eRPS no.65The enewsletter from
The Royal Photographic SocietyNOVEMBER 2017
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MONTHLY 365 COMPETITION
November call for entries: HISTORY
Closing date: 30 November
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 This theme is open to you for interpretation - you could photograph historical buildings, work with found photographs, study your surroundings for traces of the past, or initiate a project which brings to life a forgotten story. Open to all RPS members.
Image: © Henry Meyer, Boarding Ferry
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MEMBERS' BIENNIAL 2017 EXHIBITIONRoyal Albert Hall, London, until 7 December 2017
Celebrating the diversity of imagery being created by our worldwide community of RPS members, at all levels of photographic practice, including work from some of The Society’s Honorary Fellows, the Royal Albert Hall is the final venue showing the Members’ Biennial. See here for opening times & details.
Find out more about the Members' Biennial exhibition and tour click here.
Image: © Doug Berndt ARPS. Detail from the image, Vincent
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MEMBER OFFER: THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW
NEC, Birmingham, 17-20 March 2018
The Photography Show returns to the NEC, Birmingham on 17-20 March 2018. Try the latest products from leading brands, see live demos and expert tutorials on a range of genres, and develop your passion for photography and the moving image.
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RPS LECTURE
David Heyman 'Pretty Vacant', 30 November
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David Stewart was the first recipient, in 2016, of the Society’s Award for Editorial, Advertising and Fashion Photography, given for outstanding achievement and excellence in those fields. He began his career photographing punk bands and the passing parade of colourful characters on Morecambe Promenade, with squirrel monkeys Joey and Queenie. This early work directly influenced his recognisable style. Stewart won the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize in 2015, having been shortlisted in 2007 and accepted a further 14 times between 1995 and 2012, each time being exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
See him talk at the London College of Communication on 30 November 2017. Book tickets here.
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RPS INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 160
Aberystwyth, Wales, 27 January-10 March 2018
Showing at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, the IPE 160 is a nationwide touring exhibition of 100 engaging, visually striking and inspiring work across all genres, selected from the annual RPS IPE open call. This 160 edition includes more photographic series than ever before, and a strong leaning toward portraiture. It was chosen for the first time ever by an all-female panel of selectors.
Find out more about the IPE 160 exhibition and tour here.
Image: © Matthew Hamon, detail from the image, Jessica
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RPS SYMPOSIUM
Good Picture 2017: Image Enrichment, London, 9 December
Over the years the Imaging Science Group has endeavoured to show-case the technical diversity of digital imaging. In its fifteenth year the Good Picture one day Symposium will again cover a wide range of contemporary topics. Full details are given on the RPS website here
Please apply directly to the Organiser: Dr. Mike Christianson, 4, Greenfield End, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks, SL9 0DW or e-mail here. T: 01753 890 480.
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GIFT MEMBERSHIP
Available for Christmas, before 11 December
Membership of the Royal Photographic Society makes an inspiring gift for anyone with a passion for photography. The gift recipient will enjoy 25% off photography workshops, 12 issues of our award-winning magazine, The RPS Journal, monthly entry to our Member only photo competitions, and much more.
Whilst they’re enjoying the benefits of their membership, the money from your gift will be helping us fulfil our aims as an educational charity; promoting photography and supporting photographers worldwide.
To purchase a gift membership in time for Christmas, please contact our membership team (Zoë, Debbie and Simon) by email or call 0044 1225 325733.
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RPS COURSE: SHOOTING MODERN ARCHITECTURE
Nottingham, 11 December
There are just 2 places left on the RPS Shooting Modern Architecture Course in Nottingham on the 11 December. You’ll be joining one of the UK’s most well known architectural photographers, Martine Hamilton Knight D Litt(hon) at the multi award winning Nottingham Trent University’s City Campus for a day learning how to shoot truly memorable photographs. Book a place here.
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EXHIBITION: DOCUMENTARY PoTY 2017
London and Horsham
There's just time to catch the Documentary Photographer of the Year exhibition at The Printspace until 22 November. After this it moves on to Horsham Museum opening from 2 December 2017. See more here.
Image: David Fletcher.
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Café Art 2018 MYLONDON calendar - £9.99
With 13 beautiful images taken on the streets of London, MY LONDON is an annual project which hands out 100 disposable cameras to members of homeless art groups, “to empower people affected by homelessness, not only through photography and art, but through connecting with the public”, with support from the RPS.
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LECTURE
Professor Caroline Wilkinson, London, 23 November
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This year's Combined Royal Colleges lecture will describe how clinical images contribute towards the depiction of faces from the past and from contemporary forensic investigation and discuss the challenges and limitations of this research. You will discover the application of clinical imagery to the depiction of famous historical figures (such as Richard III and Robert the Bruce), preserved bodies (such as Ancient Egyptian mummies or bog bodies) and disease or trauma in ancient populations.
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COMPETITION
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year
This competition seeks the very best of wine-related images from around the world. This is your chance to showcase the different perspectives of produce, people and places from the world of wine; so let the creative juices flow!
The winner will win GBP 1,000 and an Errazuriz Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve Commemorative Magnum signed by Eduardo Chadwick. Finalists’ images will also travel to Chile as part of the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year touring exhibition and will be on display at Errazuriz winery for the following year.
Past winners include top international photographers Victor Pugatschew, Australia, Robert Holmes, USA and Patrick Desgraupes, France.
Image: Arpad Pinter
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COMPETITION
Capture Yorkshire 2018
This annual competition returns with a call for images of Yorkshire landscape and places taken between 1 November and 30 April 2018. There are £1475 worth of prizes from Epson, Paramo, Lee and Permajet and the winning images will be exhibited in June 2018. Find out more here.
Image: © Chris Ceasar
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PRIZE DRAW - RESULTS
Photoshop for Landscape Photographers
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Congratulations to Pauline Benbrook LRPS of Chelmsford and Ken Jones LRPS of Neath who were drawn randomly and have received a copy of this book which explains the process of landscape photography, and leads you through the stages of editing an image to lift your photographs and bring out the image you captured at the taking stage.
The book an essential guide for photographers keen to capture the true beauty of a scene. The book's 192 pages contain 300 photographs and it is available to buy for £16.99. Published by The Crowood Press.
If you were not one of the lucky winners the publishers are offering RPS members a 25% discount on the published price, plus regular postage, with the discount code: RPS Offer on their website.
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EXHIBITION
Creative Group 2017 Annual, Edinburgh, until 30 November
The Creative Group Members' 2017 annual exhibition of Prints and Projected Images is being shown at The Edinburgh Photographic Society, Great King Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH3 6QU until the end of the month. The gallery is open to visitors on Wednesday evenings from 7.00pm, but alternative visits may be arranged by contacting Sandy Cleland FRPS at 01968 676271.
Image: © Neil Scott FRPS, Dyhydration.
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EXHIBITION
Tim Rudman: Iceland. An Uneasy Calm
Banbury Museum: 2 December - 20 January 2018
Banbury Museum is presenting an exhibition of photographs by Tim Rudman FRPS, acknowledged as one of Britain’s finest landscape photographers and respected internationally as a photographer, printer, author and authority on darkroom printing and toning techniques. Click here to see more. The book is also available for purchase.
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EXHIBITION
Paul Brown-Street Photography, Leicester, from 2 December
RPS member Paul Brown is holding a solo retrospective exhibition of his work from 2 December 2017-1 February 2018. Paul is a prolific local and international street photographer from Loughborough. His work has themes of social justice and champions the outsider. All of Paul's photographs are taken in the moment and never edited.
This is a retrospective exhibition of a large, diverse body of work and is in collaboration with Charnwood Arts.The venue is: Old Library Galleries, Basement Gallery, 50-54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL
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