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Archaeology & Heritage

Founded in 1974 as the RPS Archaeology Group, the Archaeology & Heritage Group has since expanded to include a wide variety of heritage interests and activities.

Welcome

Archaeology and heritage have always been of interest to photographers and from its inception in the 1970s, this group helped shape archaeological photography and recording.  Photography is now an integral part of recording archaeological sites and the profession well established.  What has followed is photography to help illustrate and understand heritage in all its forms, from a delicate worked Mesolithic flint blade, to an expanse of cold war military structures and everything in between. It is more than parish churches and buildings, it is objects, places and people.

It is a skill to put over often complicated information about the past into a photograph, and to engage and enthuse the public with that image.  A photo tells a story that often words cannot fully portray.

 

About us

Find out more about The Group, how to join and The Committee.

You will find us a welcoming bunch. We have a broad range of interests and skills and we are always looking for new members, especially younger or female members to broaden out not only or demographic but to engage with a wider photographic audience.

 

About The Group
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CREDIT: Mike Glyde 2021

Events

Please look at our Event's Listing to see forthcoming talks, and exhibitions and also highlights of recent past events.

 

 

 

 

 

Events
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Publications

The group's journal, Heritage Photography, is published three times a year. It showcases some of the outstanding work produced by our members, who receive the journal free.

 

 

 

 

Publications
Western Heritage Coffee Pot
CREDIT: Ted Burchnall - LRPS

Members Showcase

Periodically we will showcase the work of one of our members, who will tell the story and techniques behind the images they have submitted.  Follow the link to see our members showcases.

Members Showcase
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Past Talks Available to Watch Again

Where speakers have consented we have recorded talks given to the group. We will add these when they are available.  

 

 

 

Past Talks
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CREDIT: Ted Burchnall - LRPS

International Members

While our group is mostly made up of UK members, we do have contributes from across the globe.  To find out more about hetitage photography outside the UK, this page provides facinating insigr into the cultural hetigate of of International members.

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