The Official opening of the Exhibition was on Saturday 9th January 2010
at Durban House Heritage Centre, Mansfield Road, Eastwood,
Nottinghamshire NG16 3DZ at 2.00pm.

The presentation of awards followed by the premier showing of Projected images took place at 2.30pm at Eastwood Comprehensive School Hall, also on Mansfield Road. Prints will be on display for four weeks at Durban House from Saturday 9th January until Friday 5th February 2010.

Opening times (May be subject to change):
10:00am to 4:00pm daily, but closed Mondays and Saturdays.

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the 55th Annual Exhibition of the North & East Midlands Photographic Federation.

This year we had the highest number of both authors and entries for the twenty years I have been Exhibition Secretary, in excess of 2800 images from 330 authors. We never seem to have enough space to exhibit as many as we would like, but we do our best, both in our selection and display.

Congratulations to Bakewell Photographic Circle on again winning the Hiscox Trophy for Monochrome Prints, Rolls-Royce (Derby) Photographic Society seminally winning the Chesterfield Trophy for Colour Prints and Nottingham & Notts Photographic Society the Derwent Trophy for slides. We have selected five Individual print panels.

The winner of the Bolsover trophy for the Best Monochrome print is Gary Langley, Arnold and District Camera Club and best colour print went to Jim Edmondson, Bakewell Photographic Circle. Best Natural History print goes to John Smith, Warsop & District Camera Club.

The best Projected image award is for the first time awarded jointly to Dave Barraclough, Rolls-Royce (Derby) Photographic Society and Paul Exton, Nottingham & Notts Photographic Society.

Congratulations to all other award winners, everyone who gained acceptances and thank you everyone for entering.

Thanks go to all our selectors for their hard work and dedication, both long 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, Dave Severn for handling the digital side along with my own club colleagues Derek and Iris Martin and David Gibbins for proof reading. I must also thank the ‘Eastwood team’ who help hang the prints. The Show sent to all clubs is as professional as ever, thanks to Jim Hartje and Ashley Franklin.

I hope the pictures selected for this Exhibition please you and that you tell your friends and encourage them to visit the Exhibition, view the projected images show and have a look at the Federation website www.nempf.org. Once again a Colour Catalogue has been produced, supported by our advertisers and sponsors. At Durban House a limited number of copies of this Catalogue will be available. Each year costs increase and every purchase helps the Federation.

This year thirty-eight clubs entered the exhibition, although it is still my ambition that every club would submit work for consideration. However, all clubs will get a copy of the show which does include some of the award winning prints. Comments can be emailed following your club showing, detail on our website.

I again appeal to members in the few clubs who did not enter, and continued support from you all for our next Annual Exhibition in 2011. Closing date will be late October and Rules and entry forms will be issued during September 2010 which gives plenty of time for everyone in all clubs affiliated to the Federation to enter.

To have all clubs represented would be great, wishful thinking!

Eric Miller, APAGB, Exhibition Secretary

Saturday	9	January	2010	OPEN Eastwood Comprehensive School
Friday		cc	2010	A/F Social Club Brelu-Brelu PC
Thursday	28	January	2010	Arnold & District Camera Club
Wednesday	10	March	2010	Ashbourne & District Camera Club
Monday		cc	2010	Ashby Photographic Group, Scunthorpe
Wednesday	16	June	2010	Axholme Camera Club
Monday	21	March	2010	Bakewell Photographic Circle
Tuesday		cc	2010	Barton Photographic and DI Group
Thursday	28	January	2010	Beeston Camera Club
Friday	12	February	2010	Bolsover Camera Club
Thursday	14	January	2010	Chesterfield Photographic Society
Monday	25	January	2010	Clay Cross Photographic Society
Wednesday		cc	2010	Deepings Camera Club
Monday	22	February	2010	Derby City Photographic Club
Monday	18	January	2010	Derby Photographic Society
Thursday		cc	2010	Dronfield Camera Club
Thursday		cc	2010	Dunholme Camera Club
Thursday		cc	2010	Eastwood Photographic Society
Thursday		cc	2010	Grantham Photographic Society
Thursday	18	February	2010	Grimsby Photographic Society
Tuesday	9	February	2010	Horncastle & District Photographic Society
Thursday	18	March	2010	Ilkeston Arts and Camera Club
Tuesday		cc	2010	Ilkeston Photo 2000 Club
Tuesday		cc	2010	James Maude Camera Club (Mansfield)
Thursday	25	February	2010	Keyworth Camera Club
Thursday	18	March	2010	Killamarsh Amateur Photographic Society
Tuesday	23	February	2010	Lincoln Camera Club
Tuesday		cc	2010	LB (Heage) Camera Club
Monday		cc	2010	Long Eaton Camera Club
Wednesday	20	November	2010	Louth Photographic Society
Wednesday	20	January	2010	Matlock Camera Club
Thursday	18	March	2010	Melbourne Photographic Society
Friday	26	February	2010	Melton Mowbray Photographic Society
Monday	18	January	2010	Newark & District Photographic Society
Wednesday		cc	2010	North East Lincs. Photographic Society
Wednesday	17	February	2010	Nottingham Co-op Camera Club
Tuesday	23	February	2010	Nottingham & Notts. Photographic Society
Thursday	18	February	2010	Nottingham Outlaws Photographic Society
Tuesday	26	January	2010	Peterborough Photographic Society
Thursday	21	January	2010	Pinchbeck Photographic Group
Friday	29	January	2010	RB Camera Club (Lincoln)
Monday		cc	2010	Retford & District Photographic Society
Wednesday	27	January	2010	Rolls-Royce (Derby) Photographic Society
Tuesday	26	January	2010	Rushcliffe Photographic Society
Wednesday		cc	2010	Scunthorpe Camera Club
Monday	4	March	2010	Sileby Photographic Society
Wednesday	6	January	2010	Spalding Photographic Society
Thursday		cc	2010	Stamford Photographic Society
Wednesday	17	March	2010	Warsop & District Camera Club
Wednesday	3	March	2010	Worksop & District Photographic Society
			cc =	Please contact club