SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
1st July 1949 Page 403 - Vol. 56 No. 7 The Australasian Photographic Review
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
From 2nd-6th May this Society successfully conducted its Second International Exhibition. Not only was there an increase in the number of exhibits and of individual exhibitors, but our critics generally agreed that there was a marked improvement in standard compared with last year’s event.
Dr. L.T. Lloyd of Warwick, Queensland, gained first place with his “Nocturne”, and G.P. Johnson, of Sydney, was second with “Weeping Rock”. Nine merit awards went to W.T. Elliott, Sydney; B. Jessop, Wollongong; D.W. Hoste, Sydney (two awards); W.B. Jackson, Otago, New Zealand (two awards); Dr. L.T. Lloyd, and Bruce Mortley, Sydney.
On the international side, many prints of very high technical quality were received from Canada and New Zealand, while within Australia entries came also from Queensland and Victoria.
To improve on this exhibition, it will be necessary to seek entrants from a wider variety of countries and to encourage a more marked spirit of competition in photography in general. To this end it is proposed to send abroad portfolios of photographs and to invite reciprocal action of this kind from other universities. Meanwhile within our own gates the best opinion in photography is being sought for the benefit of members who might not otherwise have easy access to it. A pooling of thought is encouraged as is collaboration in original work.
A Color Group, recently formed under the President, W.T. Elliott, is at present studying the fundamentals of color photography preparatory to proceeding further into the more complex aspects of this type of work.
One interesting result from our canvassing for the Society’s Second International Exhibition which took place earlier this year, has been the stimulating of interest in inter-university photographic competitions both in Australia and overseas. Quite recently there has come to hand notice of the Fourth South African and Universities Youth Salon of Photography, which is being organized by the Universities of Pretoria and the Witwatersrand. Entries are invited from all photographers under the age of twenty-six years on the 1st September, 1949, and to all full-time university students and scholars. The closing date is 13th August, 1949. Further details can be obtained from the Hon.Secretary, Sydney University Photographic Society.
As regards our own activities, two features of this term have been the participation in the Griffith Photographic Exhibition in which seven prints out of those contributed by Society members were hung; the second feature was the “Photographic Symposium” compered by Mr. Keast Burke and assisted by Kodak representatives. The latter event took place in the University Union Hall on the 7th June, and drew an audience of close on two hundred enthusiasts. It was something new in the way of Union Lunch Hour Addresses, and covered an amazingly wide field in the short time available. This society would like to express its appreciation of the work involved in making such a presentation.
1st August 1949 Page 472 - Vol. 56 No. 8 The Australasian Photographic Review
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Apart from the usual meetings on Thursdays and of the Color Group on Fridays, the Society has held several outings, one to Parramatta on June 26th, and another within the grounds of the University itself. The proposed picnic-outing to National Park on July 9th had to be postponed owing to transport difficulties, but it is hoped to hold it as soon as possible.
The Society was fortunate in having as its speaker on Thursday, June 23rd, Mr. John P. Carney, of Griffith. In the course of his talk Mr. Carney reviewed the whole photographic process from the exposure of the negative to the achievement of the finished print and its presentation. He brought with him a selection of his work, including many well-known studies which have appeared in the A.P.-R. and which have been hung in local and overseas Salons.
A regular feature has been the fortnightly talks by Mr. Gordon Robertson, of Kodak Ltd. Since the beginning of the year he has gradually brought us from the elementary aspects of photography to more advanced fields; on his most recent visit, Mr. Robertson gave a demonstration of sepia toning.
1st September 1949 Page 592 - Vol. 56 No. 9 The Australasian Photographic Review
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETYOn July 21st, Mr. W.T. Elliott delivered a paper on “The Processing of Negative Material”. A preliminary account was given of the contribution of exposure, color filters, emulsion speed and other factors in determining the brightness range of the negative as well as its absolute density. This was followed by a detailed examination of the developing process, an assessment of the part played by the different chemicals used and, finally, the effectiveness of the latter under varying conditions of time and temperature.
The July print competition was divided into two grades. In the large print section, first place was gained by G.H. Mitchell, second place by N.A. Tretiakoff; in the small print section, both first and second awards went to B. Flinter, Mr. Henri Mallard kindly judged the competition.
Preparations are already well under way for the Society’s Third International Exhibition, which is to be held in May of next year. This exhibition is planned to cover a far greater number of countries than has been the case in the past, and a correspondingly higher standard of work is expected.
Friday 28th April 1950 Page 1 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Thursday 4th May 1950 Page 2 - Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland)
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETYSydney University Photographic Society will hold its third international exhibition from May 1st to 5th next. A fair percentage of the pictures will be from overseas but there will be none from Russia.
The society tried to get some, writing to the editor of "Soviet Foto", at the Moscow address given in the latest index of periodical literature. The letter has just arrived back with a stamped message saying the addressee is unknown. That stamp must get quite a lot of use in Russia.