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Top digital images on show Tony's wide view of life
at West Swindon Library
Swindon has had a long associa-
ti on with photography and also the
Royal Photographic Society (RPS),
writes Maureen Albright.
A meeting to form a Field and
Camera Club took place in 1898.
Ninety years later a group of ^4 4*!P'1
enthusiasts at Swindon Camera !-- :
Club decided to form the Swindon -,
Imaging Group. or SwIG. to be- T . -•.. -
come acquainted with the newtech-
nology of digital photography.
For the first time the Royal Pho- An exhibition of unusual panoramas taken and created by photographer Tony Leggett from Nine Elms will
tographic Society's Digital Imaging be on display at the West Swindon Library from 18 to 30 August. The multiple images manipulated and
Group are to show their 2003 Print stitched together on computer create whole new perspectives.
Exhibition in the town at the West
Swindon Library at
the Link Centre, Be read to by CD
from 2 August until West Swindon Library has taken receipt of a new collection of 90 stories read on
1 6 August. compact disc, featuring well known authors such as David Baldacci, Roddy Doyle, Peter
The RPS DI Carey and Marion Keyes. They cost £1.30 to hire for three weeks.
Group's member-
ship is over a thou-
sand and the exhi- Where's your favourite Swindon place?
bition currently Swindon Civic Trust is running a free competition to find 'Swindon's Favourite Places.'
shows work from
Entries can be in any form suitable for exhibition visually or acoustically such as
1 50 different pho- graphics, photos, drawings, writing, recordings, videos. DVDs, models and art installa-
tographers includ- tions.
ing several locals.
Any place that can be readily visited by the public should be featured and submissions
This exhibition
in several age categories, as well as non-commercial groups, will be welcomed.
represents the very The judges will look at the quality of the personal entry and its ability to evoke a positive
best in digital work response: vision, imagination and public rapport will all be highly valued.
and is well worth a
The closing date is 24 October. ready for an exhibition in November. For details, call
visit. 520592.