15 November 2008

Friday 21st Nov at KPS:Peter R Gennard MFIAP EFIAP/p

Next week sees award winning photographer Peter R Gennard delivering his talk "PG Tips - Film to Digital" A good friend of the club, Peter will show prints from film and digital.
Here's a short bio of Peter from Flickr member dotcomjohnny
Peter began his interest in photography as a teenager, but a visit to the Smethwick International Exhibition in 1983 marked a turning point.
He joined the prestigious Smethwick Photographic Society and began to enter FIAP approved International Exhibitions.
Peter achieved AFIAP in 1987 and EFIAP in 1991.
The pinnacle of his photographic career was gaining the highest FIAP distinction, MFIAP in 1993.
He continued to build on his EFIAP distinction by achieving the EFIAP/bronze in 1995 and the EFIAP/silver in 1996. The EFIAP/gold distinction was obtained in 1997 and eventually the EFIAP/platinum in 2000.
Peter is a prolific international exhibitor, to FIAP approved internationals. To date, Peter has had 467 different pieces of work accepted in prints and projected images. They have gained 1,307 acceptances, 40% of which were gained in 38 different countries. From those acceptances he has gained 152 awards

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