Salons

The 2025 Welsh Salon of Photography

The 2025 Welsh Salon of Photography is now open for entry.

How to Enter: For 2025 we will be utilising an email entry system and an on-line catalogue. Information on how to enter can be found in the documents below. Please ensure to read the entry form in conjunction with the supplementary information.

Entry form (Word document)

Entry Form (PDF document)

Supplementary Information

Conditions of Entry                       

Categories: There will be 3 ‘open’ categories: Colour Prints, Monochrome Prints and PDIs.

Fees: The basic charge per image entered will £2 but with a minimum charge of £6 which will cover up to 3 entries, and a maximum charge of £24 which covers 4 entries in each of the 3 Categories.

Entry Deadline: The date and time of the last (on-line) entry and delivery of Prints to the WPF AGM at Talbot Green at 10am Sunday 2nd March 2025.

*** Print Delivery for Gwynfa Members: Please note, bring your prints to Club on Thursday 27th February. we will deliver them to the WPF on your behalf.

Selection: At Talbot Green Community Centre, is 93 Clos Springfield, Talbot Green, Pontyclun. CF72 8FE at 10am on Sunday 23rd March 2025. Free parking is available.

Exhibition Venue:  At Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare. CF44 8DL.

The Official Opening will be at 11am on Saturday 3rd May.

Exhibition Opening Times – The exhibition will be open to the public from Saturday 3rd May 2025 and the last full viewing day will be Thursday 29th May. Please note, the museum is open to the public from 9.30am to 3.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday & Monday.  Please be sure to check opening/closing details before visiting.

Attendance: There is no entry fee to attend either the selection at Talbot Green or the exhibition at the Cynon Valley Museum. However, visitors will need to provide their own refreshments and there is a Tesco nearby at both sites.

Exhibition parking: You can park for up to two hours free in the adjacent Tesco car park.

AWPF Distinction Workshop: This will be held at the Cynon Valley Museum on Saturday 17th May.

Please note, due to space limitations and other factors, not all accepted images can be displayed at the exhibition. However, they will all be included and displayed in an eCatalogue which will be published on the WPF website. Examples of eCatalogues can be viewed here.