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Royal Fellowship awarded to regional daily photojournalist

Ian DayFellowship of a prestigious royal society has been awarded to a regional daily’s assistant editor in honour of his photographic work.

Ian Day, of the Yorkshire Post, has been named a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Photographic Society just over three decades since he developed his very first images in a makeshift dark room under the stairs of his family home.

There are fewer than 700 Fellows across the world and Ian, pictured above left, joins the elite band in recognition of his services to press photography.

During his time at Yorkshire Post Newspapers and two spells at the Press Association, he has co-ordinated photographic teams covering everything from the 2006 football World Cup in Germany to the 2000 Sydney Olympics and more recently the Tour de France’s Grand Départ.

Said Ian: “It is wonderful to be recognised by the RPS, but this is really about the incredibly talented photographers I’ve had the privilege to work with over the years.”

Ian, who grew up in Shropshire, was just a teenager when he began his career in press photography and says he has his father, who passed away recently, to thank.

He added: “Dad worked for a firm which printed the Whitchurch Herald. I was fascinated by how an image on a screen got onto the paper and when I was 14 he bought me a camera from a retiring press photographer.

“The only problem was I didn’t have anywhere to develop my photographs. Dad stepped in again, building me a dark room under the stairs.

“He wasn’t the type to go in for awards, but if he knew I had been made a Fellow then I am sure he would have allowed himself a wry smile.”

The society’s Director-General Dr Michael Pritchard said: “Ian’s achievement is a remarkable one and both he and Yorkshire Post Newspapers should be proud.”

Nicola Furbisher, managing editor of YPN, said: “There’s no-one more deserving of the honour. Ian’s one of the best. He’s a great friend a respected colleague and a brilliant professional.

“He just needs to be aware that having letters after his name means the first round will always be on him from now on.”

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  • November 25, 2015 at 9:23 am
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    Whats a regional daily photographer !!!!!!
    None here any more !!!!!!

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  • November 25, 2015 at 12:19 pm
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    Congratulations for a well deserved honour for a fine photographer, great picture editor and now valuable assistant editor. The YP may have suffered in recent times, but they still have fine staff photographers, equal to the best in the country, which make the paper a much better quality read than those who have lost their best staff to cutbacks.

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