Members Challenge Gallery: Reflections
Members were invited to explore how light, surfaces, and perspective create reflections—from mirrors and glass to water and other subtle visual echoes.
Selector: Tami Aftab
Tami Aftab is an English-Pakistani photographer based in London. Her work explores intimacy, family, identity, and play, often approaching sensitive subjects with warmth and lightness.
She first developed her practice through personal projects, including a collaboration with her father that examined his short-term memory loss through humour and staged portraiture. This series later became her debut book, The Rice is on the Hob, photographed in Lahore, which explored food, heritage, and the ties between memory and family, incorporating her father’s recipes. The work was exhibited at Have a Butcher’s gallery in London.
Tami picked the following images from hundreds of images submitted by members, saying:
"For my selection of images from the RPS member challenge, I chose photographs that interpret the theme of reflections in a distinct and thoughtful way. Ranging from literal mirror-like surfaces that mimic paintings, to personal reflections, I feel these images all individually demonstrate strong visual storytelling, technical control, and an imaginative engagement with reflection."
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