Spotlight

By creating a visual documentation of the elderly, Arianne has sought to focus on a number of questions which surround the concept of aging.

November 14^th – 18^th is Anti-Bullying week so this month 'Spotlight' is focusing on two very different photographers whose work is helping to show the effects that bullying can have on the lives of individuals.

The members of the group work together, using photography creatively and mindfully to aid recovery, and express themselves through their art. The photography helps with mental wellbeing by reducing isolation, creating a purpose, opportunity for personal achievement.

An exhibition of work by members of the Disabled Photographers' Society representing the whole spectrum of society and disabilities including those with physical, mental, visual, aural issues and combinations thereof.

Working with the Open Eye Gallery and local charity shops, Fashion Design and  Photography students from the University of Chester have designed and photographed a sustainable fashion collection created by upcycling donated clothing.

“Using photography as a tool, a form for my lack of sight, I am able to utilise the lens of the camera rather than my own, to sensitively capture the beauty and distortion of the world around me, which due to my degenerative blindness I am unable to see.”

‘Show and Tell’, organised by The Photography Movement, is a project which encourages young people between the ages of 10 and 18 to explore their own mental health through photography.

Alison Webber interviews RPS member Claire Sheppard, who is not only a keen photographer but who is also a strong advocate of the benefits of photography for our mental health.

'Holding the Baby' is an exhibition of images by Polly Braden illustrating the lives of single parents, which is on display at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol until 12^th June 2022.

Alison Webber interviews Nicky Ebbage, a non-binary photographer from Bristol and creator of the “Bristol Trans Portraits,” a project to bring visibility and awareness to the transgender community in Bristol.

“Only the Lonely?”, which was funded by Arts Council England, provides a valuable insight into the nation’s mental health and wellbeing through his study of human solitude and isolation.

When Covid-19 confined photojournalist Angela Catlin to her home city of Glasgow she collaborated with poet Henry Bell on a moving portrait of life during the pandemic.

RPS member Paul Sanders was picture editor at the Times for seven years before anxiety and depression led to him taking up a new career as a landscape photographer. 

When James Clifford Kent shared a picture of his wife and newborn baby taken soon after birth, the response was a global one. And so the series 'Pregnant in a Pandemic' was born.

Over the past 2 years, mentors from the London region of the Royal Photographic Society in conjunction with Café Art have been helping a group of photographers affected by homelessness.

In an innovative project backed by the RPS, people who had been affected by homelessness are putting their experiences in the frame.