The Royal Photographic Society

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Have you submitted your images yet for the International Photography Exhibition 168? 📸 ⁠Submit your images to be a part ...
30/09/2026

Have you submitted your images yet for the International Photography Exhibition 168? 📸
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Submit your images to be a part of the longest-running photography exhibition, celebrating the most compelling images and stories of our time from across the world 🌍️⁠
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We welcome submissions from photographers at all levels, from new, emerging talent to established professionals. We encourage all ages, experience levels, and those working in any subject or process to submit work 📸⁠
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Selected photographers will be exhibited in an RPS partnered venue and a prize fund will be awarded to support the development of future projects.⁠
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Entry is free for one image, and up to four images can be submitted for £20 - £35, as a series or as individual images. ⁠
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Enter before Monday 19 October to be included in our early bird prize draw for a signed photobook 🏅⁠
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ENTER NOW 👉 https://rps.org/ipe168/
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Entries close at 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 15 December 2026.
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Image: Jasmine Bruno () an image selected to exhibit at
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We are very excited to share the first update on the RPS Distinctions Programme, which will begin in 2027! The RPS has r...
28/09/2026

We are very excited to share the first update on the RPS Distinctions Programme, which will begin in 2027!

The RPS has recognised achievement in photography for more than 130 years. Over that time, RPS Distinctions have evolved alongside photography itself, responding to changes in photographic practice, technology and the ways photographers develop and present their work.

This year we have undertaken a substantial redevelopment of the programme, introducing clearer standards and guidance, stronger support for applicants, and revised approaches to assessment, moderation and feedback. The updated programme also recognises the breadth of contemporary photographic practice and the different ways photographers can demonstrate achievement.

To find out more about this next chapter for RPS Distinctions 👉 https://rps.org/qualifications/distinctions/

Image: Colin Balfour ARPS

Closing this week 📣 The 'RPS: Collection Curated by Royal Albert Hall' exhibition is on display until Friday 2 October 2...
28/09/2026

Closing this week 📣 The 'RPS: Collection Curated by Royal Albert Hall' exhibition is on display until Friday 2 October 2026 ⏰
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The exhibition selected and curated by the Royal Albert Hall presents work from the RPS new collection alongside International Photography Exhibition artists, with themes including community, family, conflict and environmental issues, explored in a variety of photography techniques using photography to tell powerful stories from around the world.⁠
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Find out more at 👉 https://rps.org/exhibitions⁠
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Image: Luca Tombolini ()
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The International Photography Exhibition 168 is now open for entries 📣✨⁠Submit your images to be a part of the longest-r...
24/09/2026

The International Photography Exhibition 168 is now open for entries 📣✨
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Submit your images to be a part of the longest-running photography exhibition, celebrating the most compelling images and stories of our time from across the world 🌍️⁠
⁠
We welcome submissions from photographers at all levels, from new, emerging talent to established professionals. We encourage all ages, experience levels, and those working in any subject or process to submit work 📸⁠
⁠
Selected photographers will be exhibited in an RPS partnered venue and a prize fund will be awarded to support the development of future projects.⁠
⁠
Entry is free for one image, and up to four images can be submitted for £20 - £35, as a series or as individual images. ⁠
⁠
Enter before Monday 19 October to be included in our early bird prize draw for a signed photobook 🏅⁠
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ENTER NOW 👉 Link in our bio⁠
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Entries close at 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 15 December 2026
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Image: an image selected to exhibit at
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Extended Date ⏰ You can now visit our exhibition at the ⁠ London, until Friday 2 October 2026 🌟⁠📣⁠The exhibition selecte...
24/09/2026

Extended Date ⏰ You can now visit our exhibition at the ⁠ London, until Friday 2 October 2026 🌟⁠📣
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The exhibition selected and curated by the Royal Albert Hall presents work from the RPS new collection alongside International Photography Exhibition artists 📸⁠
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The exhibition themes include community, family, conflict and environmental issues, explored in a variety of photography techniques using photography to tell powerful stories from around the world.

Featuring work from 27 international artists, including
and ✨⁠
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Find out more at 👉 https://rps.org/exhibitions

Image: Belinda by Lee-Ann Olwage ()
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OPEN CALL: Submit your images to be a part of the International Photography Exhibition 168 📣 ⁠ The longest running photo...
19/09/2026

OPEN CALL: Submit your images to be a part of the International Photography Exhibition 168 📣 ⁠ The longest running photography exhibition celebrating stories of our time and images from across the world 🌍️⁠ ⁠ ⁠
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Selected photographers will be exhibited in an RPS partnered venue and a prize fund will be awarded to support the development of future projects. ⁠

Enter before Monday 19 October to be included in our early bird prize draw for a signed photobook 🏅
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ENTER NOW⁠: https://rps.org/ipe168/

Entries close at 23:59 BST on 15 December 2026
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Image: Unseasonably Warm, Glenshee Ski Centre, March 2025 by () an image selected to exhibit at
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Interested in car photography and want to learn how to capture powerful, story-driven images that truly stand out 🚗Join ...
18/09/2026

Interested in car photography and want to learn how to capture powerful, story-driven images that truly stand out 🚗

Join renowned automotive photographer Amy Shore for our workshop that will guide you through the essentials, including:

🚙 How to capture storytelling images of cars
🚙 Getting your foot in the door with clients
🚙 Difference between panning and tracking shots and the technical skills to achieve them
🚙 Practical tips to elevate your photography style
🚙How to access accreditation to get into the events

🗓 Thursday 8 October 2026
⏰ 19:30pm until 21:30
💻 Online

Whether you're shooting your first car meet or planning a creative road trip, this session will give you the tools and confidence to improve your work.

🎟 Spaces are limited—book now: https://events.rps.org/en/rps-introduction-to-automotive-photography-with-amy-shore-oct-2026-5a2NN2B1poX/overview

We’re asking for your help to get Government to act on AI and copyright. Alongside fellow members of the Creators’ Right...
16/09/2026

We’re asking for your help to get Government to act on AI and copyright.

Alongside fellow members of the Creators’ Rights Alliance, we’re sharing the petition asking the Government to introduce clear rules and regulations to ensure that whenever copyright protected work is used by tech companies, it is used with transparency, consent, proper licensing, and fair remuneration.

Sign the petition ↓
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/765199

The next exhibition opens this Thursday / 17 SEPT 👉 Dark Tales: British Documentary Photography and the Gothic. 6PM joi...
16/09/2026

The next exhibition opens this Thursday / 17 SEPT 👉 Dark Tales: British Documentary Photography and the Gothic. 6PM join many of the exhibiting photographers and the MPF team for the exhibition party to launch the show.

FREE EVENT / no booking required, with complimentary beers from

Dark Tales explores the complex relationship between the Gothic and British documentary photography, depicting Britain from the post-war to the present era. The photographs in the exhibition reveal waning industrial powers, claustrophobic domestic scenes, and menacing nocturnal activities. The exhibition brings together images spanning a period of more than 80 years, primarily selected from the MPF collection and curated by Isaac Blease.

Dark Tales includes work by Kjell-Åke Andersson, Bill Brandt, Anna Fox, Robert Frank, Don McCullin, Lee Miller, John Myers, Akihiko Okamura, Sue Packer, Martin Parr, Charlie Philips, Sarah Pickering, Alice Poyzer, Jo Spence, Janine Wiedel and Donovan Wylie, amongst many others.

Dark Tales will be on display at 17 SEPT to 20 DEC 2026.

Image: Conservative Party fundraiser, England, 1988. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

Ian Berry the longest-serving member of Magnum Photos and a RPS Honorary Fellow, has passed away at the age of 92. Born ...
16/09/2026

Ian Berry the longest-serving member of Magnum Photos and a RPS Honorary Fellow, has passed away at the age of 92. Born in Lancashire in 1934, Berry made his reputation in South Africa working for the Daily Mail and later Drum magazine. He was the sole photographer to document the massacre at Sharpeville in 1960 and his images were used during the trial to prove the victims’ innocence.

Invited by Henri Cartier-Bresson to join Magnum in 1962, Berry went on to document conflicts, political change and everyday life across the world, from Vietnam and Ethiopia to Northern Ireland and China.

A recipient of numerous awards and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, Berry’s extraordinary career was defined by curiosity, humanity and an enduring commitment to photography.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

Image by Jerome Sessini. United Kingdom. London. June 27, 2019.
Magnum annual AGM 2019 in London at Barbican center. Ian Berry.

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