PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 22817, 27 November 1937, Page 13

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Dunedin Photographic Society Inc. was held in the club rooms, on the. 22nd inst. The president (Mr W. B. Seymour) presiding over a good attendance of members and visitors, briefly reviewed the work of the first complete year in the new rooms. Tho report made note inter alia of the club’s premier position in the New Zealand interclub competition, and the improved arrangements for regular portfolios from New South- Wales and London had done much to stimulate interest' in lantern slide and pictorial work. The society had been instrumental in securing a loan of the 1937 annual exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society, in London, so that this world-known collection would be shown in New Zealand in 1938. The 'formation of a Cine ’ Group was thoroughly discussed, but the decided opinion or members was that it should bo a self-supporting unit within tho society. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr G. 1). Anderson entertained the audience with a commentary of some very interesting lantern slides of various holiday tours, including a bicycle trip over the Haast Pass. By courtesy of Messrs H. E. Perry Ltd. the members were privileged to see a display of .mediobrome prints by the well-known Belgian worker, Leonard Missonrie. The large prints attracted much favourable comment, being characteristic of the spirit of this man’s work with the flou-not screen. A hearty vote of thanks to tho council, photograph-io houses, the Press, and all who had assisted during the year was carried by acclamation. The following officers were elected Patron, Mr S. H. Rawson; president, Mr W. B. Seymour; vice-presidents— Miss E. B. Jeans, Messrs G, Chance, F.R.P.S., E. F. Lord, 0. Loll; hon. secretary, Mr C. S. Dickson; asst, secretary, Mr R. Kirk; hon. treasurer, Mr E. K. Cameron; exhibition secretary, Miss L. Baglcy; council— Miss M. Valentino, Messrs F. T. Allen, E. F. Lord, S. M, Mac Gibbon, R. M. Nichol; hon. judge, Mr G. Tovey.