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Rex Frost Memorial Trophy

Top year-end series of four monochrome or colour prints.Rex Frost joined the club in 1944. He served several terms as President (1947-49) and as Editor of Focus. He was awarded an honorary life membership in 1964. He achieved standing as both Associate and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (A.R.P.S., F.R.P.S.) and established himself as the most creative photographer in monochrome in Canada. Rex was a broadcaster on CFRB, and was known across Canada as Mr. Photography, giving lectures on the Art of Photography at the University of Toronto and writing the Canadiana column in the PSA journal and a syndicated column on photography for American newspapers. The Board established this trophy to honour and perpetuate the name of Rex Frost.

1970 Don Lizar A.R.P.S. 1971 J.F.Beveridge A.R.P.S. 1972 Karl Reeser 1973 Michael Swietorzecki
1974 W.R. Warren 1975 T. Hrastnik 1976 K. O’Connor 1977 A. Paulin
1978 T. Hrastnik 1979 A. Paulin 1980 A. Paulin 1981 M. Swietorzecki
1982 T. Hrastnik 1983 Tony Hrastnik 1984 Arthur Paulin 1985 Anna Lempicki
1986 not awarded 1987 not awarded 1988 Arthur Paulin 1989 Arthur Paulin
1990 Anna Lempicki 1991 Arthur Paulin 1992 Arthur Paulin 1993 Arthur Paulin
1994 Arthur Paulin 1995 Arthur Paulin 1996 Arthur Paulin 1997 Saul Hirsch
1998 Adrian Szasz 1999 James Beveridge 2000 Saul Hirsch 2001 Saul Hirsch
2002 Adrian Szasz 2003 Tony Sladden 2004 not awarded 2005 Catherine Stedman
2006 Victor Peters 2007 Ann Alimi 2008 Gerda Grice 2009 Victor Peters
2010 Victor Peters 2011 Sheri Belanger 2012 Sheri Belanger 2013 Pat Zuest
2014 Pat Zuest 2015 Pat Zuest 2016 not awarded 2017 not awarded
2018 not awarded 2019 Kevin Dawson  2024 Rob Jemmett