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Discover the 2025 Royal Photographic Society Award Winners

News News Team - 25 November 2025

The Royal Photographic Society has announced its 2025 Awards recipients, recognizing outstanding contributions to photography. Notable awards include the RPS Centenary Medal to Susan Derges, and honors for Omar Victor Diop, David Malin, and Charlotte Cotton. The awards celebrate creativity, innovation, and the evolving nature of photography and moving image.

Royal Photographic Society: Browse 165 years of photographic history with no charge

News Jason Murray - 9 February 2021

Britain's Royal Photographic Society is now allowing free access to 165 years of photographic history. You can now browse copies of the Society's Journal published between 1853 and 2018. Read more...

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