Wabi Sabi – September 2026

This years fifth print Exhibition took place on the 25th of September with the theme “WABI SABI“.

This photgraphic challenge for the exhibition invited photographers to explore beauty in the modest, weathered, and incomplete aspects of life and objects, encouraging a deeper appreciation of authenticity and natural aging. It encourages participants to slow down and observe subtle beauty in ordinary scenes, objects, and environments that reveal the passage of time and natural imperfection.

Participants may interpret the theme through subjects such as:

• Weathered Objects & Materials: Worn furniture, cracked pottery, rusted metal, peeling paint, or aged surfaces.
• Nature & Seasonal Change: Falling leaves, fading flowers, dry branches, or landscapes shaped by weather and time.
• Quiet Everyday Scenes: Simple domestic environments, modest interiors, or still-life arrangements.
• Handmade & Imperfect Craftsmanship: Handcrafted objects showing irregularity or human touch.
• Minimal & Empty Spaces: Scenes emphasizing simplicity, emptiness, or tranquility.
• Time & Impermanence: Moments or scenes reflecting change, decay, or transformation.

This is Wabi Sabi in our eyes, through our lenses.

Once again, visitors on opening night had the task of selecting their favourite “FIVE” images. As is traditional for print exhibitions, the public votes were counted from (36) voting slips that produced the following results:

• 1st Place: with 15 Votes
  Image Nº 28 “Once I was a Window” by by Roger Fuller

• Tied 2nd Place: with 13 Votes
  Image Nº 18 “Rose” by Jan Chapman
  Image Nº 10 “The Crack” by Ina Tänzer
  
• 3rd Place: with 12 Votes
  Image Nº 17 “Feeling Tired by Glyn Parry
  
• Tied 4th Place: with 10 Votes each
  Image Nº 14 “Old Door by Sharon Johnson
  Image Nº 08 “Beauty ini Imperfection by John Kendall
  
• Tied 5th Place: with 9 Votes
  Image Nº 27 “Shipwrecked” by Sharon Johnson
  Image Nº 21 “Something for the Weekend” by Robert Bousfield
  Image Nº 02 “Fallen” by Ligia Glover
  Image Nº 03 “The Old Vase” by Glyn Parry

Our next task for members will be to submit images for the Fifth challenge of 2026, themed “Everyday Life“.

Congratulations to Everyone!!

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