Andy Abbott, a photojournalist from Bury St Edmunds, will show us how the best pictures are opportunistic and as a result of being in the right place at the right time. Andy has captured highlights of East Anglian life with his camera for five decades. His ethos is to secure a memorable image that has the ability to tell a story without caption or explanation and which has the reader thinking ‘wow I must read on’. Away from the relative calm of our region he has also undertaken madcap escapades including filming hang gliders and abseilers and once had a gun aimed at him by East German border guards as he pointed a telephoto lens at Checkpoint Charlie. Thankfully nothing will be pointed him at him at the next meeting of the group except members and visitors eager to hear about his amazing career and see his images.
The evening will conclude with members showing their images from the Aldeburgh carnival which, incidentally, will also be shown in the local press and websites.