Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-03-14)

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T

he162ndeditionof theRoyal

PhotographicSociety’s

InternationalPhotography

Exhibition– theworld’s

longest-runningphotographyexhibition

• kickedoffat theRPSHeadquartersin
  Bristolin mid-February.
  There’sstillsometimelefttoseeit at
  RPSHouse,afterwhichit willthen
  embarkona nationwidetourforthe
  remainderof theyear.
  Forty-threedifferentphotographers
  havebeenselectedtoappearin the
  exhibition,whichcomefromtheannual
  competitionrunbytheRPS.Eachyear,an

opencallis madetophotographersand

image-makersof allages.It hasbeen

heldalmosteveryyearsince1854,the

yearaftertheRPSwasfounded.

In theearlyyears,theexhibition

includedworkfromsomeof theworld’s

mosteminentphotographersincluding

JuliaMargaretCameron,RogerFenton,

EdwardSteichenandPaulStrand.It’s

thereforealwaysa fantasticopportunityto

seeworkfromcurrentphotographers

whoonedaymightbeheldin thesame

kindof regard.

Autumn 2020 willseethenextopen

callforIPE163,soa visittotheshow

Theexhibitionis at RPS House, Bristol, until 22 March 2020, then Royal Albert
Hall 2 April–27 April, Beverley Art Gallery 13 June–12 September and
Oriel Art Gallery, Theatr Clwyd, 28 November–16 January 2021.
Opening times vary, visit rps.org for full details.

International Photography

The world’s longest-running

photography exhibition is a

great opportunity to see some

of today’s best photographers,

saysAmy Davies

‘Rift’, 2018 by Cody
Cobb from his series
Strange Land

EXHIBITION