RPS Women in Photography

Voting is open

We invite WIP members to vote for their favourite image in the Spring Competition. WIP members have outdone themselves with this fantastic collection of images!

Enter the September 2024 Cover Competition!

We're delighted to offer RPS Women in Photography members the opportunity to have their image featured on the cover of the September issue of WE ARE Magazine.

By submitting to our competition, your image could be chosen for the front or back cover. Selected runners-up will be shown inside the magazine. We welcome any genre, style or technique. Submission deadline: 14th July 2024

At WE ARE Magazine, we like to celebrate and showcase the amazing, diverse work of women photographers.

In the forthcoming September issue of the magazine, we invite you to share your favourite photobook by a female or female-identifying photographer. Whether it's a powerful collection of portraits, breathtaking landscapes, witty street photography, or thought-provoking documentary images, we want to hear about the photobook you appreciate the most. Please send in your submission by 21st July 2024. 

In the next issue of WE ARE Magazine, we'd like to explore the many valuable lessons we can learn about life, art, and the wider world from our practice as photographers.

In a collective feature called “One Thing I Know”, we're inviting WIP members to share an insight learned through photography, irrespective of genre or experience. It needn’t be long – you only have 1,000 characters! – but it should be meaningful to you.  Submission deadline: 14th July 2024

We are always looking for friendly volunteers to join our team

Exhibition opening: 9 August 2024

This exhibition asks photographers to respond to a statement – “who dared to dream” – and seeks to bring together a variety of different photography styles and approaches from photographers at all levels of photographic practice.  

The RPS Women in Photography Magazine.

Titled WE ARE as an affirmation of women photographers and our place in the photographic world.  We are an integral element in the history and future of photography.  Open to interpretation, it does not try to define us.

Celebrating the work of women photographers, these are our stories...

The Women in Photography group is pleased to offer a series of member and professional-led events featuring women photographers who inspire and educate.  

Contact us, if you would like to run a member-led event

The RPS Women in Photography Group run competitions for both members and non-members. In addition to current competitions, we have archived previous competitions here for continued viewing.

The RPS Women in Photography Group aims to facilitate the celebration, education and collaboration of female and female-identifying photographers. 

We are not a genre. 

We are the discussion that drives a greater awareness of the importance of women photographers past, present and future.

We would love to share more of the work our talented pool of members are producing. 

If you are a member of the RPS Women in Photography group and would like the opportunity to share your work on social media, as part of our Instagram Spotlight Series, then please email us for more information.

Maybe you have been working on a series, or would like to share your distinction panel……or maybe you have a selection of images you’d just love to share with the world! All genres and all abilities are welcome.

We want to celebrate our fantastic supportive community!

If you are not currently a member of WIP, we invite you to join our community of passionate photographers. By becoming a member, you will have the opportunity to participate in exciting competitions, gain exposure through features in the prestigious WE ARE Magazine, and enjoy numerous other exclusive benefits.

We extend a warm welcome to photographers of all backgrounds and experience levels.

About the RPS Women in Photography Bursary

This bursary was made possible through the generous support of Karen Knorr, HonFRPS. It was to be awarded to a female or female-identifying graduate to assist in the development of a photo project. Projects could include photo essays, exhibitions, documentaries, etc. We received 149 applications from graduate students taking courses in photography or undertaking research in photography.

In addition to the £3,000 award, bursary recipient Mina Boromand received one-to-one mentoring from leading photography expert Zelda Cheatle.

In the Name of Light, I Imagine By Mina Boromand.