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About the Dunfermline Photographic Association |
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The Association was established in 1926 and has been active ever since, except for the war years of 1939-1945. We have all the minute books and they make fascinating reading. The members in those early days were nothing if not enterprising, and the Association was soon playing a significant role in the young Scottish Photographic Federation, and growing a membership approaching a hundred. Today we have about forty members, making us around the seventeenth largest club of the eighty-odd affiliated to the SPF. We meet every Tuesday evening at 7.15, between mid-September and early April, at the Dell Farquharson Community Leisure Centre in Dunfermline’s Nethertown Broad Street. Then just to make sure we don’t lose touch, the first Tuesdays of the summer months see us gathering at the Pitbauchlie House Hotel in Aberdour Road for a chat, a look at members’ photographs and even a beer or two. Annual membership fees are : Adult £26 Senior £18 Junior & Unwaged £16 In addition to this, we pay 50p for each attendance. This is aimed mostly at paying for the hire of the hall, but it also covers a raffle for a roll of film or a handful of CDs. According to our constitution, we support “. . . the practice and encouragement of the art of photography in all its branches.” At present, this applies to the increasing use of digital cameras and computers. We are happy to have our members use any type of equipment, and we mostly make no distinction between the different processes. Nor do we treat members any differently on the basis of their skill; new members are welcome whatever their ability. Whether they are international exhibitors or absolute beginners, they are equally welcome. We regularly have three public exhibitions each year in Dunfermline and our work is also seen in a number of local and national competitions. Although we have no permanent studio or darkroom facilities, we have a good array of hardware for presentation of our work, thanks in part to the generosity of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and the workings of the National Lottery |
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