Edinburgh Photographic
Society
139th International
Exhibition of Photography
5 Aug
to
2 Sep
2001
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Poster
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Venue
This Exhibition of Photography is
the 139th in a long line of
Edinburgh Photographic Society Annual Open Exhibitions. The
Exhibition was shown at Edinburgh Photographic Society's Premises:
The
Edinburgh Photographic Centre
68
Great King Street
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Copyright: For permission to
reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
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Entries
For this exhibition, the number of prints received was:
- 1,022 mono prints
- 1,169 colour
prints
- from 48 countries
From
this entry there were chosen to be hung:
- 118 mono prints
- 93 colour prints.
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Copyright: For permission
to reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
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Selectors
The Selectors for the 2001 Exhibition were:
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Markus Laubeock, Austria
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Rikki O'Neil
FRPS,
DPAGB, Scotland
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Sue Hill,
Scotland
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FIAP Gold Medals
Three FIAP Gold Medals were awarded,
one by each of the
Selectors:
Martin Lauboeck
awarded a FIAP Gold Medal to Rod Wheelans EFIAP, ARPS, MPAGB (Scotland)
for the photograph titled 'Looking On'.
Rikki O'Neil awarded a FIAP
Gold Medal to John Gray ARPS for the photograph titled
'Cyclamen'
Sue Hill
awarded a FIAP Gold Medal to Paul
Gomery AFIAP for the photograph titled 'Ice Curves' |
Edinburgh Medal
The Edinburgh Medal was
awarded by the Selectors to Karen Cleland ARPS (Scotland)
for her photograph titled 'Overflow Carpark' |
Selectors' Comments
Brief comments from the selectors are
included in the Exhibition Catalogue.
The Selectors remarked on the truly first-class
quality of so much of the work submitted, and on the strong
international component of the exhibition, opening "magnificent views into
the photographic culture in diverse countries".
They described the exhibition as "a main benchmark
for International Salon photography, keeping up traditional styles and
genres while constantly expanding into the digital arena".
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