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John Beatty at Bury Photographic Society Thursday 30th November

Here is advance notice of an upcoming talk by Rucksack Club member John Beatty. John needs no introduction on this web site but here goes anyway. On Thursday 30th November we welcome professional photographer John Beatty to Bury Photographic Society. John is one of Britain’s most exciting and stimulating nature, travel and adventure photographers. His work is chiefly concerned with the timeless rhythms of the natural world, its beauty and simplicity and man’s place within it. For over thirty years, John has ventured across the world returning with stories of his experiences of the wilderness which few have encountered. He has witnessed darkness and fire with Kalahari bushmen; wolves, walrus and streams of caribou in Aleutian Alaska; collected shells from Pacific beaches, run with wilderbeests in the ancient dusts of Serengeti; hiked to hidden springs of Grand Canyon. His travels are infused with adventure and wonderment, from Galapagos to the Andes, Namibia, Mongolia and the Amazon Basin. Closer to home, John has photographed almost all wild land locations in Britain, from the windswept tors of Cornwall to white strands of the Outer Hebrides. As a photographer of wilderness it is the drama of landscape, its biodiversity and wild weather that attracts[…]

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James Rushforth at Bury Photographic Society on Thursday 30th March

The Club has kindly agreed to me posting occasional information about meetings of Bury Photographic Society that may be of interest to Rucksack Club members. On Thursday 30th March we have a talk by James Rushforth. He will tell us how he made the transition from mountain guide to travel writer and photographer. His Wikipedia entry has a long list of the awards he has won including Landscape Photographer of the Year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rushforth His recently published two volume guide to photographing Iceland took several years in Iceland to complete and has won four awards for travel writing and photography. See https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=james+rushforth+iceland&crid=KYHS1YIUPWPP&sprefix=james+rushforth+iceland%2Caps%2C200&ref=nb_sb_noss for more details of these. His own web site is https://www.jamesrushforth.com/ James will have some books for sale at the end of the evening so remember to bring cash if you are interested. (He may also take credit cards, I’m not sure about that). We meet at 7.30pm ready for a 7.45pm start. Our address is Fishpool Liberal Club, Bury BL9 9HX The car park entrance is on Woodley Street near the Nelson Street end. We use the back door to the club directly from the car park. Prospective members of Bury Photographic Society are welcome to attend three[…]

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