Women in Photography

Explore the powerful, thought-provoking entries from our latest RPS Women in Photography competition. From wild landscapes to everyday acts of care, these images capture the beauty, fragility, and urgency of our relationship with the natural world.

 March 2025

Congratulations to Wendy Carrig for her image, Katy (above) and Gabrielle for her image, Pandemic (below) who were voted by WIP members to appear on the front and back covers of WE ARE Magazine's September 2024 issue, respectively. WE ARE Magazine

A Film Photography Competition for RPS Women in Photography

The RPS Women in Photography group partnered with ORWO Film for an exciting project that invited photographers to explore their creativity on the subject of Close to Home.

Judge: Analogue photographer Ellen Rogers

Winners Announcement

We are thrilled to announce that the RPS Women in Photography members have cast their votes and selected exceptional winners with incredible and imaginative photography!

Congratulations 1st Place, From the Beginning by Louise Knaresborough 

September 2024

Congratulations to Clare Park for her image, Dorota Rapacz Sculptor (above) and Gabriella Muttone for her image, I Love U (below) who were voted by WIP members to appear on the front and back covers of WE ARE Magazine's September 2024 issue, respectively. WE ARE Magazine

Winners Announcement

We are thrilled to announce that the RPS Women in Photography members have cast their votes and selected exceptional winners with incredible and imaginative photography!

Congratulations, 1st Place Orhan by Alice Chapman

February 2024

Thanks to all WIP members who entered the cover competition. Congratulations to Angela Crosti (above) and Trish Crawford ARPS (below) for securing the front and back covers of February's 2024 WE ARE Magazine

Timed to coincide with International Women’s Day on 8 March, 2023 images were selected following a vote by WIP membership and curated with the assistance of Tracy Marshall Grant to be displayed in the outdoor exhibition at RPS House, Bristol.  The exhibition ran from 8 March to 15 April 2023.  

Congratulations to the WIP members who are being exhibited.

The UN General Assembly declared February 11th as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science to inspire progress toward gender equality in science and technology. 

To celebrate and support this initiative, the RPS Women in Photography group is launching our first annual Woman Science Photographer of the Year competition.  The competition is open to any female and female-identifying photographers.

June 2023

Thanks to all WIP members who entered the cover competition. Congratulations to Linda Wride ARPS (above) and Debbie Todd (below) for securing the front and back covers of June's 2023 WE ARE Magazine

Self-portraits by women and women-identifying photographers who submitted from around the globe.

Congratulations to our winners

Best of Show: Jekyll and Hyde by Frankie MacEachen (UK) 

Best B&W SELFIE: Do I Sitwell by Dee Robinson (UK) 

Best International SELFIE: Reflections by Aljohara Jeje (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) 

Judges Gold: to Eloisa Sanchez (Mexico) as the only photographer with both submitted images selected for the exhibition 

People's Choice Award: Do I Sitwell by Dee Robinson (UK) (above)

Congratulations to Julia Fullerton-Batten (above) and Heidi Alexander (below), whose amazing images appear on the front and back covers of September 2022's WE ARE Magazine.