PHOTOGRAPHERS

Heather Angel  Jane Hall Black  Len D. Brown  Bronwen Casey  Des Crawley  Bill Henson  David Mist  Romain Nero  Tim Newbery  Roger Skinner
Ruby Spowart  Willy Suys  Tony Le Kim Thuan  Printworks Group


NSW PHOTOGRAPHERS

QUEENSLAND PHOTOGRAPHERS





    ROBYN COLLIER - AUSTRALIAN ARTIST














AUSTRALIAN WILDERNESS LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE ARTIST
Robyn is well known as a prominent Australian wilderness landscape and seascape painter of contemporary realism who started painting in the early 1970’s – when traditional art was really taking off and Sydney Galleries were frequent and successful. Most of what she has learned has been learned from the observation of nature and constant hard work – being a self realised artist. Having spent many years painting en plein-air she then graduated to studio work and subjects requiring more time and reference while still retaining the Alla-Prima technique. (Direct painting, wet-in-wet).

At some stage in the mid 1980's I was fortunate enough to be taken on a trip into the Burragorang Valley, which had been flooded in the 50s to make way for Warragamba Dam – now Sydney’s water supply. Back in those earlier times, the Burragorang Valley was a mecca for famous artists and I firmly believed that there was not much left after the flood waters had slowly enveloped the farmland and cut off the old silver mining town of Yerranderie. What a wonderful surprise to see magnificent bluffs, rolling valleys, abandoned homesteads and intimate waterways. This trip started me on a journey where I came to love the painting of places that were not widely painted by other artists – where the human touch was less apparent. The then Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board commissioned me to paint many paintings of their catchment areas, which gave me access to even more wonderful hidden places. This relationship lasted for a good fourteen years or more and was a big influence in my art career.

Robyn has bush walked extensively over her 40 year career as a visual artist and still walks several times a week. Her real love is traveling to remote areas – wilderness subjects and areas of difficult access being her special niche. Studio work by definition, can be very limiting in its inspiration if time is not taken to absorb the energy of the natural world. Love of walking takes her to some very special and isolated places – most too long in distance to carry heavy painting gear – enjoying the interpretation of special moments that only a camera can capture. The interplay of light and shadow or the unravelling of a complex pattern on water, the fleeting moment of a cliff turning purple in the late light, are all the type of moments difficult to capture convincingly without a camera at the ready. But it is the human element of re-composing the subject and the interpretation of the image in a new way that creates a painting over a photograph. As an artist Robyn is invigorated by the challenge of the painting of more difficult and intimate subjects. However always mindful that it is a painting that she is creating she rarely relies on one photograph alone – which is the aid, not the end result.

Painting will always be her first love, but feels enriched by being able to impart knowledge to others who are also enjoying the journey of art – something that has formed and enhanced her life beyond belief.
While photographs and digital prints adorn many modern-day walls, nothing, she feels, can take the place of an artists skill and interpretation in paint. It is this element that makes original art so special. Surely it is only this human creative element that can give rise to the the feeling of awe and the comment "How did they do that?" And it is so true that art can change the way we feel.

For more information please visit the web site of ROBYN COLLIER




    HEATHER HAZEL ANGEL


















    JANE HALL BLACK    ARPS, FPSA, Hon PAGB

      Royal Photographic Society Patronage Officer for International Exhibitions

     






  • TYNEMOUTH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
  • 1958 joined whilst in College
  • 1961 to 1969 Secretary
  • 1969 to 1974 Exhibition Secretary
  • 2003 awarded Life Membership
  • NORTHERN COUNTIES PHOTOGRAPHIC FEDERATION
  • 1963 to current - Lecturer
  • 1963 to current - Executive Member
  • 1968 to 1972 - Competition Secretary
  • 1970 to current - Appointed Northern Counties Photographic Federation listed judge
  • 1972 to 1974 - Vice President
  • 1974 to 1976 - President Elect
  • 1976 to 1978 - President (first lady President in 75 year history)
  • 1979 to 2000 - Northern Counties Photographic Federation Representative to Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
  • 1979 to 2009 - Chairman Northern Counties International Slide Exhibition
  • 2004 to current - Chairman Northern Counties International Projected Image (Digital) Exhibition
  • 1990 to 1995 - Judges Committee
  • 1995 to 2001 - Centenary Committee
  • 2005 to 2010 - Northern Counties Photographic Federation Competitions Organizer
  • 2006 to current - Chairman Northern Counties International Print Salon
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE of GREAT BRITAIN
  • 1979 to 2000 - Northern Counties Representative
  • 1990 to 2005 - Patronage Committee
  • 1991 to 2005 - Judges Committee
  • 1993 to 1996 - Awards for Photographic Merit Committee
  • 1993 to 2005 - Competitions Administration officer
  • 1995 to current - Appointed Photographic Alliance of Great Britain listed judge
  • 1995 to 1998 - FIAP Biennial Committee
  • 2001 to 2005 - FIAP Committee
  • 1999 to 2001 - Vice President
  • 2001 to 2003 - President
  • 2003 to 2005 - Immediate Past President
  • 2003 to 2005 - Inter Club Slide Championship Committee
  • ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
  • 1976 Member (Life Membership)
  • 1988 to current - Appointed North Eastern Regional Organiser
  • 2003 to 2005 Trustee of the Royal Photographic Society
  • 2003 awarded the Fenton Medal by Royal Photographic Society for services to the society and photography
  • 2003 Honorary Membership of the Royal Photographic Society
  • 2005 to 2007 Trustee of the Royal Photographic Society
  • 2005 to 2009 Royal Photographic Society representative to Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
  • 2007 to 2009 Trustee of the Royal Photographic Society
  • 2006 to current - Royal Photographic Society Patronage Officer for International Exhibitions
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY of AMERICA
  • 1995 to current Member
  • 1995 to 2003 - Country Representative
  • 2003 to current - International Representative
  • 1999 Awarded 1st Photographic Society of America Editorial Bronze Star
  • 2000 Awarded 2nd Photographic Society of America Editorial Bronze Star
  • 2001 Awarded 3rd Photographic Society of America Editorial Bronze Star
  • 2006 Awarded 4th Photographic Society of America Editorial Bronze Star
  • 1979 to current - Chairman Photographic Society of America International Slide Exhibition
  • 2006 to current - Chairman of a Photographic Society of America International Print Salon
  • HONORS, MEDALS and AWARDS
  • 1979 LRPS - Licentiatship of the Royal Photographic Society
  • 1991 ARPS - Associatship of the Royal Photographic Society
  • 2003 Fenton Medal for services to the Royal Photographic Society and photography
  • 1984 APAGB - Associatship for Meritorious Service from the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
  • 2003 Hon.PAGB the highest honor of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain the J.S. Lancaster award for services to photography
  • 1995 Gold Award from the United Postal Portfolio
  • 2000 Gold Award from the United Postal Portfolio
  • 2003 APSA - Associate of the Photographic Society of America
  • 2012 FPSA - Fellow of the Photographic Society of America
  • 2012 Charles Keaton Memorial Award for contributions to the Photographic Society of America Journal




    BRONWEN CASEY  EFIAP/p, MAPS, ESFIAP, ESAPS















Bronwen has been a successful entrant in photographic exhibitions since 1998. During this time Bronwen has amassed hundreds of international acceptances with hundreds of different images in approximately 30 countries, including many International awards. Some of her images have been acquired for photographic art collections both in Australia and overseas. Whilst being successful in most sections, her strongest interest has been in photography of people, encompassing portraiture, social documentary and stage images. She has also enjoyed working with Creative imagery.

Bronwen does presentations and judges for Clubs, Nationals and International Exhibitions. In 2005 she was awarded a state service award, SSVAPS for her contribution to photography in Victoria. She spent four years on the organizing committee for the VIGEX International Photographic Salon, including 3 years as their Vice President. As a member of the Australian Photographic Society she has served as a Verifying Officer, since 2008, for Honors applicants and also served on the APS Honors Sub Committee for 4 years during which time she was the Coordinator of FIAP Distinctions.

A strong believer in photography as an art form Bronwen also values photography as an important means of capturing history, When she judges, Bronwen loves to see images that are unique with the makers own artistic interpretation and images that stimulate visually and mentally. Entry into the world of offshore international salons has been a tremendous source of inspiration and stimulation for Bronwen. She believes that exposure to a world of incredible images, touched by culture, location and world events, has broadened the way she approaches photography. It has pushed her to improve her photographic skills and it is a path upon which she has mentored many other photographers.


2003 awarded AAPS - Associate from the Australian Photographic Society
2004 awarded LIFE MEMBERSHIP - Southern Suburbs Photographic Society
2005 awarded AFIAP - Artiste of the Federation International De L'Art Photographique
2005 awarded FAPS – Fellow of the Australian Photographic Society
2005 awarded SSVAPS - Exceptional service to photography Victorian Association of Photographic Societies
2008 awarded MAPS - Master of the Australian Photographic Society
2009 awarded EFIAP - Excellence FIAP of the Federation International De L'Art Photographique
2019 awarded EFIAP/b - Excellence FIAP Bronze Federation International De L'Art Photographique
2020 awarded EFIAP/s - Excellence FIAP Silver Federation International De L'Art Photographique
2021 awarded EFIAP/g - Excellence FIAP Gold Federation International De L'Art Photographique
2022 awarded ESFIAP - Excellent Service Federation International De L'Art Photographique
2022 awarded ESAPS - Exceptional Service Australian Photographic Society
2023 awarded EFIAP/p - Excellence FIAP Platinum Federation International De L'Art Photographique




    DES CRAWLEY















The following is reproduced with kind permission of Des Crawley.

Des Crawley is a photographer who brings to his practice the insights derived from his role as a scholar – academic – educator – arts researcher – mentor.

He was formerly Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UWS. He taught within the Centre for Digital Media at that university prior to his retirement in 2001.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Award of rank of Emeritus Professor of the University of Western Sydney

Adjunct Professor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

Professor and Head of School, James Cook University

Director, Centre for Visual Communication, University of Western Sydney

Director, Centre for Creative Exchange, James Cook University

Founder and President of the Photographic Imaging Educators Association of Australasia

Vice President, International Development, Photographic Imaging Educators Association of United States

Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers

Recipient, Ken Lassiter Award for Excellence in Education

Foundation Head of Department of Social Sciences, Milperra College of Advanced Education

Foundation Head, School of Liberal and Scientific Studies, Milperra College of Advanced Education

Foundation Director, School of Arts and General Studies, Milperra College of Advanced Education

Foundation Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Macarthur Institute of Higher Education

Consultant to a number of photographic industry groups including: Kodak, Fuji, Konica, Image Link and Maxwell International

Member of VETAB Review Team for Visual Arts; industry representative on committee to review national accreditation standards for Creative and Performing Arts

Workshop leader to more than 500 community arts workshops within Australia, 2000 – 2010

Exhibitor in photographic exhibitions within Australia and overseas

Contributing writer to a range of photographic magazines, curated exhibitions, conferences at national and international level and reviewer for the PIEA online journal




    BILL HENSON








DOB 7th October 1955, Melbourne

Bill is one of Australia's most notable leaders in Contemporary photography. Bill studied visual arts and design with Louis Athol Shmith (Australian, 1914–1990) at Prahran College of Advanced Education. Other notable influences on his work include the famous Melbourne painter and his long-term partner Louise Hearman (Australian, b.1963) and the award-winning film director Paul Cox (Australian, b.1940). Although Henson did not complete his degree, Shmith showed his work to the photography curator at the National Gallery of Victoria, which led to Henson’s first solo exhibit in 1975. Since his first exhibit, the artist has shown his work in Australia and many other countries around the world. Some of his most notable exhibit venues include the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Venice Biennale. Common themes that can be seen in Henson's work include Chiaroscuro (stark light to dark tonal contrasts), bokeh (blurry imagery), and a reflection of a strong sense of musicality.

As Edmund Capon (Australian b.1940), the art director of the Gallery of New South Wales, says: "Henson's images are carefully choreographed moments of suspenseful drama, veritable symphonies of decadence and beauty, of squalor and opulence, of mysterious darkness and ominous light, of quiet obsession and subversive ecstasy." One of Henson's most famous projects, known as the Paris Opera Project, was created in 1991 to give viewers a sense of listening to music. The project was produced in an attempt to generate images designed to show the feelings stirred by music.

In more recent times, Henson has shifted his focus to both urban and rural landscapes. His works portray a sort of Romanticism with dark and abandoned fringes of the city that often include lone figures tormented by longing and sadness. Henson's project entitled 3 Decades of Photography captures three decades of his work, and is meant to demonstrate that a series is never over, but is instead only a work in progress.




    DAVID MIST













DOB 16th June 1937, London

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER
At the age of thirteen was given his first camera.

In the mid 1950's he started his career by joining Studio Five, a leading London fashion studio and studied photography at the Regent Street Polytechnic. David came to Australia in 1961 on the maiden voyage of the P&O Liner, SS Canberra. He joined the photographers Laurence LeGuay and John Nisbett Pty Ltd, and began working again in the world of fashion photography.

David married Kathy on the 21st September 1963 at St Clement's in Mosman.

David over the years has judged the Sydney International Exhibition of Photography, the Royal Easter Show National Exhibition of Photography and many Camera Club competitions.

1965 awarded AFIAP - Artiste of the Federation International De L'Art Photographique
1968 awarded EFIAP - Excellence Federation International De L'Art Photographique




    ROMAIN NERO  EFIAP/g, ESFIAP
          Director Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique Patronage Service

     






DOB 13th August 1967 - South of Luxembourg

Romain Nero joined the Ministry of Finance after High School graduation and went on to a four-year term in the State accounting school. With the earned degree he accepted his first position of head of the accounting services of the National Water Supply Company SES. During three years he gained extensive public accounting experience and earned promotions to CEO of the Administration and Treasure Department.

Romain Nero took up photography in the early nineties. His first reportage collections originate from journeys to various continents. The joining of a local photo association in 1998 made him extend his photographic know-how on studio shootings and opened the way to the successful participation on international salons. Followed personal and group exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and, annually, in Luxembourg. Ten of his photos are part of the “Collection Nationale of Luxembourg” a series of 69 pictures of Luxembourg, exhibited from 2007 on, throughout the world.

2003 joined the La Fédération Luxembourgeoise de la Photographie Artistique (The Luxembourg Federation of Artistic Photography).

2003 elected as General Secretary La Fédération Luxembourgeoise de la Photographie Artistique.

2007 elected as FIAP Liaison Officer.

Romain Nero is a qualified member of the National and International Pool of Salon Judges in Luxembourg.

Besides many awards he gained in numerous national and international salons, Romain Nero is the winner of the National Championship in Luxembourg for 2010 and 2011.

2010 ESFIAP - Excellent Service Federation International De L'Art Photographique
2011 EFIAP/b - Excellence bronze Federation International De L'Art Photographique




    TIM NEWBERY AFIAP, AAPS, ESFIAP, HonEFIAP, HonFAPS

     










I have been interested in natural history since I was a small child in England.

My early involvement with natural history in Australia was spent in conjunction with the then Curator of insects at the South Australian Museum rearing and working out life histories of Australian lepidoptera. This research soon lead to the need to put together a photographic record of our rearing.

My first camera for this project was a Praktica and I remain indebted to John Mack Senior for starting me off on the right track. My current equipment is Nikon for 35mm and Hasselblad for a larger format work. As a photographer I have exhibited extensively in Australia and overseas and am called on frequently to judge and lecture on nature photography.

As a nature photographer I am vitally concerned with the safety of my subjects whether birds, plants, insects or animals. Wherever possible my subjects are photographed in their natural environment and completely unrestrained. For birds, insects and animals this often means spending a considerable time "in the bush" and having extreme patience.

I enjoy the use of black and white as there is a delicacy about good monochrome pictures that is not possible to achieve with color. However I always use color film as well as black and white when photographing. I will only use Kodak materials in particular Kodachrome for color because it is the film that results in the most accurate colors without the often extreme color saturation of the more modern films.


1975 awarded AFIAP - Artiste Federation International De L'Art Photographique
1978 to 1980 - President of the Australian Photographic Society
1982 awarded Hon.FAPS - Honorary Fellow Australian Photographic Society
1985 awarded ESFIAP - Excellent Service Federation International De L'Art Photographique
1987 awarded Hon.EFIAP - Honorary Excellence Federation International De L'Art Photographique
1989 awarded Commonwealth medal - Services to Amateur Photography Australian Photographic Society
1989 to 1990 - President of the Australian Photographic Society
1997 - Honorary Life Member Australian Photographic Society
1997 awarded AAPS - Associate from the Australian Photographic Society




    ROGER SKINNER














DOB 7th June 1950, Ryde, NSW

Roger Skinner moved to Muswellbrook in 1976. He and his wife Lorraine and their sons Lachlan and Eliot, live on a small rural holding near the town, where he operates a photographic business and studio on a part-time basis.

Encouraged into photography by his father, Roger began making photographs in 1963, at the age of thirteen. He served his “apprenticeship” like so many others, in the laundry, making contact prints with a slide projector. He took a more serious interest in photography following the purchase of a Minolta SRT 101 in 1969, but he did not begin exhibiting until 1979.

His first taste of success was as a member of Muswellbrook and District Camera Club in that year, and then winning the Northern Photographic Federation 1979 Slide of the Year Competition.

Also in 1979 he met Frank Watters, the director of the Watters Gallery in Sydney and worked with him on a four month commission for the Australia Council – The Upper Hunter Environmental Exhibition. This exposed Roger to the work of leading Australian contemporary photographers such as John Delacour, Wally Barda, Wes Stacey and others. Their more personal work changed many of his attitudes to photography. He continued to enter National Photographic exhibitions with mixed success, but began to drift more towards art prizes as a forum.

His photograph based art works received critical acclaim from around 1987-88, when he was awarded a Highly Commended in the Muswellbrook Open Art Prize, First Prize and two Highly Commendeds in the Singleton Art Prize and First Prize in the Scone Art Prize, all within twelve months. The latter was purchased by Max Watters for inclusion in the Max Watters Collection recognized as one of the most comprehensive collections of contemporary Australian art, outside the capital cities. Roger’s work has continued to be included in private and gallery collections including Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Maitland City Gallery, Manning Art Gallery, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery and the Queensland Art Gallery.

He now concentrates on exhibiting in galleries and selected competitive exhibitions. He has won First Prize twice in the McGregor Prize for Photography and also Second Prize in this competition.

He has also won First Prize in the Muswellbrook Photographic Award (1998) and is the inaugural winner (1999) of the Josephine Ulrick Photography Prize for Portraiture. These awards are recognized nationally as Australia’s most prestigious photographic prizes.

Roger has exhibited in group exhibitions at the Art Gallery of NSW, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane and the Centre For Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.

He has also staged three one-man shows: Diving Into Silence; The Dynamics of Process and Self Centred.

Awarded two FIAP Gold Medals (1992 – monochrome and color prints) and three Certificates of Merit (1991) from the International Salon of Creative Photography, Surrey, England, of which HRH The Duke of York is Patron.

He is also the recipient of two silver awards (1998, 2000) from the Australian Institute of Professional Photography. In 1997 he received Photographer of the Year in the Landscape Category from the Queensland Museum and the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland.

Roger’s work has been requested for publication in reference textbooks for Year 12 HSC art students. He has taught photography as a consultant at Muswellbrook High School, St. Joseph’s College, Aberdeen and Scone Grammar School.

Roger is in demand to share his expertise and knowledge of photography. He has been Guest Editor of PHOTOgraphy Magazine and has had articles and reviews published in Australian and international magazines.

He has lectured on his own work and contemporary photography, is a regular guest lecturer at camera clubs and has judged numerous competitions including the Sydney International Exhibition of Photography and the McGregor Prize for Photography.

1980 joined the Australian Photographic Society.

1988 - Executive Director of the Australian Photographic Society's Contemporary Group.

Roger is the founding Chairperson of the Australian Photographic Society's Contemporary Group.




    RUBY SPOWART














DOB 1928 - Numurkah Victoria

  • 1988 Associate Diploma of the Arts (Visual Arts), Brisbane College of Advanced Education
  • 1990 Certificate in Introductory Art and Design, Queensland College of Art
  • 1992 Recipient of a Queensland Government Arts Grant for a mid-career survey exhibition
  • 2003 Awarded Don Fraser Fellowship - Queensland University of Technology
  • 2009 Honored - Internationl Womens Day of the Year Australian Institute of Professional Photography
  • ACTIVITIES in PHOTOGRPAHY
  • 1980 to 1995 - Co-Director of Imagery Gallery
  • 1983 to 1988 Executive Director of the Australian Photographic Society
  • 1981 awarded APR Recognition Medal by the Australian Photographic Society
  • 1982 SSAPS - State Service to Photography from the Australian Photographic Society
  • 1989 LAPS - Licentiateship of the Australian Photographic Society
  • 1991 Associate - Australian Institute of Professional Photography
  • 1994 Master of Photography - Australian Institute of Professional Photography
  • 1997 Honorary Fellowship - Australian Institute of Professional Photography
  • 1999 Fellowship - Australian Institute of Professional Photography
  • 2009 Industry Lifetime Achievement Award - Australian Institute of Professional Photography
  • INVOLVEMENT IN THE CAMERA CLUB MOVEMENT
  • 1962 to 1982 - Served on management committees of Camera Clubs in Victoria and Queensland
  • 1966 - Joined Australian Photographic Society
  • 1982 to 1988 - Executive Director Australian Photographic Society
  • 1978 to 1980 - Councilor Photographic Society of Queensland
  • 1980 to 1982 - Vice President Photographic Society of Queensland
  • 1981 - Convenor Queensland Photographic Society State Convention at Gympie.
  • 1981 to 1983 - Co-Convenor Brisbane Warana National Exhibition of Photography.
  • LECTURE PRESENTATIONS
  • 2002 - Fun With Fotos - Presentation to Camera Clubs Brisbane
  • 2000 - Presentation to NSW Northern Photographic Federation Convention
  • 1994 - APSCON 94, Australian Photographic Society, Alice Springs




    WILLY SUYS      MFIAP, Hon.EFIAP, PPSA, Hon.FLPA, Hon.OGPH
    Retired Director  Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique Patronage Service
















    TONY LE KIM THUAN      APSA, Hon.EFIAP, Hon.FICS
   
    Image Colleague Society International  Honorary Life President











ICS INTERNATIONAL BOARD DIRECTORS
Honorary Life President
TONY LE KIM THUAN
Founder and President of ICS International, Westminster, California, United States of America
Honorary Life Chairman Board Directors of ICS International
Head Office: CALIFORNIA USA


INTRODUCTION
ICS international operation committee is hereby granted bio-photography of Tony Le Kim Thuan, is a prolific figure in the American photographic art circle worthy as named “North Star”

GENERAL SERVICE ACTIVITY

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE de L’ART PHOTOGRAPHIQUE

Summary: Program speaker pictorial photography, regional, and international exchanged print, digital exhibition writer, teach photography, workshop, and field trip, judge regional and international salons in domestic and overseas, author of the new method on-line circuit exhibition, also the ICS cross-culture photography education project; photography adviser, organized club branches at domestic and overseas operation by ICS international committee under his supervision.

Nature of Patron Service Performed: Photo club/organizer, general adviser/chairman, founding the united states photographic alliance, federation multicultural photographic art, image colleague society, international, etc, photo courses from novice to advance, international judge services, exchange international exhibition for clubs affiliated friendship and overseas solo photo shows by invitation. Furnished extensive funding support international salons annually to regional/international photo groups under his named ICS patronage/sponsorship for developing better understanding the art of photography continued to date.

Service Resulted: In the promotion of pictorial photography, senior adviser/chairman international judge for domestic and overseas photographic clubs has personally accomplished expanding the new horizons of ICS society-bound, varied photography activities resulted in a broad-base of younger generation photography enthusiasts!

Outstanding attainments cover: Life ICS international general exhibition chairman/adviser has built a good reputation of it and close collaborations with photographic societies/clubs worldwide and contributed tremendously to the expansion of photographic art internationally. Thus, he was awarded strings of top honors for proficiency and service accorded to photography in five continental with the new method circuit salon project in which he is the author of on-line inter-countries project and cross-culture photography education research and development project for international exhibitions with most respects.

PHOTOGRAPHIC HONORS AND AWARDS
GLOBLE PHOTOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION

Photographic Society of America
Associate PSA (2001); PSA Stuyvesant Peabody Memorial Award (2009); PSA Joseph F. Fallon Memorial Award (2008); Membership Gold Star Plaque (2007); PSA Commendation Pictorial Print Division Service Award (2000); PSA Best Speaker Award (2000); PSA Membership Star Awards of 1st Star, 2nd Star, and 3rd Star (1992); PSA Membership Star Award of 4th Star (1993); PSA Service Award (1992); PSA Creative Award (1992); PSA Honor Award Ribbon (1991); PSA Membership Gold Star (2008); PSA Membership Ruby Star (due)

Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique
FIAP Honor Plaque for Promotion Internationally the Art of Photography (2012); Honorary Excellence de la FIAP - HonEFIAP (2010); Excellence Service Render de la FIAP - ESFIAP (2000); Excellence de la FIAP - EFIAP (2006); Artist de la FIAP - AFIAP (2001); Auspice FIAP Medal (2004)

NORTH AMERICA
Photographic Society of New York
PSNY Jubilee 50th Anniversary Gold Medal Award (1999); PSNY Outstanding Service Award (1998); PSNY Best Speaker Gold Medal Award (1999); Honorary Promoter Photography PSNY of the Century Plaque - HonPPSNY (1999); Honorary Fellow PSNY - HonFPSNY (1999); Fellow PSNY - FPSNY (1994); Associate PSNY - APSNY (1993); Honorary Life Overseas Representative PSNY (1994)

Associate PAUS - APAUS (1992); Fellow PAUS - FPAUS (1995); PAUSA Excellence Service Award (1997); PAUSA Pacific Honor Plaque (1998)

Colorama Metropolitan New York
Associate CNY - ACNY (1993); Fellow CNY - FCNY (1996); CNY Gold Trophy Service Award (1998); CNY Society Recognition Gold Medal (1998)

SOUTH AMERICA
Confederacao Brasileira de Fotografia e Cinema de Brasile
Honorary AFB - HonAFB (2003); Lifetime Achievement Crystal Plaque (2003); AFB Excellence Service Gold Medal (2003)

NORTH EUROPE
Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
Licentiate-ship RPS - LRPS (1992)

Tama and PESGSPC of Cyprus
HonPESGSPC (2009); Super Photographer Plaque (2010); Honor Plaque TAMA (2010); Obtained 50 Works Permanent Collection for 60 Years FIAP Anniversary (2010), Grand Progress Gold Trophy (2010), Honorary TAMA - HonTAMA (2010), Lifetime Achievement Plaque PESGSPC (2011), High Achievement Global Photographic Award Trophy (2013), Lifetime Constellation Golden Trophy (2013), Grand Spirit Golden Trophy (2015)

EAST EUROPE
Nationale Associatia Artistilor Fotograpfi de Romania
Honorary AAFR - HonAAFR (2002); Excellence Service Gold Medal (2002)

Argus Fotographfi Societe Din Oradea
Honorary Fellow ARGUS - HonFARGUS (2002); Honorary Member ARGUS - HonMARGUS (2001); Fellow ARGUS - FARGUS (2002); Master ARGUS - MARGUS Golden Cup Trophy (2012); Golden Plaque of Special Recognition (2012); Lifetime Achievement Award - Special Honor Gold Plaque (2013); Special Honor "North Star" Golden Medal Grand Master GM.ARGUS (2014); Argus Golden Trophy (2015)

Club Foto Art Nufarul Organization de Romania
Honorary CFNO - HonCFNO (2007); Honorary Fellow NUFARUL - HonFNUFARUL (2007); NUFARUL Excellence Service Honor Gold Medal (2007)
Nationale Romania Universitatea Din Oradea, Facultatea De Arte Vizuale - NRU Visual Arts Facility
Profesor Asociat (2007)

Arts Union - Club Studio “Prostir Photo” Ukraine, Soviet Union
Honorary Fellowship of Art Union Prostir - HonFPROTIR (2008)

WEST EUROPE
Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique
Honorary Excellence FIAP - HonEFIAP (2008); Excellence Service FIAP - ESFIAP (2000); Excellence.FIAP - EFIAP (2006); Artist FIAP - AFIAP (2001); FIAP LO US (2000); Liaison Officer ILFIAP USPA (2004); ICS ILFIAP (2012)

Image Sans Frontier
ISF Achievement Award - ISF Pewter Medal (2014)

MIDDLE EAST
United Kingdom Saudi Arabian for Culture and Arts Photographers House
Master SPH - MSPH (2006); Honor Gold Medal for Master Photography (2006); Honorary Fellow SPH - HonFSPH (2001); Honorary SPH - HonSPH (2000); Fellow SPH - FSPH (2000); Honor Gold Medal for Outstanding Service and International Understanding through Photography (2001)

CENTRAL ASIA
Photographic Society of Pakistan
Honorary PSP - HonPSP (2001); Honorary Member PSP - HonMPSP (2002)

Photographic Arts Society of Pakistan-Pakistan Salon Group
Honorary Fellowship of PSG - HonFPSG (2011)

NORTH EAST ASIA
Japan International Photographic Federation of Japan
Honorary JIPF - HonJIPF (2006)

SOUTH EAST ASIA
Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists
VN02 Honor Golden Trophy (2002); VN05 Certificate of Work and Author (2009)

PhotoArt Society Batu Pahat of Malaysia
Honorary Fellow PSBP - HonFPSBP (2005); PSBP Anniversary Special Gold Medal (2006); PSBP Service Gold Medal (2005); Honor Title World Top Photographer (2011); Super World Photographer Golden Trophy (2012), World-Top-Photographer Golden Plaque (2012)

SOUTH ASIA
India International Photographic Council of India
Associate Service IIPC - ASIIPC (2000); Fellow Service IIPC (2012)

Bangladesh Photographic Society
Honorary Fellow PBS - FPBS (2010); Honor Gold Medal PBS for Excellency (2010), Honorary Fellowship Gold Medal (2010)

Bangladesh Society of Photographic Art
Honorary Fellow BSPA - HonFBSPA (2010), Honorary Fellow Gold Medal (2014)

National Association of Photographers of Srilanka
Honorary Fellow NAPSL - HonFNAPSL (2008); Fellow NAPSL - FNAPSL (2008)

Horizon International Photographic Society
Honorary HIPS - HonHIPS (2007), Honorary Fellow HIPS - HonFHIPS (2008), Fellow HIPS - FHIPS (2007), Lifetime Achievement Plaque (2012)

National Academy Photography-Persona International of India
Honorary Excellence PI - HonEPI (2009); Honorary Life Advisor Committee Member-NAP - HonAdNAP (2007); Honorary Fellow PI - HonFPI (2008), Golden Cup Service Trophy (2012), NAP Special Golden Medal (2012), Lifetime Achievement Award (2014)

* Many other domestic and abroad societies photographic service and proficiency distinctions as well as honorary life representative of abroad photographic organizations not recorded.

EXHIBITION
Photography exhibition international salons and solo exhibitions associated worldwide by invitation



PRINTWORKS GROUP

ADELAIDE













BACK L-R - John Seidel, Brian Forgan, John Hodgson, Des Berwick, Keith Seidel and David Smith
FRONT L-R - Susie Lipert, Lou Marifioti, Robert Dettman and Lydia Strutton
Member not in Image - Peter Maystrenko


PRINTWORKS is a dedicated group of amateur photographers based in Adelaide, South Australia. At the moment it consists of eleven members and although this number has varied in the past, the group remains small and entry is by invitation only.

The PRINTWORKS group was established in 1985 with co-founding members John Hodgson, Howard Speed, Deane Staples and Trevor Hill. The only original founder still remaining with the group is John Hodgson.

The group consists of some of the best photographers in this State and its function is primarily to promote Adelaide’s amateur photographers internationally and act as a vehicle for its members to enter international exhibitions mainly for the purpose of gaining international honors.

The reason for the small number of members is mainly due to ease of sending exhibition prints overseas. Often an exhibition also includes group discounts for entry fees. Initially only prints or slides were sent but with the digital age the group has branched out into this category as well. However, as most of the group wish to keep the print alive, most exhibitions inviting print entries are patronized.