Northern
committee
Jane Black ARPS (Regional Organiser)
Telephone: 0191 252 2870
Address: 9 Cardigan Grove, Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear, NE30 3HN
Jane has been Regional Organiser for twenty years. She gained her Associateship in 1989 and was awarded a Fenton Medal in 2003 for services to the Royal and to photography.
She been involved in amateur photography since joining a photographic society whilst at college in 1959.
She has supported Northern Counties Photographic Federation and the clubs since 1962 and is presently in charge of all their competitions including the International Salon which she set up in 1980.
Brian Pearson ARPS (Treasurer)
Brian is a member of Whitley Bay Photographic Society..
He joined the RPS 1991 and I gained his LRPS in 1992 and his ARPS 1995.
He became a member of the North East Region committee before becoming the Northern Region Treasurer in June 1998.
Arnold Hubbard FRPS (committee)
Arnold has had sixty years of photography and still enjoying it immensely, forty of these years in Sunderland Photographic Association.
Darkroom monochrome , including infra red and Lith has always been his main interest but now digitally produced. he also enjoy colour work, AV, National and International exhibiting.
He gained his Fellowship in 1993 with mono print panel and was awarded Hon Fellowship (Members Award ) in 2007.
He has been a PAGB judge and lecturer as well as serving on NCPF International Exhibition and RPS Northern Region committees for many years.
David Shaw ARPS (committee)
David is a member of the Sunderland Photographic Association and a member of UPP Circle 19.
Since retiring he has had more time to pursue his interests ranging from travel, wildlife and nature photography to collecting Sunderland Pottery.
Hilary Shaw ARPS (committee)
Hilary came to photography as a means of expression rather than recording, relatively recently.
She joined Sunderland Photographic Association in 1995 and gained her DPAGB after a few years. She was awarded her ARPS in 2005.
Her main interest outside of photography is travel. With her husband she has travelled to countries in the developing world for work, as well as enjoying holidays, from Outer Mongolia to darkest Africa.
Terry Pollard ARPS (committee)
Terry was given box brownie when 11 years old and moved into serious photography in 1971 with a Praktika Super TL, eventually moving on to Canon cameras.
He joined Gateshead Camera Club and quickly became interested in monochrome photography.
He obtained his ARPS in 1983 and DPAGB some years later. He joined the regional RPS committee in the mid 90’s.
Neil Maughan LRPS (committee)
Neil developed his love of photography from his father at an early age. He joined Durham Photographic Society in 1989 and af the RPS in 1991.
He gained his Licentiateship in 1993 and later his DPAGB.
He toured around the NCPF showing his slides at numerous camera clubs in the late nineties, before his day job took him out of the North East for 3 years.
Now, back in the North East, he is finding more time for photography and he aims finally to gain his ARPS.
Chris Rowley LRPS (committee)
Dennis Atherton FRPS (Webmaster)
Originally a traditional darkroom worker, Dennis dabbled in the medium of bromoil for a decade. His work is now completely digital.
Dennis joined the RPS in 1986 and obtained his Fellowship in 1988.
He spends as much time as he is allowed to In Italy with his Italian wife, who prefers that they live in the UK.
