N&EMPF Annual Exhibition 2025

Selection took place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd November and awards will be presented at Patchings Art Centre, Oxton Road, Calverton at Noon on Saturday 11th January 2025, where the exhibition shall run until Sunday 16th February 2025. Please note that the centre is only open 10am–4pm, Wednesday through Sunday.

This year 657 individual images (and 16 from individual print panels) by 168 entrants were accepted—out of the 2,630 images submitted by 264 members (of 36 clubs/societies).

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The winners of the club trophies were:

Chesterfield Trophy for Colour Prints – Chesterfield Photographic Society
Hiscox Trophy for Monochrome Prints –  Chesterfield Photographic Society
Derwent Trophy for Colour PDI – Rolls-Royce Derby Photographic Society
Gibbins Trophy for Monochrome PDI – Synergy

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The individual award winners were:

Individual Print Panel – Carol McNiven Young FRPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Best Colour Print – 'Black is for Sorrow' by Phil Newman ARPS, BPE4, AFIAP of Bolsover CC
Best Monochrome Print – 'The Smoker' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS
Best Nature Print – 'Broad Bordered Bee Hawkmoth' by Stewart Haynes ARPS, DPAGB of RB Foto Group

Best Mobile Phone Colour Print – 'Wiana and Rock Formation' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS
Best Mobile Phone Monochrome Print – 'Valencia Museum Detail' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS

Best Colour PDI – 'Out Going Tide' by Tony Brewer of James Maude CC
Best Monochrome PDI – 'Snake Wood' by Steve Wharton of Killamarsh APS
Best Nature PDI – 'Long-Tailed Tit on Scarlet Elf Cup Fungus' by David Travis of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Best Mobile Phone Colour PDI– 'Another World' by Brian Stephenson of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
Best Mobile Phone Monochrome PDI– 'Toronto' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS

Bolsover Individual Trophy for Highest Aggregate Print Score
Dave Jones* of Nottingham & Notts PS

Henson Individual Shield for Highest Aggregate PDI Score
Dave Jones* of Nottingham & Notts PS

Cheetham Trophy for Monochrome Personal Choice
'White Hall, New York City' by Nigel Stewart of Nottingham Outlaws PS

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The Selector's Personal Choice awards were:
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Selector's Personal Choices for Colour Prints
​'Too Many Mouths to Feed' by Jon Mee of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Lifelong Companions' by Jon Mee of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Vikings' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS

Selector's Personal Choices for Monochrome Prints
​'Wistful' by Carol McNiven Young FRPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Holding On' by Ken Wade LRPS, DPAGB, ABPE of Newark & District PS
'Surrealism' by Marj Freeston BPE3, DPAGB of Chesterfield PS

Selector's Personal Choices for Nature Prints
​'Dusky Thorn Moths' by Gienpiero Ferrari of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Wiretail Swallows' by Garry Hodson of Grimsby PS
'Oriental Darter' by Colin Machin of Sileby PS

Selector's Personal Choices for Colour PDI
​'Childlike Curiosity' by Jon Mee of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
​'Cat Free Zone' by Jon Mee of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'A Tough Round for Lewis' by David Cudworth of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Selector's Personal Choices for Monochrome PDI
'Shake Dry' by John Watson of Rushcliffe PS
'The Baby Faced Assassin' by David Cudworth of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Chasing the Ball' by David White BPE5 of Synergy
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Selector's Personal Choices for Nature PDI
​'Dung Fly Resting on Nettle' by Ken Wade LRPS, DPAGB, ABPE of Newark & District PS
'Jellyfish Rising' by Darren Worthy of Dronfield CC
'Two's Company, Three's a Crowd, Young Kestrels' by Tony Banks of Nottingham Outlaws PS

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Full results are available here.