N&EMPF Exhibition 2023

Selection took place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October and awards will be presented at Patchings Art Centre, Oxton Road, Calverton at Noon on Saturday 7th January 2023, where the exhibition shall run until Saturday 11th February 2023. Please note that the centre is only open 10am–4pm, Wednesday through Sunday. 

This year 613 images by 193 entrants were accepted out of 2,689 submitted by 300 members of 39 clubs/societies—with every club gaining at least one acceptance and some many more.

​There were 2–3 times as many entrants and entries for the PDI forms of each class as for the Print forms.

The individual medal winners were:

Individual Print Panel – Carol McNiven Young BPE5*, DPAGB, EFIAP/b of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Best Colour Print – 'Waiting in the Wings' by Katrina Mee BPE3* of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
Best Monochrome Print – 'Mysterious' by Margaret Roberts LRPS of Newark & District PS
Best Nature Print – 'Nuthatch Perched on Fly Agaric' by Gianpiero Ferrari FBPE, DPAGB, FRPS of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Bolsover Individual Trophy for Highest Aggregate Print Score
Carol McNiven Young BPE5*, DPAGB, EFIAP/b of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Best Colour PDI – 'Mayhem in the Dust' by David Cudworth BPE5* of Rolls-Royce Derby PS
Best Monochrome PDI – 'Winter' by Brian Davis APAGB, CPAGB, MPSA of Chesterfield PS
Best Nature PDI – 'Roosting Clouded Yellows' by Gianpiero Ferrari FBPE, DPAGB, FRPS of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

Henson Individual Shield for Highest Aggregate PDI Score
David Cudworth BPE5* of Rolls-Royce Derby PS

The winners of the club trophies were:

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

Full results are available here.