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EPS Open Exhibition 1953 |
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Reproduced by courtesy of Edinburgh
Photographic Society
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YMCA |
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The exhibition was held in the YMCA Exhibition Hall at 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh. It was on display during the Edinburgh Festival, 1opening in August 1953. |
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Alexander Dunbar's Opening Address |
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In his opening address, published in the 1953 Exhibition Catalogue, Alexander Dunbar , EPS President, said: "The practising photographer is photographically tough and often cynical, wary of accepting the new, scornful of the old. The lay-viewer is, to put it mildly, somewhat capricious; while the person about to be inspired is a very Proteus - one moment a callow youth still fumbling with a box camera the next a seasoned but jaded worker, convinced that he has run the gamut of photographic experience and that the game is not worth the candle." |
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Advertisements |
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It is interesting to see how many companies and products have changed since 1953. These are the companies that placed adverts in the Catalogue for the EPS Open Exhibition, 1953: - Agiflex: Telephoto lenses. - Alexanders: South Clerk Street, artists' colourmen and photographers. - W R Annan Ltd: colour printers and carton manufacturers. - A Barrie: Frederick St. watchmakers and jewellers: agents for Omega. - Cleghorn: Princes Street: golf jackets. - Commercial Bank of Scotland: 14 George Street. - Drummond & Son: Haymarket, photographic dealers - James Dunbar: fine table waters - Ferrania: Roll films: 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 ins 2/3d. 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 ins. 3/4d. - Gevart: Roll film: Gevachrome, Gevapan 33, 30, 27 microgran. - Gnome: Sixty Six de luxe enlarger: £13 17/8d - Grants Bookshop: George Street: The 'Edinburgh' bookshop. - Griffin & Tatlock Ltd: Johnston Terrace, pure chemicals for photography - Hislop & Day: commercial, technical and industrial photography. - Ilford Ltd: Multigrade paper. - Francis C Inglis & Son: Photostat reproduction service. - Jenners: Princes Street department store: - Johnson: Meritol-Metol rapid super fine grain developer - Kodak: Bromesko paper - May & Baker: chemicals: Promicrol, Cobrol, Amfix, Genochrome - Modern Camera Magazine: incorporating 'Miniature Camera Magazine'. - Photography: The journal photographers value 2/0d monthly, 25/0d pa. - The Plaza Ballroom: Morningside Road, open every evening. - Reid & SIgrist: R&S 35mm enlarger £32 0/0d, 35mm camera £109 10/0d. - Scottish Provident Institution: life assurance. - G A Somerville: Broughton Street: radios and televisions. - Standard Life: life assurance. - J B Watson Ltd: Kodak cameras, Zeiss cameras, Ensign cameras. - G E Williamson (photographics) Ltd: Glasgow, Miniature specialists. |
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Entries from Edinburgh |
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The following entries from Edinburgh were accepted in the 1953 exhibition. Most or all of these entrants were EPS Members:
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EPS Exhibitions
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EPS Open Exhibitions 1861 1863 1872 1873 1876 1890 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 Feb_1902 Nov_1902 1903 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1923 1924 1926 1928 1931 1937 1939 1940 1942 1945 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1969 1981 1990s 1995 Photos 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Catalogues: from 1987 Posters: from 2001 Countries: A-G H-Q R-Z All by yearMedals and Ribbons awarded: 1994- 2004 |
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EPS Members' Exhibitions 1882 1885 1889 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1898 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1920 1922 1939 1940 1941 2004 2005 2006 Judges/Selectors: 1861-1910 1911-1960 1961- Trophies Exhibition Rules 1891 |