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Nigelk
Posted 03/02/2018 - 13:15 Link
One of our club committee members has struck up a good relationship with our local weekly paper, The Bury Free Press. They quite often do features on our photographs and what we are up to, it all helps keep up the profile of the club.
This Friday they featured a selection from our recent portrait competition and chose to use one of my self portraits as the front cover of the Culture section, which meant it also featured on the front page of the paper. Fame at last!
It didn't print too bad for newspaper.

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Mag07
Posted 03/02/2018 - 14:17 Link
Ah, congratulations. Well deserved. It would make a great, large format poster
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pschlute
Posted 03/02/2018 - 14:31 Link
Excellent portrait and congratulations.
alfpics
Posted 03/02/2018 - 14:49 Link
That looks really good - congrats Nigel!
Andy
Nigelk
Posted 03/02/2018 - 15:34 Link
Thank you, I'm pretty chuffed.
Not very often you'll see me and Culture mentioned on the same page
pschlute
Posted 03/02/2018 - 15:56 Link
I have to ask if you got your inspiration from Edvard Munch ?
Posted 03/02/2018 - 18:27 Link
Great image!

Cheers
Mike
davidtrout
Posted 03/02/2018 - 20:14 Link
Well done Nigel
David
davidstorm
Posted 03/02/2018 - 20:16 Link
Fantastic Nigel, it's a great self portrait. It's always gratifying to see work in print.

Regards
David
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Gwyn
Posted 03/02/2018 - 21:01 Link
Well done Nigel. Always good to see a entx Uer in print, and glad to hear you have a good relationship with the local press.
Better self portrait than your avatar
McGregNi
Posted 03/02/2018 - 21:36 Link
Good work and congrats on the publication! Now, that Avatar is indeed a work of art .... I think it would be very hard to replicate
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Nigelk
Posted 03/02/2018 - 22:37 Link
pschlute wrote:
I have to ask if you got your inspiration from Edvard Munch ?

The straight answer, no.
If you Google Gregory Heisler 50 portraits, the front cover will give you the answer I think. It is a great and inspirational book, well it inspired me. The inspiration for me glancing at the fruit fly was a dog portrait by a fellow club member whose photo depicted the dog looking at a Butterfly. The different bits and pieces we pick up over time.
Nigelk
Posted 03/02/2018 - 22:45 Link
Oddly my Avatar has never been printed.
davidwozhere
Posted 04/02/2018 - 01:46 Link
Super piece of success! I recall that image when you first put it on here. I recall it was also a winner then?
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richandfleur
Posted 04/02/2018 - 02:31 Link
Great news story! Congrats.

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