Christchurch venue for big international exhibition

Press, 20 July 1977, Page 4

Christchurch venue for big international exhibition

Christchurch will have the opportunity of seeing in September some of the world's best photography in an international exhibition being organised by the Christchurch Photographic Society. More than 3000 entries from 40 countries are expected. Entries will close on July 31, judging will be concluded on August 7, and the work will be ex-

hibited during the first week in September. Prints will be on show at the C.S.A. Gallery from September 1 to 8. Slides will be projected in the Canterbury Museum's theatre on September 3,5, and 6, and in Greymouth on September 10. The exhibition will consist of four basic divisions — colour slides, pictorial prints, nature photography (slides and prints), and

photojournalism (slides and prints). Colom slides will be judged in two categories -— best colour slide and best contemporary slide. The’ other' category will give | scope fto photography that! is \creative, experimental, ’ imaginative, and pon-repreventational. Nature photo,graphy will consist of fourt sections — best wildlife slide and print, and best\ slide and

print of a subject in a controlled environment. But th t photographs need not d !pict merely wild animals’ or alpine flora. The s subject matter is as broad a s the natural world itself a ad may cover any of nature's many branches — including anthropology, meteorology, and archaeology. The theme for the photojournalism division is "Mani and Man’s Environment!.” Entries will include dcicumentary, advertising, s ports, spot news, human (interest, and contemporary life subjects. Seventeen judges have been appointed to the various selection panels. They are): Pictorial colour slides. — F. Leonard Casbolt, Derek Hoarn, Ron Willems. Nature (Colour slides. — Grant N. jßawden, Ronald J. McKie, Geoffrey A. Tunnicliffe. Photojournalism colour slides. — L. R. Bloxham, Markham J. Mail, E. A. Walker. Pictorial monochrome and colour prints. — Esina J. Donovan, Hugh G. Perry, Frank Reavey. Nature prints. — Ronald J. McKie, Timonthy E. Pitman, Raymond A. Savill. Photojournalism prints. — Len E. Barnard, Roy P. Boston, L. R. Bloxham. The exhibition is being organised by the Christchurch society on behalf of the Photographic Society of New Zealand. “Those Years” — Reproduced from a colour print by Dr Leo K. K. Wong, of Hong Kong, this entry won a silver medal at the 1976 International Exhibition of Photography which was held in Auckland.