Members' Gallery: Leonard W. Dorricott
I first became interested in photography in 1943 during my service as a navigator in R.A.F. Bomber Command. From 1948 to 1964 I used homemade enlargers to produce half-plate monochrome prints for my own interest.
In 1966 I joined Lincoln Camera Club. Over the next year or two, I saw examples of Bromoils by several members of the club. I was so impressed that I took up the challenge and produced my first bromoil in 1973. By 1975 I had started to give Bromoil demonstrations to clubs in the North East Midlands Photographic Federation and the Lincolnshire Photographic Association. In the same year, conducting a demonstration at the N.E.M.P. Symposium, I met the renowned bromoilist Georgia Procter-Gregg, a member of the Bromoil Circle. I was invited to join the Circle. It was a great honour and I have continued to enjoy my membership ever since.
Nowadays I restrict my club photography to large Bromoils for club competitions and external exhibitions, with some success, leaving digital photography to the younger generation.
Six Samples of Leonard's Work
