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YPS INTERNATIONAL SALON 2021
Big news first! This Salon, being held in the Golden Jubilee Year, is FREE for all participants. Find more details of the salon here. We aim to make your participation experience seamless and memorable.
YPS just concluded the YPS All India Digital Salon with 13321 works from 1039 authors setting a new National record for the number of pictures submitted in an Indian Salon with FIP patronage. The Salon was free for everyone.
YPS is happy to follow this up with the YPS International Digital Salon 2021 for participation from anywhere in the world. YPS started in 1971 has completed 50 years. Growing from strength to strength, YPS blossomed into one of the largest clubs in India. Over the years, YPS has firmly established itself in the world of Salons as one of the most professionally run Salons. We aim to provide you a rich participating experience. YPS, continuing its journey to promote photography, has bundled several exciting features into this salon:
- It is absolutely FREE for all participants from anywhere in the world.
- With patronage from FIAP, PSA, ICS, MoL, GPU and FIP, there are over 160 awards to win.
- Participants will continue to enjoy all the other features of YPS Salons, including 100% review of pictures, facility to revise pictures, Live Scores display, Certificates for Acceptances, Share-your-success tools and a lot more.
YPS International Digital Salon 2021 is open for participation from Sun, Aug 15, 2021 to photographers from all over the world.
Salon website: https://salon.ypsbengaluru.in
Road to PSA Distinctions – How Did it Go!
From the initial years of its formation, YPS members traditionally have been following the distinctions offered by FIAP, PSA, and RPS. There were a few members with IIPC distinctions also. Many other photographic bodies have emerged in the later years, including ICS, GPU, IUP, and MoL to name a few. Snice the year 2016, our own country federation FIP also has expanded its portfolio of distinctions. While most of these distinctions are straight forward and many YPS members have achieved them in the last few years, the PSA distinction path appears to be a bit confusing. Hence a ‘YPS Saturday Meet’ session was arranged on the eve of 24 Jul 2021, for the YPS members aspiring to go for PSA distinctions. Here’s a brief report on the session…
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AGM 2020 & ELECTION
The Annual General Meeting for the year 2019-20 was held at RBW Silver Jubilee Hall, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru on March 28, 2021. 49 Life Members and 21 Individual Members attended the AGM demonstrating solidarity, care and commitment for Youth Photographic Society. Members are the reason for the sustained growth of YPS over 50 years. The AGM 2020 is another demonstration of the strength of YPS membership.
Note: This is not the Minutes of the Meetings of AGM 2020. It will be published and shared with members through email.
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