An invite to Bedford Autodrome for the Powerslide 2003 gave us an opportunity to drive in a range of vehicles including Formula 2000, Vauxhall VX220, Caterham Superlight, Karts and Suzuki Vitara Off Road. We also went on a Workshop Tour.
Peter Bargh
Sights & SoundsArchive for the ‘Press Events’ Category
Fujifilm’s Professional Editors Christmas lunch was at Le Palais Du Jardin, 136 Longacre, Covent Garden, London
Hosts
Adrian Clarke, Jeanette Beattie
Leica UK invited editors to Prague. We stopped at the Linch Hotel Paris and ate in the Linch Lvi Dvur restaurant.One of the events was an evening at the exhibition WERK by Anton Corbijn. He was a photography hero of mine. I got to meet him and thought he was arrogant and wished I’d not met him.
Supreme Burgarve of Prague Castle
Host
Uli Hintner
Press
Peter Bargh, Gary Coward Williams
Pentax organsised an Editors Day at Goodwood Motor Circuit
We got to fly in Helicopters, drive on a Skid Pan and race in Go Carts
Host
John Dickins
Press
Peter Bargh, David Corfield,
Flight to Stockholm don’t know what day or year SK526 seat 11D
Possibly Olympus C730UZ launch
Samsung launched the Samsung 350SE at their European convention in Vienna.
We flew out from Heathrow Terminal 1 on BA700
We visited Schoenbrunn Palace and Heurigen. I also went on the Wiener Riesenrad (Vienna’s Giant Ferris Wheel) with Gary and one of the Koreans.
Host
Gary Banks
Press
Peter Bargh, Duncan Evans, Chris Hahnel, Lee Mansfield, Matthew Henry, Neil Whitford, Terry Hope, Karl Foster, Gary Coward-Williams, Simon Joinson, Lee Mansfield
A day out with Olympus on their annual press challenge
The event included the usual and fun competitive activities. Here we did archery, built a Citroen car, drove round an obstacle course, played at being firemen, controlling grass hovercraft, completed a krypton factor style water challenge and duck herding, skid cars and fast car
Olympus hosts
Andy Parker, Sarah Parker, Mark Thakara, Andy Cochrane, Sara Cubitt
Press
Ian Burley, Stuart Miles, David Corefield, Rod Lawton, Roy Green, Gavin Stoker, Neil Whitford, Vincent Oliver, Dan Lezano
Samsung Cameras invite us for drinks and merriment at Claridges, London
Hosts
Emma O’Boyle
Press
Peter Bargh