Category Archives: PAGB

Associate of the British Photographic Exhibitions (ABPE)

Another milestone in my photographic accomplishments was achieved this week – I fore-filled all the requirements for claiming my Associate distinction with the BPE (British Photographic Exhibitions). The BPE was formed in the late 80′s by a group of exhibitions wishing to help each other in promoting photographic exhibitions here in the UK. This cooperation [...]

British Photographic Exhibitions – Round Up

Autumn here in the UK not only signifies the golden glow of the late afternoon sun, but also the welcome return of British Photographic Exhibitions after their summer break. Shrewsbury Photographic Society were the first of five National Exhibitions to publish their results. I gained four acceptances at Shrewsbury, which all help towards me gaining myABPE [...]

Glasgow District Photographic Union Exhibition, 2012

If the GDPU are planning to stage an exhibition next year I suggest they start preparing for it now! I know for a fact that many UK photographers failed to get their entries in due problems with their website. After numerous attempts to upload my entry I gave up trying and reverted to posting instead. [...]

Basingstoke C.C. Open Digital Exhibition, 2012

Basingstoke Camera Club is one of four new clubs to join the British Photographic Exhibition (BPE) circuit in 2012, which now brings the total number of British Photographic Exhibition to nineteen. Acceptances gained in these exhibitions count towards BPE Crown Awards or Distinctions depending on what level you’re at. Not having entered this exhibition before [...]

Photo2012.net – Results

Photo2012.net is an on-line photographic exhibition organised by the Vale of Evesham Camera Club, a member of the British Photographic Exhibition (BPE) circuit. Acceptances in this exhibition count towards BPE Crown Awards and Distinctions.   Having gained my 5th Crown Award in October, 2011 I am now working towards my Associateship (ABPE) distinction. Although I didn’t figure [...]

MidPhot 2012

MidPhot is the 48th Annual Photographic Exhibition of the Midland Counties Photographic Federation, held at the THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, Churchbridge, Oldbury, West Midlands on Wednesday 21st to Sunday 24th March, 2012. This was my 5th consecutive year in support of this exhibition, it also marks the end of my qualifying period for applying for [...]

Southport 64th Open Exhibition, 2012

Having successfully gained my fifth British Photographic Exhibitions Crown Award (BPE5*) in October, 2011 I am now pursuing their Associates distinction (ABPE), which requires a further 100 acceptances, plus 20 awards. An awards could be anything from a Commended image up to and including a PAGB Gold Medal. Having gained 10 acceptances and a Honour [...]

Glasgow District Photogtaphic Union, 2011

The GDPU is a Scottish photographic organization with a history spanning over 50 years. Over that time it has evolved into a progressive organization promoting the highest standards of photography within clubs whilst serving the needs of Scottish photographers. Two years ago the GDPU joined the British Photographic Exhibitions (BPE) to further encourage photographers to [...]

Cotswold Monochrome Salon, 2011 – Update

All UK photographers are invited to submit prints to the National Exhibition of Monochrome Photography, which is part of the British Photographic Awards Scheme and with Patronage of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB). It’s still not too late to visit the exhibition, it will be held at the Tithe Barn Gallery, Brockworth Court [...]

29th Rushden Open Photographic Exhibition 2011

For some strange reason the Rushden organizers posted the statistics for their 29th Open Exhibition on their web site ahead of sending out individual results. Maybe this was there way of warning photographers to expect a poor set of results, who knows? The statistics didn’t make very good reading. Out of a total of 3613 [...]