N&EMPF Annual Exhibition 2026

Selection took place on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November and awards will be presented at Arnold Library at Noon on Saturday 10th January 2026.

A selection of prints will be on display from Saturday 10th January—the exhibition end will be confirmed in due course. The library is open 9am–6pm Monday through Friday and 9am–4pm on Saturday, but is closed on Sundays.

This year 603 individual images (and 12 from individual print panels) by 164 entrants were accepted—out of the 2,424 images submitted by 234 members (of 34 clubs/societies).

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The winners of the club trophies were:

Chesterfield Trophy for Colour Prints – Derby City Photographic Club
Hiscox Trophy for Monochrome Prints joint winners –  
Nottingham Outlaws Photographic Society and Rolls-Royce Derby Photographic Society
Derwent Trophy for Colour PDI joint winners – 
Killamarsh Amateur Photographic Society and Nottingham Outlaws Photographic Society
Gibbins Trophy for Monochrome PDI – Bolsover Camera Club

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The individual award winners were:

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

Best Colour Print – 'Legs' by Simon Beynon of Chesterfield PS
Best Monochrome Print – 'Set Point Server' by Brian Stephenson of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
Best Nature Print – 'Wren with Lunch' by Simon Beynon of Chesterfield PS

Best Mobile Phone Colour Print – 'Lillies' by Carol McNiven Young FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
Best Mobile Phone Monochrome Print – 'Homage to Hepburn' by Carol McNiven Young FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Best Colour PDI – 'Pink Madness' by Lester Woodward CPAGB of Nottingham Outlaws PS
Best Monochrome PDI – 'Ink Warrior' by David Cudworth of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
Best Nature PDI – 'White-tailed Eagle Mobbed by Magpies' by Trevor Lane ARPS, DPAGB, ABPE of Beeston CC

Best Mobile Phone Colour PDI – 'Melancholy' by Zahyr Caan of Beeston CC
Best Mobile Phone Monochrome PDI – 'Emerging Portraits' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS

Bolsover Individual Trophy for Highest Aggregate Print Score
Carol McNiven Young FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Henson Individual Shield for Highest Aggregate PDI Score
Carol McNiven Young FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Cheetham Trophy for Monochrome Personal Choice
'Dovercourt Lighthouse' by Chris Grice of Ilkeston Photo 2000

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The Selector's Personal Choice awards were:
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Selector's Personal Choices for Colour Prints
'I'm Coming Too' by Sarah Middleton DPAFB, BPE5, EFIAP/g of Synergy
'Low Cloud Loch Leven' by Mark Constable of Derby City PC
'In Reflection' by Roger Fountain of Synergy

Selector's Personal Choices for Monochrome Prints
'Heron in Flight' by Michelle Jackson ARPS of Derby City PC
'The Backstreet Cobbler' by Brian Stephenson of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Ebb and Flow' by Ian Pinn of Nottingham & Notts PS

Selector's Personal Choices for Nature Prints
'Fighting Sand Bubbler Crabs' by Gavin Brand BPE3 of Keyworth CC
​'Diving Red Kite' by Simon Beynon of Chesterfield PS
'Me and the Mrs' by Steven Parrish BPAGB, EFIAP, BPE2 of Axholme CC

Selector's Personal Choices for Mobile Phone Colour Prints
'Pedalling through the Market Square' by Sue Jones of Rushcliffe PS
'Come and Have a Look' by Gavin Brand BPE3 of Keyworth CC
'Left to Rot' by David Cudworth of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Selector's Personal Choices for Mobile Phone Monochrome Prints
'Kirkjufell' by Nigel Slater of Arnold & District CC
'Gothic Geometry' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS
'Time Passing By' by Judy Thomason LRPS, CPAGB of Rushcliffe PS

Selector's Personal Choices for Colour PDI
'Well Over' by Ken Wade LRPS, DPAFB, ABPE of Newark & District PS
'Celestial' by Carol McNiven Young FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Green Eyes' by David Severn DPAGB, APAGB, EFIAP

Selector's Personal Choices for Monochrome PDI
'Eyes on the Ball' by Carl Campbell BPE2 of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Storm Swirls' by Christine Roe ARPS, CPAGB, BPE3 of Bolsover CC
'The Race is On' by Ken Wade LRPS, DPAGB, ABPE of Newark & District PS
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Selector's Personal Choices for Nature PDI
'Osprey Catch' by Simon Beynon of Chesterfield PS
'Long Eared Owl' by Chris Johnston of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Cuckoo in Flight' by Trevor Hupton of Bolsover CC

Selector's Personal Choices for Mobile Phone Colour PDI
'Giselle' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS
'Vases' by Carol McNiven Young FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
'Urban Decay' by Paul Alexander of Beauvale PG

Selector's Personal Choices for Mobile Phone Monochrome PDI
'Ballet Dance' by Dave Jones of Nottingham & Notts PS
'Salud' by Zahyr Caan of Beeston CC
'Reading for Pleasure' by Carol McNiven Young FRPS, MPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

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N&EMPF Exhibition 2026 Results