The Royal Photographic Society is proud to be launching this new section of its website entitled “Spotlight.”
Focusing on the RPS’ strategy of “Photography for Everyone,” Spotlight aims to expand the RPS narrative to include a diverse collection of stories from all sectors of society.
Included in this are a selection of articles written by our newly appointed Spotlight editor, Alison Webber FRPS, extracts from the RPS journal and news about photography exhibitions and events.
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 12th 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.
CONSTRUCT by Anthony Luvera - a new body of work created in collaboration with people who have experienced homelessness in Birmingham.
14 September - 13 October 2022
Snow Hill Square and Snow Hill Station
Birmingham
The Disabled Photographers Society annual exhibition is being held at The Art House in Wakefield from 6th September - 9th October 2022.
Combine photography with positive psychology to develop happier, stress-free lives. A workshop for all photographers.
27 May 2022
A free online photography workshop specifically tailored to a small group of autistic adults.
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.
