Dear All

Well, no sooner have we said goodbye to the awful weather of January and February, that we now need some of that rain back. No wonder we Brits can’t stop talking about the weather!

I gave a quick update on our exhibition, which has been extremely well received. As for what happens when it comes down at the end of the week, I have yet to hear from the council but will be chasing them up for an answer and will pass it on. Whilst on about the library, a big thanks to Monireh for buying a copy of my Wild about Putney book, which she intends giving to Charlene as a leaving present. Hopefully most people got a chance to write in it.

Congratulations to everyone who submitted pictures for the LIP Southwark Cathedral Flora Exhibition and well done to Juliette, Ann, Sue and moi for getting picked to show. Again, a huge thanks to Sue O for letting us know about it – details attached for those who wish to go see.

We then moved onto part 1 of the Rodney show, where he kindly took us through this month’s theme, which was ‘Vapour’. It’s good to see that in these days of Trump that humour is still alive and well and those that mistook water for vapour took the ribbing in good spirits. Over to Alastair for his thoughts on this month’s winner and his also rans.

My favourites from the ‘Vapour’ Gallery:

Winner:
Misty Royal Oak by Nigel; a fine moody image with a touch of red and brown.
(the tree is c. 750 years old)

Runners Up:
Veteran Car Rally by Paul; a great shot, I like the lady looking back.
Iguazu Falls by Ann: the curtain of water captures its power.

Subject for 19 May: ‘Action’.

Well done to Nigel, Paul and Ann and I look forward to your ‘Action’ pictures next month.

After a short break, we then returned to hear Rodney speak to us about one of his favourite photographers – Alex Webb, who amongst other things is a Magnum photographer, an accolade in itself.

https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/alex-webb/

It is not surprising that Rodney should pick a street photographer, as he is very fond of the genre. In particular, Rodney likes the way that Alex layers is work, from the background, through as many as 2 or 3 layers to the people (and they are mostly about people) in the foreground. I have attached two of the stand out pictures that he shared with us.

A huge thanks to Rodney for sharing Alex with us.

If you’d like to share one of your photographic heroes with us, dead or alive, please let me know.

Next month, Nigel will be bringing us Ansel Adams, which is very exciting.