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September and October for the PhotoClub are looking busy with Nigel Wilson’s classes full for the September and October course. The Beginners Class will begin in mid-October, and we will have the lecture ‘The Indestructible Lee Miller’ presented by Antony Penrose, her son. There will be an exhibition of Art Group and PhotoClub members’ images in the Reading Room from 1st October and a walk arranged for Saturday 25th October.

PhotoClub Reading Room Exhibition during October

People and places- near and far

Roehampton Club PhotoClub welcomes you to an exhibition of images taken by members of the PhotoClub and Art Group. Please come to the Reading Room, look around and enjoy our members’ images of their travel moments – past and present.

PhotoClub Lecture on Tuesday 14th October at 7.30pm

The Indestructible Lee Miller

50 minutes. 280 images.

 

Written and presented by Antony Penrose, her son and biographer.

 

From an early age, Lee Miller learned the chances life brought needed her skilful and courageous adaptation to make them work for her. Born 1907 in America, she morphed from a young artist to a top fashion model. In Paris she became a surrealist photographer also shooting fashion for American Vogue. Back in New York she had a highly successful studio but left to marry an Egyptian and become a photographer of that land. At the outbreak of WW2 she arrived in London, returning to fashion photography for Vogue and later became their war correspondent with the US Army in  Europe. Her final career was as a surrealist gourmet cook in her last home, Farleys House in Sussex. Her life was filled with passion, heartbreak and high drama. Her secret in moving forward was to grab her chances with both hands. It made her indestructible in the sense that today her work is the subject of many books, TV documentaries, international exhibitions and now a major movie titled LEE,  starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller.

 

  • Originally created for the exhibition The Indestructible Lee Miller. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale,Florida, USA 2015
  • Contains highly disturbing images of the holocaust, war and its consequences

New beginners photography class

 

The classes will commence on Wednesday 15th October in the Art Studio 7 – 9pm.
The classes will be held on the following dates: Wednesday 15th, 22nd, 29th October, 5th, 12th November.

 

The syllabus for the classes will be roughly as follows:

Workshop 1 – introduction to camera, focus, camera settings outline, zoom, lenses, raw vs jpeg
Workshop 2 – aperture: shallow depth of field – taking close ups / macro, portraits, story telling
Workshop 3 – aperture: big depth of field – landscapes, group photographs, architecture
Workshop 4 – shutter speed and ISO: fast – wildlife, sports, pets, water, street photography
Workshop 5 – shutter speed: slow – night photography, drawing with light, ICM, panning, creative blur / street photography

 

Creative ‘homework’ will be set to help with learning. All types of cameras are welcome.

 

Lilian Spibey will be our tutor, who has a wealth of experience of running workshops, photoshoots and photographic holidays.

 

For further information please contact Sarah Smith smithgarden@icloud.com

 

Bookings are being taken in Reception now.

Roehampton Club 125th anniversary celebration in 2026

All members of the Art Group and PhotoClub are invited to take and submit up to three photographs celebrating aspects of the Club and its Members. There will be a combined exhibition with the Art Group in May and June 2026. These images must have been taken at the Club from May 2025 to end of March 2026. These can record any of the Club’s sporting and social activities, and / or images of the grounds and buildings. Any type of camera or smartphone can be used. Please email Sarah Smith for full details at smithgarden@icloud.com

A date for the diary

A photo walk has been arranged for 25th October titled ‘In Vincent’s Steps’. A walk from Vincent Van Gogh’s place of work in Covent Garden to his home in Stockwell. Full details and booking will be announced shortly.

Nigel Wilson’s classes

The September/October set of classes is now full.

The next set of classes will start on Thursday 6th November to 4th December. On 4th December there will only be the morning class for everyone followed by our annual Christmas lunch. The morning class will be from 10.30am to 1 pm and the afternoon from 1 to 3.30pm class.  Full details and date when registration available will follow shortly.

Sarah Smith, PhotoClub Chair