{"id":78939,"date":"2025-08-20T00:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/78939\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T00:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:21:11","slug":"des-king-of-buxton-photographic-club-wins-london-salon-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/78939\/","title":{"rendered":"Des King of Buxton Photographic Club wins London Salon medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Des King, a member of Buxton Photographic Club, was awarded the London Salon Medal for his photograph On the Course, captured at a golf course near Norwich.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The award was presented at the 2025 London Salon exhibition, currently being held at Gallery 1885.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The London Salon is an international exhibition renowned for showcasing photography that demonstrates \u201cdistinct evidence of personal artistic feeling and execution\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Norfolk photographer wins prestigious London Salon medal \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Norfolk photographer wins prestigious London Salon medal (Image: Supplied) The exhibition has been a cornerstone of the photography world for more than a century, continuing its tradition even during the First and Second World Wars.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Each year, the London Salon selects a number of works for exhibition and awards up to 10\u00a0Salon Medals, with the selection process managed by its members.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  These members, who are invited and hold their membership for life, include notable historical figures such as Yousuf Karsh and Lord Caernarfon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr King expressed his delight at receiving the award and encouraged anyone interested in photography to join Buxton Photographic Club, where new members are always welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Des King, a member of Buxton Photographic Club, was awarded the London Salon Medal for his photograph On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-78939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}