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The Oldham PS “Mini-Warwick” Internal Competition
Last Thursday (18th July 2024) we held what we call our OPS “Mini-Warwick” Internal Competition. The idea of this is to give our members a flavour of what it is like when the club enters the real “Warwick”, the Photographic Alliance Inter-Club Projected Image Challenge, a National event, which was scheduled for 21st Nov 2024…
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Third Quarterly 2023-2024 Results
With the 4th Quarterly looming, it occurs that the 3rd Quarterly Results need posting, so here they are, better late than never! Congratulations to Eddie, Mark, Malc and Ann. Projected Images that scored 20 Prints that scored 20
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Is this a photograph of James Johnson?
During the research for my book “A Victorian Society”, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Oldham Photographic Society, we came across a photograph in the archives which was most unusual, being a portrait of a man of African descent, taken in the late 1860s or early 1870s. The photographer was a founding member of…
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OPS Print Exhibition at Oldham Library
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The Adrian Deaville Memorial Competition
On 21st March 2024, four clubs, Rochdale PS, Rochdale &DCC, Oldham CC and Oldham PS came together, once again, to remember a young photographer and friend, Adrian Deaville, who tragically died in an air crash on 23rd March 1994. Adrian worked at the camera shops in Oldham and Rochdale and the competition was begun by…
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The John Widdall Trophy 2024
The John Widdall Trophy was initiated last year in the memory of one of our longest serving members. John had been on our council since the mid-1970s until 2020. He undertook many roles, from Secretary to Exhibition Secretary and was Treasurer for several years until 2020. The requirement, for an entry, is a set of…
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