We were very fortunate to welcome award-winning wildlife photographer and conservationist, Paul Goldstein back to the School on a warm and sunny June evening. He was joined by his twin brother, and fellow OT Simon. We were also delighted to welcome former Hill Side Housemaster, Peter McManus who made the trip down from Scotland to reunite with the Goldstein brothers.

Paul spoke to a packed E M Forster Theatre audience about his search for that 'impossible photograph'. Paul has won multiple awards for his work and been widley published in the press, but admitted that he had never scored his own work higher than a 7 out of 10!

Against a backdrop of his stunning photographs, Paul delivered an extremely witty, passionate and informative talk. The Sunday Times described him as 'impossibly vivacious with psychotic gusto' and he did not disappoint.

Tips on the perfect photograph were freely shared - that annoying bit of gardening in the way, or the irritation of almost capturing the perfect shot only to find the one penguin whose flipper was out of sync! As well as sharing stories of his adventures, Paul also spoke about two causes very close to his heart; his beloved Bengal tigers and the urgent need to protect our wildlife and FGM, a barbaric tradition still affecting so many girls and women around the world, including the Masai in Kenya - a tribe that Paul works very closely with in his camps in the Masai Mara and Laikipia in Kenya - Kicheche.

Prior to the talk, guests were invited to drinks and an exhibiton of photographs taken by Tonbridge students in the Barton Science Centre. Paul judged the exhibition and generously donated the prize. The shortlisted entrants attended the talk and benefitted from Paul's feedback and comments. Congratulations to the winner, Charlie (WH3), for his great shot of a hermit crab.

The PAS Committee kindly helped serve the drinks prior to the talk, and we were fortunate to have members from the PAS Photography Club in attendance. 

An enormous thank you to Paul for his time, expertise and passion, and for entertaining us so well. We very much hope Paul will return to speak at the School in the future, but in the meantime you will be able to watch The Impossible Photograph, a talk by Paul Goldstein by clicking the following link:

https://estream.tonbridge-school.org/View.aspx?id=53711~5e~WHi3rMrXiD

Members of the PAS Photography Society