I have been a volunteer in the RPS for nearly four years, mainly as working the web editor and running the group's competitions. My passion for photography stems from my love of travel. In the pre-digital 1980s, I took the Trans-Siberian Express from Russia to Beijing. I then made my way overland down to Hong Kong where I eagerly walked along Nathan Road darting in and out of its many camera shops, haggling for the best deal on an Olympus Trip 35.
I have organised and led three Photography expeditions to Iceland for a charity called Blesma, the limbless Veterans which included two blind vets, the aim was to ‘reframe their lives through a lens’. It was very challenging but a whole lot of fun!
Contact: wipchair@rps.org
Secretary
Louise is a photographer who loves to shoot nearly all genres of photography, ranging from macro to landscapes, as well as portraits and animals. She enjoys the personal connection of portrait photography and represents that energy and passion in her work. Louise also enjoys working on and experimenting with post-process manipulation of many of her images.
Louise has been lucky enough to live overseas for much of her adult life. This has given her the opportunity to embrace many different cultures, languages and people. It has expanded her horizons and has enabled her to learn a lot about herself and her photography from some amazing people.
Contact: wipsecretary@rps.org
Member Adviser
Photographic artist Julie Derbyshire’s constructed images are the final distillation of her creative process, encompassing acts of making, manipulation and disruption. Captured through the medium of photography, the objects and materials she chooses to engage with become more compelling than the original; transient moments of precariousness and suspense are held within the frame. Informed by the complexity and fragility of lived experience and inspired by art historical references, Julie invites the viewer to reflect upon the fusion of beauty and disquiet that her work conveys. And so to question what lies beyond the image.
WIP Science
Irina Petrova Adamatzky is an internationally published and award-winning photographer and artist. She specialises in wildlife micro-photography and science fiction-inspired installations organically integrating living and artificial entities. A unique feature of her work is she mostly uses retro manual focus lenses to share the wonders of the world. She has won a substantial number of awards and prizes, including MUSE Photography Awards 2022 and 2021, BIFA 2021 and BIFA 2020, New York Photography Awards 2021, winner of FEP Awards 2021 Nature Golden Camera and ND Discovery of the Year in category Nature 2019.