A press release from the
British Photographic and Imaging Association
This information may be freely reproduced, with a credit to the BPIA.
ADDITIONAL PRESS INFORMATION The Association is working with IPC Magazines, Dixons and with
the RPS Photographic Journal on a massive project of imaging and
photographic competitions in 19 prestigious magazines & in regional
and local newspapers. There is an overall national competition
for which all entrants to the magazine competitions will be considered.
The competitions involve nearly every aspect of UK life and their
object is to record "A PICTURE OF '99", the last year of this
century and this millennium. The magazine competitions will be seen by 5 million readers and
run throughout the year of 1999. The magazines participating and
their issue dates when the competitions are first announced are:
The Association's member companies - most of them world famous
- manufacturers of photographic and imaging equipment are donating
prizes worth over £80,000 to the magazine competitions. Consumers
have the opportunity of winning the latest products in every magazine
- including all kinds of cameras: digital, medium format, SLR,
compact, APS and single use cameras; digital printers, imaging
software, lenses, flash guns, binoculars and film. The thirty one participating companies are: All entrants in the competitions are automatically considered
for the national competition for which four prizes are being offered-
each for two persons - to exotic holiday destinations like the
Maldives. An additional competition for A Picture of '99 is being
also being advertised in regional and local newspapers The final winning 150 images, chosen by an eminent panel - headed
by the project's spokesperson The Rt Hon. Austin Mitchell MP,
Chairman of the Parliamentary Photography Committee - will be
reproduced in a book for which Tony Blair, Prime Minister, is
writing the foreword. We expect the book to be purchased in volume
by families to pass on to future generations and, of course, it
should feature in the library network throughout the land. The
best images submitted by RPS members will be archived for posterity
in a specially bound album. For further information contact: August 99 / BP30
SEPTEMBER 1999
Aeroplane
January onwards
Railway
February
Photo Technique
March
Eventing
April
What Digital Camera
May
Yachting Monthly
June
Angler's Mail
May
Amateur Gardening
May 27
Women & Golf
May
Golf Monthly
June
Practical Boat Owner
July
Your Garden
August
Shooting Times
August
The Field
November
Horse & Hound
September
Amateur Photographer
October
Rugby World
October
Sporting Gun
November
plus The Photographic Journal of the Royal Photographic Society.
Agfa-Gevaert Limited
Canon (UK) Limited
Cobra Europe Limited
Concord Camera (Europe) Limited
Epson UK
Fuji Photo Film (UK) Limited
Guardforce (UK) Limited
Hama PVAC Limited
Hasselblad (UK) Limited
Hewlett Packard Limited
Ilford Imaging Limited
Introphoto Limited
Jenoptik Camera (UK) Limited
Johnsons Photopia Limited
Kodak Limited
Konica (UK) Limited
Kyocera Yashica (UK) Limited
Leica Camera Limited
MGI Software UK
MemPlus Ltd
Mitsubishi Electric (UK) Limited
Nikon UK Limited
Olympus Optical Company (UK) Limited
Pentax UK Limited
The Photo Album Company
Polaroid (UK) Limited
Samsung UK Limited
Sanyo Sales (UK) Limited
Sharp UK
Sony United Kingdom Limited
Vivitar Europe Limited
Pam Hyde, BPIA
Ambassador House
Brigstock Road
Thornton Heath,
CR7 7JG
Fax: 0208 665 6447
Tel: 0208 665 6181
Email: bpia@admin.co.uk
Web www.bpia.co.uk
Claire Blizard,
IPC Magazines Ltd
King's Reach Tower
Stamford Street
London SE1 9LS
Tel: 0207 261 5000
Fax: 0207 261 6579
Email: claire_blizard@ipc.co.uk
Roy Green,
The Photographic Journal
Acorn House
74 - 94 Cherry Orchard Road
Croydon CRO 6BA
Tel: 0208 681 8339
Fax: 0208 681 1880
Email:
roy@rps-pj.demon.co.uk
Duncan Beattie,
Dixons
Maylands Avenue
Hemel Hempstead
Herts HP2 7TG
Tel: 01442 353088
Fax: 01442 354701
Email:
duncan.beattie@dixons.co.uk
Web: www.dixons.co.uk
