RPS News No 74

eRPS no.74
The enewsletter from The Royal Photographic Society
AUGUST 2018

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Selected events, competitions and activities from the website.

 

Competitions

 

The Alternative Selfie Competition for 7-15 year olds. Closes: 31st August 2018

 

National Trust launches Handbook cover competition. Closes: 2nd September 2018

 

EEF Manufacturing Photography Competition. Closes: 30th September 2018

 

Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2019. Closes: various dates

Exhibitions

 

Member Roger Hooper at Oxo Tower Wharf. Closes: 19th August 2018. Location: London

 

Member Greg Bos exhibition at the Barbican Library. Closes: 25th August 2018. Location: London

 

Killed Negatives. Closes: 26th August 2018. Location: London

 

Cindy Sherman. Closes: 1st September 2018. Location: London

 

Dorothea Lange and Vanessa Winship at the Barbican. Closes: 2nd September 2018. Location: London

 

Karen Knorr. Closes: 9th September 2018. Location: Lacock

 

Magnum Swaps: David Hurn’s Collection.Closes: 15th September 2018. Location: Bristol

 

30 Years in 30 Photos. Closes: 15th September 2018. Location: Caen, France

Festivals

 

Unseen. Open: 21st-23rd September 2018. Location: Amsterdam

Talks

 

Chris Packham illustrated talk. 15th September 2018. Location: Edinburgh

 

Wildlife lecture tours by three acclaimed cameramen. Until the end of November. Location: various.

 

 

 

MONTHLY 365 COMPETITION

Call for entries: Heat
Closing date: 31 August 2018

Heat is the focus for the August competition – a representation of heat can be from sunshine, fire, or the feeling of being hot. This month's theme is open for interpretation in many ways.

Open to all RPS members, at all levels of photographic ability, enter for a chance to feature in the RPS Journal.

 

For file size and entry details see online.

 

Image: © Kim Burrows. Starfish. 

An exciting RPS initiative, to find one hundred photographic heroines, has launched in a fanfare of publicity and overwhelming support on social media.  For the centenary anniversary of women’s suffrage, #HundredHeroines is celebrating the contribution of women and redefining their status in contemporary photography.  Read more and nominate here.

MASTERCLASS: Be Yourself with Bruce Gilden, presented by The RPS

 

Bristol, 12-16 November 2018

 

Bruce Gilden brings to his master class his unique style of street photography which has truly become his own over the past 40 years of working in New York City and other urban areas, both in the United States and abroad. During this workshop Bruce will work with students to teach them how to improve their pictures shot in the streets by best identifying their working 'style' for street photography, and define their personal vision.  Find out more and book a place here. 

TIME-LAPSE: Can you help?

 

Do you have experience in documenting the fitting-out of a building by time-lapse photography? As the work on the Society's new headquarters in Bristol begins we would like to find a member who would be interested in documenting this between September and December using time-lapse. If you're interested in learning more email Michael Pritchard or call 01225 325730. 

WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP

 

The Society's recently formed Women in Photographyspecial interest group has a number of events coming up which include: 

 

31st August - Hummingbird Day

For many of us on this date every year our thoughts will turn to Princess Diana; for Denise Wozniak, August 31st was the day in 1994 that her baby daughter Katie died from AIDS.  Denise has been nominated as one of the RPS Hundred Heroines because of her courage in using photography to overcome depression and post-traumatic stress following this personal tragedy.

Among Denise’s many heroinic deeds is encouraging people to be creative on 31st August, which she has called Hummingbird Day (to find out why, listen to her TEDx talk

We’re thrilled that Denise has joined both the Society and the Women in Photography group, so this year we are making 31st August our own Hummingbird Day.  We will be asking people to be creative and to (re)discover beauty in the world by taking an image on the day that they feel is beautiful, and uploading it to Instagram using the hashtag RPS_Hummingbird_Day.  The image doesn’t have to be objectively beautiful as long as it is beautiful to the photographer - an old and comfy pair of slippers can be as lovely as a rose in the eye of the beholder!  Find out more here.

3 October - Inaugural Lecture

Our Honorary Chair Karen Knorr FRPS will give inaugural lecture for the Women in Photography SIG followed by a panel discussion. The event will take place between 2-5pm at the London College of Communication (part of the University of the Arts).  Book here.  

 

Image: © Karen Knorr FRPS

MEMBER OFFER: Zoner Photo Studio X

 

Three months free trial

 

Zoner Photo Studion X will help you with your photos. In this software, you can repair fundamental photo problems in just one click, and do advanced edits with layers and a one-of-a-kind retouching brush.

The RPS with Zoner offers you exclusive three months free trial of ZPS X. Just download your ZPS X here.

RPS IPE 160 TOUR: Final venue

16 June-26 September 2018 at the Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG

The RUH is the final venue in the IPE 160 exhibition's year-long national tour. With 100 stunning photographs by 64 photographers from across the globe, the exhibition reflects the breadth and aesthetics of the photographic medium today and brings together work from student, amateur and professional photographers.

Visit the IPE 160 in the RUH’s central corridor, open 24/7, until 26 September. Free, no booking required. See more here.

The IPE 160 is kindly supported by theprintspace.

Image © Andrea Zvadova, Pigment 1

MASTERCLASS: Powerful Portraits with Brian Griffin HonFRPS presented by The RPS

 

London, 8-9 November 2018

 

This two-day practical workshop offers a rare opportunity to work alongside one of Britain’s most influential portrait photographers in a studio setting. Find out more and book here. 

MEMBER OFFER: Datacolor®, colour management eBook for photographers and videographers.

 

‘Spyder5 eBook: Color management can be easy’ is a six-chapter guide providing practical advice to help any photographer or videographer understand colour management, from the basics to the advanced. Chapters will be published in three-week intervals and sent to readers once they have registered online. Those who download the
eBook will also receive 20% off the Spyder5Pro and Spyder5Elite.

The first chapter is now available for download from the Datacolor website here.

PUBLICATION: Selling Art Online 2018

 

Free book 

 

Selling Art Online 2018 is the free book from our partners at creativehub that brings together ten years experience at the forefront of the fine art and photographic print industry with their pioneering online art sales solution, creativehub, to form the first comprehensive guide to a successful online art sales strategy. 

 

To order the free 84-page booklet and for all other details on the creativehub art sales solution please cllick here.

WORKSHOP: Portrait Encounters

 

Bath, 11-14 September 2018

 

In this four-day masterclass workshop, RPS member Jon Tonks and Roman Franc will share their experience and knowledge of portrait photography. They'll lead you in a series of practical portrait exercises in the city of Bath, culminating in a collective pop-up exhibition at the end of the workshop. Find out more here. 

EXHIBITION: Pottery by John Durham ARPS

 

Farnham: 3 September-14 October

 

In 1976 I spent time photographing a working pottery, I have recently scanned the negatives and printed 50 which will be exhibited at the Farnham Pottery.  Most of these images have not been seen before. 

 

The Farnham Pottery, Quennells Hill, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4ND.

EXHIBITION: Earth, Sand & Stone

 

Bexley, 10 August-9 September, 1000-1700

 

In this selection of his landscape photographs, Paul Foley FRPS responds to the quiet, the minimal, and elements within the land that make a visual design statement. Every image reflects the intellectual honesty and visual simplicity of his photography, through which we are invited to share a little of his intimate vision of the world.

 

Stables Gallery, Hall Place & Gardens, Bourne Road, Bexley, DA5 1PQ

EXHIBITION: Bracknell Camera Club 2018

Bracknell - 20-23 September, 2018

This exhibition takes place in The Lexicon, Princess Square, Bracknell (next to Coffee Republic), RG12 1HA from 10 am until 4 pm (Sunday 11am – 2 pm). Entrance is free to see outstanding images covering many genres from club members many of whom hold RPS distinctions.

Image © Caroline Colegate ARPS. Intertwined.