Presenting 100 beautiful, striking and accomplished images by 54 contemporary photographers, 7 Feb to 24 March RPS House, Paintworks, Bristol
Gallery opening hours:
- Thursday 10am – 6pm
- Friday 11am – 7pm
- Saturday 10am – 5pm
- Sunday 10am – 5pm
Tickets are available to purchase on the door:
- £7.00 Standard admission
Free RPS members (with valid membership card)
Free Under 18s*
£5.00 Concessions (full-time students, unemployed, over 65s, disabled and carer)*
£5.00 Attendees at a Society workshop, distinction event or other RPS House event on the day* - £45.00 Group of 10 or more (pre-booking required)
*proof of eligibility required
Introducing the RPS IPE 161 award winners below – you can see their winning images plus a small selection from the exhibition in the gallery to the right.
Gold Award (£1,500): Catherine Hyland, UK
The Gardener; Maddens Wind Farm
From the series Wait-And-See Pudding with patience Sauce
Catherine Hyland is a photographer living and working in London. Her work is primarily landscape based, rooted in notions of fabricated memory, grids, enclosures and national identity. She graduated from Chelsea College of Arts with a 1st Class BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art and completed her Masters Degree at the Royal College of Art in 2011. catherinehyland.co.uk
© Catherine Hyland, Maddens Wind Farm (left), The Gardener (right)
U30s Gold Award (£1,500): Christopher Bethell, UK
The Grand Canyon. 2015; Coney Island. 2015; Motel. 2015; A Cat in a Car. 2015
From the series, The Duke of Earl
Christopher Bethell is a photographer, journalist and occasional picture editor. Graduating from London College of Communication’s MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography in 2015, Bethell came away with a body of work about his imagined family history and dual nationality with the USA. With this work Bethell has been nominated for the Magnum Graduate Photographers Award and the MACK First Book Award, won gold at Offspring Photomeet’s Portfolio Awards and came first in theprintspace’s Trajectory competition. His work is interested in the acceptance of subjectivity within documentary photography and how fiction can be used to tell a truth. Bethell’s clients include VICE, Buzzfeed, The Guardian and The Telegraph. christopherbethell.com
Silver Award (£750): Alys Tomlinson, UK
Daria; Grabarka; Sister Agnes; Odrynki
From the series, Ex-Voto
Having grown up in Brighton, Alys Tomlinson studied English Literature and Communications at the University of Leeds and then photography at Central Saint Martins. She recently completed an MA (Distinction) in Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. Alys is most interested in the relationship between people and place, exploring themes of environment, belonging and identity. She lives in London and combines commissioned work for editorial, design and advertising clients with personal work, which she publishes and exhibits. Alys was recently named Sony World Photographer of the Year. Her series Ex -Voto will be published as a book by GOST in Spring 2019. Back her Kickstarter campaign here. alystomlinson.co.uk
Bronze Award (£500): Oli Kellett, UK
Cross Road Blues (Grand Ave, Chicago); Cross Road Blues (Hubbard St, Chicago); Cross Road Blues (Louisiana St, Houston)
Oli Kellett (b. 1983) is a British photographer based in Hastings, UK. After graduating from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design he spent four years writing scripts for TV adverts before focusing full time on photography in 2008. In 2018 he was awarded both the Royal Academy Arts Club Award (awarded to an artist aged 35 or under for a work in any medium) and the Royal Academy Rose Award for Photography. olikellett.com
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About the IPE:
The International Photography Exhibition (formerly the International Print Exhibition) is steeped in history, having been held almost every year since 1854 – the year after The Society was founded. In the early years, the exhibition included work from some of the world’s most eminent photographers including Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, Edward Steichen and others. Read more about the exhibition history, and The Society here: rps.org/about
In addition to exhibiting in the touring exhibition, selected photographers are eligible for several cash prize awards, totaling £4,250, aimed at helping to support future photographic projects. This includes a dedicated award of £1,500 for a photographer under 30 years of age.