From: Witho Worms en Jorien van Santen (verzet13@xs4all.nl)
Date: 06/22/01-02:48:48 AM Z
Dick you get my congratulations. This is a beautiful way to get honored for
everything you did for the rediscovery and research in the field of
historical photographic processes.
Witho.
----- 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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