Vivian Maier

I have just been reading the amazing story about a previously unheard of photographer, Vivian Maier. She worked for most of her life working as a children's nanny for wealthy families in Chicago and spent her spare time photographing life on the streets of the city between the 1950s and 1990s. She shared her pictures with no one but after she died in 2009, her work was discovered in an auction. It is estimated that there are around 100,000 negatives, many of which are still undeveloped. In my opinion, she will eventually be recognised as one of the major photographers of the 20th century on a par with the likes of Cartier Bresson. See what you think by clicking on http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ and I would particularly commend the video of "Chicago Tonight" link on that site.

TechTip -Take fine control of your cursor

Ian Rathbone recently came across the above tip in the paper.

Anyone editing photos,editing documents or taking screen grabs will want to select precise areas on a computer screen-but it is impossible to move the cursor accurately with a mouse.
Under Windows Vista and Windows 7, though, the cursor can be moved pixel by pixel using the keyboard.

To enable this option, open the Ease of Access option in control panel, select the mouse control menu and select the 'Set up mouse keys option' under the heading Keyboard Shortcut, tick the box labelled 'Turn on Mouse Keys with left Alt+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK'. Save your changes, and you'll be able to move the cursor by tiny increments up and down, left and right, using the four arrow keys on the the keyboard. Selecting Control & Shift will speed up the movement.

Note: do not select the 'Turn on mouse Keys' option as this disables your numeric key pad.

NCPF Summer Event

The Summer Event will take place at Beamish Museum on 18th,19th,20th June 2011. Included in the Event will be an exhibition of members prints for sale, and as a spin off, a new 'NCPF Beamish Trophy' for prints of images taken during the Event.
Further details are on the SPS notice board.

John C Davies

NYSDPA Biannual Lecture 2011

Joe Cornish will be giving this lecture called 'A Landscape Photographer's View' on Friday 11th March 2011 at The Southlands Centre Middlesbrough, starting at 7:30.
Tickets cost £6 including refreshments. If you are interested in going please let either Allan Snape or myself know and pay the £6 so we can order the tickets in good time.

John C Davies

Don Morrison HonPAGB, HonEFIAP

It is with great sadness that I have to report that Don Morrison passed away on Christmas Eve.  Don was a former member of Newcastle PS, and President of NCPF from 1965 to 1967. He also served the PAGB with distinction over many years, being its President from 1975 to 1977 and was a Honorary Life Vice-President of PAGB. 


The funeral arrangements are as follows:

Cremation to be held on Monday 10th January 2011 at 12.15pm at the West Road Crematorium, Newcastle, NE5 2JL.  

Family flowers only.   Donations, if you wish, to Marie Curie.

The Crematorium is situated just off the A1 bypassing Newcastle to the west.

Leave the A1 at the A69/A186 Interchange and travel on the A186 toward the city centre.

The crematorium is on the left very shortly after passing the cross roads with the A191.

Dave Coates 
(NCPF Publications Officer)