Programme

Winter Programme 2025-2026

Event Information:

  • Fri
    31
    Oct
    2025
    Sat
    01
    Nov
    2025

    Exhibition

    10:00 amSt Ives Free Church

    Our members' exhibition will once again be held at the Free Church on 31st October2025 and 1st November 2025.  All members are encouraged to exhibit their work.  This is a great showcase for the efforts of our members.

Summer Events 2026

Coming Soon

Provisional Winter Programme 2026-2027

Event Information:

  • Tue
    16
    Mar
    2027

    Free Mines Coal Faces - Nick Hodgson

    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church
    Nick Hodgson FRPS is a British documentary landscape photographer based in London. His talk, Free Mines Coal Faces, is about his documentary project on coal free mining in the Forest of Dean, which formed part of his Photography MA, his successful FRPS panel submission, an award-winning book and various exhibitions. Nick has also been a member of the RPS Distinctions Panel for the Applied and Documentary photography genres.

    In the first section of his talk, Nick discusses mining photography that he researched to inform him about his own approach to the project. He also explains what free mining is and how he published a book of his work (there should be a few copies still available to purchase at the talk). After the break he will go through a number of his images, how he shot them and the challenges he faced. He finishes by talking about postproduction and printing, showing physical examples from his F panel which the audience is also encouraged to look at throughout the evening.