifer’s talent is evident through the raw and evocative portraits of the women. Through these works and the manifesto, Seen To Be Heard exemplifies how art can be used to educate and becomes a bridge to deal with difficult topics.” ~ Deirdre Robb, Chief Executive
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Professor Mark Lawler, who is pivotal in supporting the All-Island Cancer Research Institute says:
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"This beautiful but thought-provoking and challenging exhibition captures the reality of living with cancer and we need to make sure that their message resonates so that there are clear actions on addressing the challenges of secondary breast cancer. I sincerely hope that this will be reflected in the new Northern Ireland Cancer Strategy and its implementation, so that we deliver the optimum standard of care for all women with secondary breast cancer in Northern Ireland”
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How We Age
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Staying Active, Staying Social, Staying Connected
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All-Island Photo Competition
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The ‘How We Age’ photography competition launched by the Institute of Public Health (IPH) earlier this month is open for entries until June 30th and has several top prizes on offer.
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The all-island competition, which is supported by the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) and Northern Ireland Photographic Association (NIPA), is looking for images that capture the lived experiences of older people in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The ‘How we age - Staying Active, Staying Social, Staying Connected’ photography competition is seeking to create a series of images showing older people enjoying life and doing everyday activities, while also reflecting the positive and negative aspects of ageing. Images should portray older people in an authentic and inclusive way - regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, culture, ability, income, or post code.
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From the entries received, IPH intends to create a gallery of stock images for use in its ongoing work to promote healthy ageing and broader public health themes, which can also be made available to stakeholder organisations as a free-to-access image resource.
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The competition is free to enter, open to residents of Ireland and Northern Ireland over the age of 18, and is open for entries between 8 April 2022 to 30 June 2022.
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Entrants can submit up to a maximum of three photos and all entries must be submitted via the online entry form on the IPH website, which can be accessed at www.publichealth.ie/photo. Acceptance of terms and conditions is a condition of entry.
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Prizes include gift vouchers for photography equipment to the value of €/£500 for first prize, €/£300 for second prize, and €/£100 for third prize, depending on where the winning entrants reside.
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Details of the winners will be announced in the last week of July and published on the IPH website.
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Later in the year, the Institute intends to launch the ‘How We Age’ gallery of selected images to mark International Day of Older Persons on 1 October.
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To find out more about the ‘How We Age’ photography competition, please visit www.publichealth.ie/photo for terms and conditions, submission guidelines, and consent forms.
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Irish Photographic Federation’s
39th National Audio Visual Championships &
8th International Audio Visual Competition
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The IPF AV Group Committee met on 4th March, 2022 via Zoom. It was agreed to hold the event again via Zoom. As usual, the event is on the 3rd weekend in October - 15th & 16th. Subsequently, two judges that we contacted were honoured to be our judges - they are international winners in the medium - Ian Bateman, FRPS, MPAGB, AV-AFIAP, APAGB who has judged previously and it will be the first time for Sheila Haycox, ARPS, MPARGB/AV, EFIAP.
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Put the dates in your diary now! The Committee will meet next month to get the entry forms, rules and conditions of entry ready for AV2022.
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Lilian Webb,
IPF AV Nationals Co-ordinator
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FIAP Monochrome Biennial
Many thanks to those who replied to our request to send in images to be considered for selection to represent Ireland at the upcoming FIAP Monochrome Biennial. We have now selected 10 images – one each per author. The images have been printed and are on their way to Oman – hopefully they will arrive before the end of May deadline.
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The images and authors are set out below. However, I cannot publish the actual images – to ensure that they are not “pre-viewed” by the judges, etc. And we ask everyone to do the same please.
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FIAP Competition in Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine
FIAP have announced this competition and details are available at the link below (also attached in last month's newsletter). Entry to this competition is free and acceptances and awards will count towards FIAP distinctions.
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There are 2 themes – Open and “What is Sense of Humanity”.
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The closing date is 19th May 2022.
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FIAP have also made a large donation to the UN Refugee Agency on behalf of all photographers.
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FIAP Wildlife Competition
Many thanks to those who entered this competition and congratulations to those who had acceptances. The Awards Ceremony which will include the announcement of the winners will take place on Friday 27th May at 7pm. This will be held online via Zoom.
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FIAP Liaison Officer for Ireland
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IPF, National Club Championships
2022
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The Irish Photographic Federation will host the National Club Finals 2022 via Zoom on Saturday, May 21st.
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Please see below information and link how to register your clubs interest in the event. Following the completion of registration and fee paid to take part, you will receive further information on how and when you can upload your images. On a separate note I will need you to forward me a PDF / JPEG of the layout of both your club’s colour and monochrome panels.
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Irish Photographic Federation
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National Club Championships
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- The National Club Championship is an inter-club competition open to all clubs in good standing with the Federation.
- All clubs affiliated to the Federation are eligible to enter, i.e. there are no regional qualifying competitions.
- To compete, a club submits a panel of 10 monochrome digital images and a panel of 10 colour digital images. Clubs may also include two additional images per panel to act as substitutes for disqualified images.
- The overall award (Sean Casey Memorial Trophy) will be awarded to the club with the highest combined monochrome and colour panel scores. Clubs that choose to enter only one panel will not be eligible to win the overall award.
- All photographs shown on a panel must be the work of registered members of the competing club.
- A person may not represent more than one club in the IPF, or in NIPA, in any one year.
- A maximum of two images from an individual may appear on a panel.
- All images used in the competition shall be the original work of the author. Where the Federation requests proof of authorship that proof shall be provided without delay.
- Images used in previous National Club Championship are not eligible.
- Scoring in the competition shall be on the basis of the official score sheet. Each judge will score independently. Results shall be based on the aggregate scores given by all judges to each competing panel.
- The judges’ decision shall be final.
- Please click on the following link to register to enter the competition https://irishphoto.wufoo.com/forms/k1eebb1n0bsfoze/
- On receipt of the completed Entry Form and payment, the club will receive an email from the Co-ordinator with an invite for each club advising how your images must be uploaded.
- There will be an entry fee of €60.00 per club.
- Payment will form part of the online Entry Form process and can be by PayPal or Bank Transfer. The IPF IBAN will be included in the acknowledgement email, which will follow the completion of the Entry Form.
- All payments by Bank Transfer should use your Club Name as the reference.
- Images for projected panels should be resized to 1600 pixels on the longest edge, jpg quality 10.
- The IPF reserves the right to publish any image entered in the National Club Championships, with due acknowledgement and without payment of a fee, for the purposes of promoting the event and the IPF. This includes, but is not limited to, use on the IPF website. The copyright of all such images remains with their respective authors.
- Closing date for entries is Midnight Friday 6th May 2022.
Results will be presented on Zoom on Saturday, May 21st 2022
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The Conduct of the National Club Championship
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- The National Club Championship shall take place under the supervision of the Event Coordinator, or other official appointed by the National Council, and who shall act as the Official Referee.
- Judges appointed by the National Council shall adjudicate the National Club Championship. The judges for this year’s Club Championships are:Richard Spiers DPAGB, APAGB, BPE2; Gwen Charnock, FRPS, MFIAP, and; Carol McNiven Young, FRPS, EFIAP, CPAGP
- The judges’ decision is final and no discussion of that decision shall be entered into.
- It is not permissible to publicly dispute the judges’ decision or comment at any time during the National Club Championship, up to and including the award ceremony. Breach of this rule by a member of a club may lead to disqualification of that club’s entry.
- The results of the National Club Championship will be announced via Zoom.
- Entry into the competition shall be deemed to be acceptance of the rules of the
- The IPF reserves the right to publish any image entered in the National Club Championship, without payment of a fee. Copyright of all images remains with the respective authors.
- The National Council’s decision in all matters relating to the National Club Championship shall be final.
- Where any Club considers that a person or Club is in breach of any of the National Club Championship rules of the National Club Championship, that Club may lodge a formal complaint with the Federation stating the details of the alleged offence, which complaint, to be valid, must be accompanied by a payment of €60 to cover the costs of the investigation into the complaint. If the complaint is upheld, the fee will be returned and the offending Club will be liable for the costs of the investigation, in addition to any other penalty, which may be imposed. Any such complaint must be lodged prior to the commencement of judging. Once judging has begun, the organisers will not entertain any complaints.
- Any Club in breach of the rules shall be subject to a penalty as determined by National Council.
- It is incumbent on all participating Clubs to ensure that they have adhered to the rules of the competition and all rules shall be enforced on the basis that all competing Clubs and Club members have taken full cognisance of the rules.
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