From: terry roth (terryroth@earthlink.net)
Date: 06/21/01-07:15:18 PM Z
Good on yer, Dick! We're proud of you, you have always been a bright spot
on this list.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Shapiro <sgshiya@redshift.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: RPS Announcement
> Wow!
>
> What an honor, Richard.
>
> Steve Shapiro, Carmel, CA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc Bruhat" <bruhat@magic.fr>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: RPS Announcement
>
>
> > Congratulations dick!
> >
> > marc
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Richard Sullivan FRPS <richsul@earthlink.net>
> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 5:08 PM
> > Subject: RPS Announcement
> >
> >
> > I am a bit overwhelmed by all of this.
> >
> > It has just been announced that I have been made an Honorary Fellow of
the
> > Royal Photographic Society. It has been no secret that I am proud to be
a
> > Fellow of the RPS but this goes beyond any expectations.
> >
> > I will be in London in October to receive the award and hope to meet any
> > Brits on the List and my discussion group who may be there.
> >
> > Those of you who know anything about the operations at Bostick &
Sullivan
> > are well aware that my wife Melody Bostick is integral part of the
> > operation and without her efficient management of the corporation, I'd
> have
> > little time to spend on my own work or doing research. The award also
> > belongs to her.
> >
> > I have enjoyed working with and being part of the Royal Photographic
> > Society. Founded in 1853, it is the oldest photographic organization in
> > world. The Society welcomes membership from all over the world, even
> > members from former rebellious colonies.
> >
> > Without the widespread acceptance of alternative photography there would
> be
> > no award, so in a real sense, it is an award recognizing the renewed
> > importance of the art and technology of alternative photography.
> >
> >
> > If one is turned off by the thought that a British learned society has
to
> > be snooty and stuffy think again. The RPS is refreshingly not so. Many
of
> > its members are amateurs whose goal is nothing more than making pictures
> > and enjoying them. However many, like Jill Freedman, who is also
receiving
> > an Honorary Fellowship this year, are long time professionals with an
> > extensive exhibition and publishing history. There is a place for
everyone
> > and I invite those here to join.
> >
> >
> > --Dick Sullivan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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