Club History - 1970s
By 1970 the Society had 64 members paying a subscription of thirty shillings (£1.50) for men and still half price for ladies. For the first time colour prints processed by members were included in the Annual Exhibition. The introduction of cibachrome paper vastly improved the quality of colour prints, especially those produced from transparencies.
Many members continued to process their photographs at home in permanent or temporary darkrooms (such as the bathroom). Some were expert at manipulating images altering tones, spotting (colouring in white spots), colour tinting, creating different images by superimposing one print over another and using special processes such as bromoil giving atmospheric results.
The Society’s Silver Jubilee was celebrated in 1973 (a year too early!) with a big exhibition called ‘Phototex 73’. It was opened by Victor Blackman, who was a top Fleet Street photographer. More than 200 images were shown in “The Barn” in the Causeway for a week, with local societies participating, and also the Dutch town of Meppel, which was twinned with Horsham at the time.
An outing in 1970 with Capel Camera Society to Lacock, the home of Fox Talbot the nineteenth century photographic pioneer resulted in the appearance of the participants in the Amateur Photographer magazine.
Through out the decade and into the mid eighties, the Society held an annual slide show in schools and church halls for the public, with collections for charities. These took months to prepare with approximately 500 slides set to music and a commentary.
Many members continued to process their photographs at home in permanent or temporary darkrooms (such as the bathroom). Some were expert at manipulating images altering tones, spotting (colouring in white spots), colour tinting, creating different images by superimposing one print over another and using special processes such as bromoil giving atmospheric results.
The Society’s Silver Jubilee was celebrated in 1973 (a year too early!) with a big exhibition called ‘Phototex 73’. It was opened by Victor Blackman, who was a top Fleet Street photographer. More than 200 images were shown in “The Barn” in the Causeway for a week, with local societies participating, and also the Dutch town of Meppel, which was twinned with Horsham at the time.
An outing in 1970 with Capel Camera Society to Lacock, the home of Fox Talbot the nineteenth century photographic pioneer resulted in the appearance of the participants in the Amateur Photographer magazine.
Through out the decade and into the mid eighties, the Society held an annual slide show in schools and church halls for the public, with collections for charities. These took months to prepare with approximately 500 slides set to music and a commentary.
