Portfolio One from Royal Photographic Society

Press Release:

Published in time for Christmas, Portfolio One will make an ideal present and, produced in limited numbers (3,000 copies), will be in high demand. Covering current styles and trends within The Society and the photography of its members, advancing the art and science of photography, as well as being a record of The Society at this time, Portfolio One comprises 240 pages (with dimensions 24 x 26.5cm) and is limited edition, full colour, high quality, hard bound and printed with a black cover. It is available for purchase from www.rps.org at a cost of £30 plus p&p.

Portfolio One features work from top contemporary practitioners, like Honorary Fellows David Bailey CBE, Art Wolf and Steven Pyke, to historical figures like Roger Fenton, first Secretary of The Society. As with the Society it represents, the range of work covered by Portfolio One is huge, from the hard-hitting and sometimes disturbing photojournalism of Honorary Fellows Dennis Thorpe, Susan Meiselas, and Tom Stoddart, to the accomplished pictorialism of the Charnock family: Phil FRPS, Gwen FRPS and Chris ARPS.

RPS Portfolio One can be considered a time capsule indicative of the styles, genres and standards inherent in The Society at this time. Founded in 1853, The Royal Photographic Society was present at the very infancy of photography. Throughout its history, it has been involved with the publication of many fine books and journals, which have chartered the changes in photographic practice over more than a century and a half.

“Handsomely produced, with a clean fresh layout allowing photographs to breathe, and with concise informative articles on photography’s history, contemporary practice and science, RPS Portfolio One is an impressive showcase of the work of The Society and its members.” - David Land, RPS Journal.