The Yorkshire International Photography exhibition is organised by The Yorkshire Photographic Union, and is open to all photographers worldwide to enter. The exhibition, also known as a salon, has patronage from both The PSA (Photographic Society of America) and FIAP (Federation of International Art and Photography)
The Exhibition has 4 sections, Open,Altered Reality, Travel and Nature. With respected judges in each section. I've listed the judges and sections below, along with the statistics for each section.
OPEN
Margaret Salisbury FRPS EFIAP APAGB
Ray Brammall ARPS DPAGB APAGB
Richard Spurdens DPAGB EFIAP
Worldwide entries 627 Authors, 2485 images.
ALTERED REALITY
Jan Cawley EFIAP/s
Andrea Hargreaves DPAGB EFIAP BPE2*
Les Forrester BAHons ARPS AFIAP
Worldwide entries 273 Authors, 1060 images.
TRAVEL
Val Duncan ARPS DPAGB AFIAP BPE4* EPSA
Phil Hargreaves CPAGB AFIAP
Dave Robson LRPS AFIAP
Worldwide entries 371 Authors, 1450 images.
NATURE
Jenny Hibbert MPAGB AFIAP
Stephanie Cook LRPS DPAGB EFIAP
Duncan Hill MPAGB EFIAP
Worldwide entries 627 Authors, 2485 images.
The total entries for the exhibition were 711 authors, entering 6,400 images.
I was extremely pleased to receive notification that I had 12 pieces of work accepted into the exhibition, 3 of the images winning awards, and the big news is being awarded "The FIAP Blue Badge" for "Best Author in the exhibition".
Thats 4 "Best Author Awards" in 4 weeks! To say Im flabbergasted is an under statement. In the last 4 weeks I have won "Best Author Awards" in PSSL (Photographic Society of Sri Lanka) Wrekin, Smethwick and Yorkshire.
The award winning images are "Losing my Religion" Honourable Mention, "Southbank smooch" Honourable Mention and "Redemption" PSA Silver Medal.
Losing My Religion - Honourable Mention
Southbank Smooch - Honourable Mention
Redemption - PSA Silver Medal
Yorrkshire International Photography Exhibition Website