Welcome
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Thank you for visiting our website. I will thank you even more if you visit our club, especially as we are entering an exciting new phase in moving to a new venue: Strutts Community Centre in Belper.
Over 40 years, Derby City Photographic has also built up a reputation as a friendly club where prospective members are given a warm welcome. They also come into a healthy fold of eager-to-learn beginners right through to experienced practitioners who both inspire and help others.
We also have an enviable reputation for the quality of our lectures, and encourage the spirit of competition through monthly themed contests in both digital and print.
We have a flourishing photo library, too – over 100 books.
Derby City PC is also one of the 40-plus members of the North & East Midlands Photographic Federation (N&EMPF) which is itself affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB).
Ashley Franklin ARPS | APAGB | BPE3*
Website updated 4th November 2026
Thank you for visiting our website. I will thank you even more if you visit our club, especially as we are entering an exciting new phase in moving to a new venue: Strutts Community Centre in Belper.
Over 40 years, Derby City Photographic has also built up a reputation as a friendly club where prospective members are given a warm welcome. They also come into a healthy fold of eager-to-learn beginners right through to experienced practitioners who both inspire and help others.
We also have an enviable reputation for the quality of our lectures, and encourage the spirit of competition through monthly themed contests in both digital and print.
We have a flourishing photo library, too – over 100 books.
Derby City PC is also one of the 40-plus members of the North & East Midlands Photographic Federation (N&EMPF) which is itself affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB).
Ashley Franklin ARPS | APAGB | BPE3*
Website updated 4th November 2026
Tuesday 10th November
ALEKS GJIKA EFIAP/b, DPAGB BPE1
presents IN SEARCH OF ‘JE NE SAIS QUOI’
‘It is my belief’ says Aleks, ‘that behind every successful image there is something special, something that is sometimes obvious, yet we often cannot quite put our finger on it. This is what they call in France ‘Je ne sais quoi’ and this is what I am in search of!
‘Aleks is one of Britain’s most poetic photographers’ – Smethwick PS
‘It is my belief’ says Aleks, ‘that behind every successful image there is something special, something that is sometimes obvious, yet we often cannot quite put our finger on it. This is what they call in France ‘Je ne sais quoi’ and this is what I am in search of!
‘Aleks is one of Britain’s most poetic photographers’ – Smethwick PS
