The deadline for entry to the Royal Photographic Society’s 151st International Print Exhibition is 14th March 2008. This year’s exhibition sees the introduction of the Allen & Overy Awards, with a total prize fund of £18,000. The overall winner will receive a prize of £10,000 and a Gold Society Medal. The prize winners will be announced on 12th June 2008.

17 January 2008 - The Royal Photographic Society is delighted to announce its partnership with international legal practice, Allen & Overy LLP, for The Society’s 151st International Print Exhibition

Deadline for entries: Friday 14 March 2008

The Royal Photographic Society’s 151st International Print Exhibition sees the introduction of the Allen & Overy Awards this year, with a total prize fund of £18,000, alongside the Society’s Medals.  The overall winner will receive a prize of £10,000 and a Gold Society Medal, two runners up will each receive £2,000 and a Silver Society Medal and there will be three Bronze Society Medal awards with a prize of £1,000 each.

In addition, the Allen & Overy Prize of £1,000 will be awarded to the image which best reflects the theme of ‘Justice Around the World’.  An under 25 Gold Medal and an Olympus E510 Digital SLR with double zoom kit will also be awarded to the best image by an entrant under 25 years (on the closing date).

The closing date for entries is Friday 14 March 2008.

The prize winners will be announced at the opening night press reception of the exhibition on Thursday 12 June 2008, at Allen & Overy’s new building in Spitalfields, London, where the exhibition will be displayed for 6 weeks before its tour.

The Society invites amateurs, students and professional photographers from around the world to submit work for consideration.  Up to 4 prints can be entered and over 120 will be selected for the exhibition.  The chosen images will be reproduced in a full colour catalogue which all entrants receive, and exhibitors will have the opportunity to sell copies of their prints.

This year’s selectors are:

Barry Senior Hon.FRPS (Chairman)
President, The Royal Photographic Society
Visual Art Photographer

Julia Fullerton-Batten
Fine Art Photographer

Brian Griffin Hon.FRPS
Corporate Photographer

Lucilla Phelps FRPS
Fine Art Photographer

Nick Scott FRPS
Social and Visual Art Photographer

The International Print Exhibition has been staged almost every year since the formation of the Society in 1853 and has built up a worldwide reputation for its exciting breadth of genres and styles, from the artistic to documentary, from portraiture to natural history.

The Royal Photographic Society is the foremost photographic society in the world, and appearing in the International Print Exhibition has always been coveted by professionals and has helped many aspiring photographers to launch their career and achieve recognition.

Dr Barry Senior FRPS, President of The Royal Photographic Society said:  “For over 150 years, the International Print Exhibition has stood for the very best photography that the world has to offer.  This year we welcome the support of Allen & Overy and hope that the prize fund will stimulate an even greater breadth and variety of work.”

“In particular we think that the introduction of the Allen & Overy Prize for the image which best represents the theme ‘Justice around the World’ will add new scope for our entrants, and prove a challenging and interesting brief for them.”

Entry forms for the International Print Competition can be downloaded from The Society’s website – www.rps.org

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