The Official opening of the Exhibition and presentation of
awards was held on Saturday 10th January 2009 at:

Mansfield Museum & Art Gallery, Leeming Street,
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 1NG.

Prints will be on display for four weeks until Saturday 7th February 2009. Opening times: 10:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday.

Despite the reduction in the number of entries per section, we have in excess of 2500 entries with over 1200 prints and 1300 projected images entered by 277 authors.   Natural History prints are now a separate section.

Slide and digital merge, with two projected image sections, open and nature.   There is a major reduction in slides, compensated by the increase in digital, It is sad that we have fewer slide workers, but we do move forward, who knows what lies ahead with future technology.   The accepted images are just over 19% of the total entries, within a very small margin of last year’s totals, in fact just four less over the whole entry. 

Thanks go to all our selectors for their hard work and dedication, both days going smoothly.   I also thank all helpers during selection and behind the scene workers, all contributing time and effort to this Exhibition. I must especially thank Peter and Carol Cheetham for so much effort over the years and also to David Gibbins for his proof reading.

I hope the pictures selected for this Exhibition give you pleasure and perhaps a little inspiration. If they do please tell your friends and encourage them to visit the Exhibition, view the projected images show and point them in the direction of this website.

Once again a Colour Catalogue has been produced, supported by our advertisers and sponsors. A limited number of copies of this Catalogue will be available at the Museum & Art Gallery. Each year the costs of the exhibition increase and every purchase helps the Federation.

It is pleasing to have clubs entering for the first time but a little disappointing a few have missed out. Having said that forty out of forty-seven is pretty good; come on you members in the other seven clubs. Every club will be showing our projected image show. Comments can be emailed following your club showing (details below).

I again appeal to members in clubs who did not enter, and continued support from you all for our next Annual Exhibition in 2010. Closing date will be late October and Rules and entry forms will be issued during September 2009, which gives plenty of time for everyone in all clubs affiliated to the Federation to enter.

To have all clubs represented would be great.

Eric Miller, APAGB, Exhibition Secretary

Tuesday	6	January	2009	Peterborough Photographic Society
Thursday	8	January	2009	Pinchbeck Photographic Group
with Pinchbeck	8	January	2009	Spalding Photographic Society
Friday	9	January	2009	Melton Mowbray Photographic Society
Saturday	10	January	2009	OPEN Mansfield Museum & Art Gallery
Monday	12	January	2009	Long Eaton Camera Club
Tuesday	13	January	2009	LB (HEAGE) Camera Club
Wednesday	14	January	2009	Matlock Camera Club
Thursday	15	January	2009	Chesterfield Photographic Society
Monday	19	January	2009	Derby Photographic Society
Wednesday	21	January	2009	Rolls-Royce (Derby) Photographic Society
Monday	26	January	2009	Clay Cross Photographic Society
Tuesday	27	January	2009	Ilkeston Photo 2000 Club
Tuesday	27	January	2009	Rushcliffe Photographic Society
Thursday	29	January	2009	Arnold & District Camera Club
Thursday	29	January	2009	Beeston Camera Club
Tuesday	3	February	2009	James Maude Camera Club (Mansfield)
Wednesday	4	February	2009	Scunthorpe Camera Club
Tuesday	10	February	2009	Horncastle & District PS
Wednesday	11	February	2009	North East Lincs. Photographic Society
Wednesday	11	February	2009	Nottingham Co-Op Camera Club
Thursday	12	February	2009	Grimsby Photographic Society
Friday	13	February	2009	Bolsover Camera Club
Friday	13	February	2009	RB Camera Club (Lincoln)
Monday	16	February	2009	Newark Photographic Society
Thursday	19	February	2009	Grantham Photographic Society
Thursday	19	February	2009	Stamford Photographic Society
Monday	23	February	2009	Derby City Photographic Club
Tuesday	24	February	2009	Lincoln Camera Club
Tuesday	24	February	2009	Nottingham & Notts. Photographic Society
Monday	2	March	2009	Retford & District Photographic Society
Monday	2	March	2009	Sileby Photographic Society
Wednesday	4	March	2009	Worksop & District Photographic Society
Wednesday	11	March	2009	Ashbourne & District Camera Club
Monday	16	March	2009	Bakewell Photographic Circle
Wednesday	18	March	2009	Warsop & District Camera Club
Thursday	19	March	2009	Ilkeston Photographic Club
Thursday	19	March	2009	Killamarsh Amateur Photographic Society
Thursday	26	March	2009	Eastwood Photographic Society
Tuesday	7	April	2009	Barton P & DI Group
Thursday	9	April	2009	Melbourne Photographic Society
Monday		cc		Ashby Photographic Group, Scunthorpe
Thursday		cc		Dronfield Camera Club
Thursday		cc		Keyworth Camera Club
Thursday		cc		Nottingham Outlaws Photographic Society
Wednesday		cc		Axholme Camera Club
Wednesday		cc		Deepings Camera Club
		cc		Dunholme Camera Club
			cc =	Please contact club