"This group show of selected works offers a variety of interpretations of visual spectacle by a range of Northern Ireland based photographers."

This exhibition comprises of 33 prints and 8 triptychs.

Of the 33 prints a staggering 11 of them are from BPIC members;

Brian Bennett - Flowers
Helen Weir - Suncatcher
Mark Winning - Chasing Pigeons
Mark Winning - The Cranes Belfast
Mark Winning - The Peace Camp Downhill
Mark Winning - Titanic Quarter Belfast
Matthew Jeanes - Rough Skin
Matthew Jeanes - The Rise
Ryan Wilson - Cotopaxi Dawn
Stephen Wilson - A Dark Tree
Suzi McBride - Ghost Train

Congratulations everyone!

Please take a minute to stop by The Belfast Waterfront and view this exhibition, it is on display until the 29th June.

This exhibition is part of the 2013 Belfast Photo Festival.

12/13 Season Review

As the 12/13 season draws to a close it's a great opportunity to thank everyone for making it a great season and to look back over the highlights from the last 12 months.

June 2012

Club Trip: H.M.S. Caroline

July 2012

Club Trip: Ulster American Folk Park

August 2012

Stephen Wilson had an image selected as the runner-up in the BBC Countryfile Photo Competition
BPIC hung an exhibition at Belfast City Hospital

September 2012

Brian Bennett received an EAPU Panel Award at the East Antrim Open
Brian Bennett's mono print "Christine" was selected for inclusion in the NIPA entry in the Celtic Challenge 2012
Karen McCrea, Melissa Gordon, Martin Lamb and Brian Bennett each had images selected for the Celtic Challenge
Roger Eager's image came second in the Shorts Camera Club - My Titanic Belfast Competition

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October 2012

Guest Speaker: Janine Walker
Martin Lamb had an image selected for the Natural History section of the PAGB PDI competition
Gareth O'Cathain received a Highley Commended in the 'Best black and white' category of the Belfast Zoo 2012 Photographic Competition
In the NIPA Round 1 competition Stephen Wilson and Brian Maguire received NIPA stars, Brian also received the top Colour Print honours
Club Trip: Scott Kelby 5th Annual Photowalk

November 2012

For our inaugural Mentoring Competition, Mel Boyle achieved the top mono print and Saravanan Appukuttan had the top scoring PDI.
Club Trip: Belvoir Photowalk
In the NIPA Round 2 competition Stephen Wilson and Alan Lavery received NIPA stars

December 2012

Guest Speaker: Bobby Durston
Club Trip: Continental Market

January 2013

Vivienne Beck placed first in the PDI section of the Roy Finlay Memorial Natural History Competition
Club Trip: Donegal
Guest Speaker: Roy McKeown FRPS
Guest Speaker: Glenn Norwood
In the NIPA Novice Competition Gareth O'Cathain placed 1st in the Mono print section with "The Blacksmith", placed 2nd in the Colour print section with "Helen's Wool" and received a Commended for his PDI "Zimbabwe Danger".
Mel Boyle received a commended for his Mono Print "Indian Labourers".

February 2013

In the NIPA Round 3 competition Matthew Jeanes received a NIPA star
Guest Speaker: Carrie Davenport
The winners in our internal Architectural competition were; Colour Print - Donal McCann, Mono Print - Russell Birch and PDI - Brian Maguire
Brian Maguire won our Donegal Trip competition
In the NIPA Round 4 competition Brian Bennett and Barry Lau received NIPA stars

March 2013

The following members had images selected for the 2013 Annual NIPA Exhibition; Alan Lavery, Brian Bennett, Mel Boyle, Barry Lau, Stephen Wilson, Gerald Gribbon, Russell Birch, Matthew Jeanes, Suzi McBride and Nolan Duffy. Nolan achieved a PAGB silver medal, Mel received a PAGB Bronze Medal and Alan Lavery received two PAGB Ribbons
Brian Maguire achieved his LRPS
Martin Lamb was awarded with a Neil Marshall Medal in the Natural History section of the PAGB 2012 Inter-Federation competition.
Guest Speaker: Ross McKelvey
Gareth O'Cathain had one of his images displayed on the BBC News website
Barry Lau reached the final of the Ballymena Rotary Club Young Artist of the Year 2013
Guest Speaker: Paul Hanley
In the NIPA Round 5 competition Saravanan Appukuttan received a NIPA star
In the BPIC Photographer of the Year Round 1 competition Vivienne Beck was the Novice winner and Barry Lau won the Advanced category

April 2013

Guest Speaker: Gerry Coe
Guest Speaker: Jim Moreland
Gareth O'Cathain achieved his LRPS
In the BPIC Photographer of the Year Round 2 competition Roger Eager was the Novice Winner and Dermott Sweeney won the Advanced category

May 2013

In the BPIC Photographer of the Year Round 3 competition Roger Eager was the Novice winner and Stephen Wilson won the Advanced category
Roger Eager was named as the 12/13 BPIC Novice Photographer of the Year
Dermott Sweeney was named as the 12/13 BPIC Advanced Photographer of the Year
The season wrapped up with a lovely dinner

NIPA Annual Exhibition 2013

Hi All,

I am absolutely delighted to say that BPIC has yet again done amazingly in the NIPA Exhibition! We have managed to get a massive 14 images accepted in both the print and PDI sections, which is fantastic considering only 75 can go forward for the whole of Northern Ireland.

Acceptances from the following members:

Alan Lavery x 3
Brian Bennett ARPS x 2
Mel Boyle x 2
Barry Lau ARPS
Stephen Wilson
Gerald Gribbon
Russell Birch
Matthew Jeanes
Suzi McBride
Nolan Duffy

Award Winning members:

PAGB Silver Medal - Forgotten Ballerina - Nolan Duffy
PAGB Bronze Medal - Sikh Cycles - Mel Boyle
PAGB Ribbon - Alone - Alan Lavery
PAGB Ribbon - Doagh Island - Alan Lavery

Congratulations to everyone that got an image selected and to those who managed to gain an award. All of the images will be on display at the Belfast Waterfront from Wednesday 13th March.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed into the exhibition.

Thanks,

Barry Lau

Chairman

PAGB Silver Medal - Nolan Duffy - The Forgotten Ballerina

PAGB Bronze Medal - Mel Boyle - Sikh Cycles

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