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PSSA Youth Director Phillip de Lange was awarded the Golden Apple for Service to Photography in the Western Cape at the recent Celebration of Photography event organised by the Western Cape Photographic Forum (WCPF). He earned this award for his service in promoting photography among the Youth.The Golden Apple is a trophy designed by the daughter of former PSSA President (1973-75) Roy Johannesson to commemorate his 50-year membership in Cape Town Photographic Society (CTPS) in 2001. A former CTPS President, Roy decided to award the beautiful trophy to the member of his two Western Cape clubs, CTPS and Bellville, who provided exceptional service to photography during the year. After being awarded as a service honour for several years, a hiatus followed, until the Golden Apple was re-introduced as a service award by the WCPF in 2019.In his motivation for Phillip receiving the award, PSSA Western Cape Regional Director Nicol du Toit said: %u201cFor quite a few years now Phillip has been doing a lot of work to encourage school children in the Western Cape to develop an interest in photography. Western Cape honours Phillip for his Youth workHe helped them and their clubs to register on PhotoVaultOnline, organised workshops and outings for them and helped them to develop their own photography by guiding and teaching them about photography and postprocessing. Many of the scholars joined adult clubs and have been achieving excellent results when participating in PSSA and international salons. It was clear to everybody that his passion was to help the youth. Two years ago, he was elected to the PSSA Board of Directors and was assigned to the Youth portfolio %u2013 first as a committee member and recently as chair. It was not long before his influence spread to the rest of the country. Participation in youth salons increased manyfold, not only in national salons but also internationally. Often, the PSSA entry received the most acceptances. Phillip also encouraged many scholars to work towards gaining Diamond Ratings for salon acceptances, many from the Western Cape.The impact ofpromoting such photographic interest in the Youth should not be underestimated as it ensures the future of photography at club level.%u201dPSSA YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHERS OF SOUTH AFRICAWHO ARE THEY?The PSSA Youth Photographers is a body of scholars and youth combined into one group to enter competitions as part of a team. Any photographer under the age of 21 may join.HOW DO I JOIN?To join you need to create an account onPhotovaultonline.comOnce you have been accepted there you should join a club - the one you want to join is Schools - Youth. We look forward to welcoming you.Page No. 9