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An overview

Travel takes us all over the world but for many members the focus is travel within the British Isles so this year the Travel Group residential weekend will focus on things closer to home, bringing the eye and craft of Travel Photography to the UK.

We have outstanding speakers:

  • Nori Jemil, author of 'The Travel Photographer's Way
  • Will Gray, author of 'Photography Weekends; Britain'
  • Hilary Bradt, founder of Bradt Guides with a lifetime of stories
  • Victoria Humphries, RPS CEO and a daring traveller
  • Anthony Luvera, RPS Director of Education passionate about photography and about education
  • Group members presenting work
  • LCE and other retailers with special offers

PLEASE NOTE that accommodation is booked separately. Details are at the end of this page and will be sent on registration so that attendees can benefit from the preferential rates available.

The purpose

This is an opportunity for a face-to-face celebration of travel photography with higly regarded travel photographers and with other members of the Group. There will be chances to discuss informally as well as to participate in more formal sessions.

These meetings inspire members to go on to think more carefully about their photography and this year we are focused on how to bring the eye of the travel photographers to journeys closer to home.

Speakers

Nori Jemil

Nori is a photographer, writer and videographer, the author of the 2021 The Travel Photographer’s Way and a contributor to several other books. She won the British Guild of Travel Writers’ Photographer of the Year in 2017 and Wanderlust magazine’s Travel Photo of the Year at the start of her career in 2010. An experienced public speaker, photography judge and tutor, Nori has presented sessions at the Royal Geographic Society and National Geographic Traveller’s Masterclasses in London, and is a regular contributor to NatGeo Traveller magazine in the UK as well as others..

https://www.instagram.com/nori.jemil.travel/

Will Gray

An award-winning journalist, author and photographer, Will has over 30 years’ experience working for magazine publishers, conservation organisations and as a widely-published freelancer. A zoologist, conservationist and passionate advocate of responsible tourism, he has received over 20 journalism awards, including AITO Travel Writer of the Year and BGTW Travel Photographer of the Year.

Will’s most recent book Photography Weekends Britain will be published by Bradt Guides in April 2026.

https://www.willgrayphotography.co.uk/

Hilary Bradt

is a publisher, writer, lecturer and sculptor. She co-founded Bradt Travel Guides in 1974 and remains one of the directors of the company. She is an award-winning writer, and has lectured – mostly on her specialist subject, Madagascar – in seven different countries as well as on cruise ships.  She is a patron of Money for Madagascar and involved in various charities in that country.

Born in 1941, she was brought up in Buckinghamshire and worked as an occupational therapist in the USA and South Africa before returning to Bucks in 1980 to concentrate on publishing and tour-leading. She now lives in Devon.

In 2008, Hilary was awarded an MBE for services to the tourist industry and to charity, and the following year received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Guild of Travel Writers.  Recently she was granted the high honour of  Officier de l’Ordre de Madagascar – the Malagasy equivalent of an OBE – in recognition of four decades’ pioneering promotion of the country’s tourism potential.

Hilary has a wealth of stories to tell!

Victoria Humphries, RPS CEO

Appointed CEO of the RPS in 2025, Victoria is a daring traveller, having been a member of the first all woman team to reach the North Pole as a 20+ year-old. She is an inspiring speaker and will bring a different perspective to our weekend.

 

Anthony Luvera, RPS Director of Education

Anthony Luvera is a photographic artist, writer, and educator, and the newly appointed Director of Education at the Royal Photographic Society. He previously served as Associate Professor and Course Director at Coventry University and has held lecturer roles at universities including Central Saint Martins and the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. Alongside his academic work, Anthony has developed education and mentorship programmes, led workshops, and delivered public lectures for institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, Tate, Magnum, the Royal Academy of Arts, The Photographers’ Gallery, the Barbican Art Gallery, and community photography projects across the UK. His collaborative work with individuals and communities has been widely exhibited in galleries, public spaces, and festivals, including the UK House of Commons, Tate Liverpool, the British Museum, London Underground’s Art on the Underground, the National Portrait Gallery London, Belfast Exposed Photography, PhotoIreland, Les Rencontres d’Arles, and Landskrona Foto Festival. Anthony’s writing has appeared in publications including Trigger, Photography and Culture, Visual Studies, Photoworks, Source, and Photographies. He is also the editor of Photography For Whom?, a periodical on socially engaged photography.
www.luvera.com

The cost

Travel Group member Early Bird (paid before 31.05.2026).   £105

Travel Group member booking after 31.05.2026.                  £115

RPS Member.                                                                     £130

Non-RPS member.                                                              £135

If you are already an RPS memberand wish to join the Travel Group for the year the subscription is £15.

Accommodation for the weekend needs to be booked separately. 

In order to book accommodation, please telephone Woodland Grange on 01926 310507 and quote 238579 to obtain the preferential rates. Full prepayment is required at the time of booking, with cancellation 48 hours prior to arrival. 

Single occupancy Bed and Breakfast Package: £104.00 per room

Single Occupancy Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Package: £134.00 per room 

 

Double Occupancy Bed and Breakfast Package: £119.00 per room 

Double Occupancy Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Package: £174.00 per room 

Rates include VAT and car parking.

For those not staying at Woodland Grange, dinner at £28.00 + VAT (£33.60 INC VAT) will be honoured for all guests on Friday and Saturday night that wish to dine at Woodland Grange in our resturant for a three course buffet. We would encourage everyone to stay for dinner on Saturday evening to get maximum benefit from the informal conversation time available.

Please note these rates are available until 15th August 2026 and cannot be guaranteed thereafter

 

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