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Voting closes on Friday 28 June for the RPS Trustee election 2024.

Miechowski_Max_Coastal Path
CREDIT: Max Miechowski

International Photography Exhibition 166 Open for Entries

Open for entries 20 February – 21 May 2024

The Royal Photographic Society is delighted to announce the 2024 call for entries for the 166th edition of the International Photography Exhibition (IPE 166). The world’s longest running photography exhibition celebrates contemporary photography from across the globe.

The open call welcomes submissions from new, emerging, and established photographers of all ages and working in any subject or genre. New approaches, alternative photographic processes and experimental work is encouraged.

Selected photographers will be offered exclusive opportunities. A £2250 prize fund will be awarded to standout entrants, including the IPE Award, Under 30s Award and visitor prize. 100 images, chosen by a guest selection panel, will form a group exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society, UK in 2025. Selected photographers will also be featured in the award-winning RPS Journal and IPE Zine as well as across the RPS digital channels.

Entry is free for one image, and up to four images can be submitted for £18 – £30, as a series or as individual images.

Li Siqi The Comfort Blanket
CREDIT: Siqi Li

Entries close at 2359 BST on 21 May 2024.

Images submitted before 26 March 2024 will be entered into an early-bird prize draw to win a photobook.

For more information, and to enter, visit: https://rps.org/ipe166.

The IPE 165 is on view at RPS Gallery, The Royal Photographic Society until 2 June 2024.