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Cape Camera October 2022

News from the Council

It is already a year since I am back on Council and sometimes it on 2 November and Andre
feels that not much happened over the year, but when I wrote will also send a Snapshot
the report for the AGM, I realised that we had quite an active with more details.
year and the best is still to come. I congratulate Council mem- Previously we held strategic
bers who have driven the activities that made it such a success- sessions with members at
ful year. regular intervals. Such a ses-
Firstly, thank you to our members for re-electing current council sion is overdue as we were
members to continue with the task to run the activities of the not able to plan a session
club. Your trust in the current Council members is appreciated. with members since the
Our exhibition opens to the public on the 4th of November. beginning of 2020. Council
Members exhibiting and invited guests will be able to view the have now set aside the 28th
exhibition at the opening on the 3rd of November. Friday morn- of January 2023 as the date
ing 28 October when I read the article in Die Burger about our to have our next session.
exhibition it suddenly became real and it was a proud moment Please diarise the date and try to attend. Council needs the in-
to read about it in the newspaper. We will properly celebrate the put of as many members as possible to determine the direction
event and the hard work that went into the organizing of the of the club and to plan activities for the short term. We will send
event at our year-end function. a Snapshot with the time and venue. Start thinking about your
Please attend our year-end and awards function which will be expectations and let us know on the day.
held at Simons Restaurant, Groot Constantia, on the 15th of No- I am looking forward seeing you at the year-end function.
vember. You will be able to sign up at the competition evening Jacoba van Zyl
President

Our much anticipated photo exhibition is about to open on Fri-
day, 4 November and will stay open until 31 December 2022, at Groot Constantia Wine Estate
the prestigious Groot Constantia Wine Estate. hosts oldest photographic club
Apart from being a rare opportunity to admire 143 contem- in South Africa
porary prints of 51 CTPS photographers, you will be able to
view how different our club photography was some 130 years CAPE TOWN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
ago. One particular historical photograph from our extensive PHOTO EXHIBITION
archives shows how the huge cameras had to be transported
by horse cart on outings - with bowler-hatted photographers 4 November to 31 December 2022
4 November to 31 December 2022
in action. The exhibition takes place at the Wine Cellar next to Daily 10h00 - 16h00
Daily 10h00 - 16h00
Simon's Restaurant and is open daily from 10am to 4pm. Your at the Wine Cellar
at the Wine Cellar
presence will do us great honor and we are looking forward to
seeing you

Set theme for December

Theme: Monochrome
Competition date: 7 December 2022
Deadline for upload: 30 November 2022

A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey
(black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work
with the various shades of grey. A black and white work
toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome
work able to stand in the black and white category. Visit our www.ctps.co.za
website for the 2023 themes.
Image by David Barnes

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