AV News 186 - November 2011
D o b s o n H e n ry M e d a l
C ita tio n fo r P e te r B ro w n ARPS DPAGB Hon PAGB
This year's recipient of the Dobson
Henry Medal has given an
outstanding contribution over many
years to photography and to the
Audio-Visual medium in particular.
He was a founder member and
Chairman of Leicester Forest AV
Group (now the East Midlands AV
Group) and has recently retired from
this position after 23 years. He
started the New Horizons AV
Competition for the MCPF in 1993
and took over from Brian Jeffs as
Mid-Phot AV competition organizer in 2001. He ran both competitions combined
until 2005 when New Horizons was dropped. Sadly this year he decided to step
down as MidPhot organizer to enjoy a well earned rest. In this role he helped and
encouraged new workers to show their work and on many occasions he has had
to cajole experienced workers to produce new work to ensure that the event
continued to maintain its prestigious status on the AV calendar.
He has been a major worker for the National Audio Visual Championships. He
was Treasurer from 1997 until 2003 when he became Chairman and Treasurer
continuing in both positions until 2009. He still continues as Treasurer for the
2011 championships.
He is a past President of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain and also
the Midland Counties Photographic Federation. From the very beginnings of the
PAGB awards for photographic merit in 1994, it was decided to include AV
among the categories open to potential applicants. For the last seven years the
responsibility for organizing the assessments, as well as acting as Chairman of
the adjudicating panel, has been devolved to our medal recipient. Although no
longer a member of the PAGB Executive Committee (EC) he has undertaken
these co-opted tasks with enthusiasm and great skill, and has always been
meticulous in advising the PAGB EC of the outcome of the awards assessment
days. In addition he has managed to achieve a most commendable reduction in
running costs for an event that traditionally ran at a financial loss prior to his input.
His enthusiasm and dedication to this task and to all the many roles he has
undertaken has been of the very highest standard. Whatever job he takes on he
always does it with dignity, charm and quiet determination. He is an excellent
ambassador for the AV world and photography generally.
It therefore gives me very great pleasure to present the award of a Dobson
Henry Medal for his outstanding contribution to Audio-Visual to Peter Brown
ARPS DPAGB Hon PAGB.
Keith Scott (Chairman Royal Photographic Society Audio-Visual Group)
Citation prepared by - Richard Brown FRPS APAGB EFIAP FIPF, Ian Platt MFIAP FRPS
EFIAP/g Hon EFIAP HonPAGB, Keith Brown FRPS MPAGB APAGB EFIAP FIPF
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