First alt meet

Peter Charles Fredrick (pete@fotem.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 02 Apr 1998 00:27:13 +0100

>Dear All
>
>>At 6:33 PM -0400 98/03/23, Richard Sullivan wrote:
>
>>Several folks have asked about APIS and what it is.
>>
>>It stands for Alternative Photographic International Symposium. The first
>>formally organized event occurred last June in Bath England at the Royal
>>Photographic Society and was organized by Terry King. A couple of earlier
>>gatherings transpired in a Paris cafe in preceding years.
>
>
>>>Several folks have asked clarification about the first Internet organized
>alt-photo meeting. Organised mainly through this mailing list, this first
>meeting took place in May 1996 in Paris, not in a café and not in a steam
>Bath, but at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie where alt-photo
>workers from 8 countries met, showed prints, and discussed various
>alt-photo issues such as the permanence of prints.<<

As a member of the British contingent I can only go to confirm Luis
statement, but what is not stated is the fantastic contribution made by our
Luis who was both ring master , interpreter and general bon voyeur. Luis
made it work and it was the first APIS

pete