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International Photography Exhibition 165

The Royal Photographic Society is delighted to announce the exhibiting artists for the 165th edition of the International Photography Exhibition the world’s longest-running contemporary photography exhibition.

The selection process and our guest selection panel have selected 50 exhibitors photographers for the International Photography Exhibition 165. Find out more about the international featured artists.

The RPS is an independent educational charity. By supporting the IPE, you help us to continue our mission of bringing 'Photography for Everyone'. The International Photography Exhibition is supported by theprintspace

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Meet the photographers
Discover new image-makers

From an international open-call inviting new, emerging and established photographers to share their work, here we celebrate the 50 photographers selected to exhibit in our 165th edition of the International Photography Exhibition. Find out more about the artists and their work.

IPE 165 Exhibitors
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CREDIT: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman

About IPE 165

Photographers and image-makers, of all ages, can submit their work to the RPS International Photography Exhibition. Submissions are encouraged from new, emerging and established photographers worldwide.

The IPE presents a unique opportunity to exhibit in a group exhibition at The Royal Photographic Society in Bristol, UK, and other nationwide venues, alongside a prize fund to support future photographic projects.

Exhibition selection is anonymous throughout, including the award winners, with a changing guest selection panel for each edition. The process is both rigorous and fair, where digital image and print work form part of the selection process. Each IPE edition is a unique celebration of photography today.

The information on this page includes all you need to know about the International Photography Exhibition, including details of our Awards, key dates and an extensive FAQs. If you have an enquiry, or would like to hire and exhibit the IPE at your venue, email the Exhibitions Team. We thank you for your support of the RPS.

 

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CREDIT: Yuxing Chen
Awards Announcement
International Photography Exhibition 165

The RPS has announced the two award recipients for the 165th edition of the International Photography Exhibition, Yuxing Chen, and Juno Seunghui Joo. Both received the highest accolades from this year's guest selection panel this year included Àsìkò, Louise Fedotov-Clements, Siqi Li, Raquel Villar-Pérez and Dr Michael Pritchard.

 

Discover IPE 165 Awards

Awards & Recognition


The International Photography Exhibition presents an opportunity to exhibit in the world's longest running photography exhibition. You will also be eligible for several significant awards:

1. IPE Award  /  £1000 and 1-year free membership to the RPS

2. Under 30s Award  /  £1000 and 1-year free membership to the RPS

3. Exhibition Tour  /  100 photographs will be selected for the touring exhibition, opening at the RPS Gallery, Bristol

4. RPS Journal Features  /  Four opportunities for a photographer to feature in the award-winning RPS Journal, selected by the Editor

5. Visitor Prize  /  £250 prize voted for by visitors to the Bristol exhibition

6. Selectors Spotlight  /  Four photographers will receive a statement by one of the guest selectors about why they selected the work. This will be included in the exhibition

7. IPE Journal Edition  /  All selected photographers will receive a digital copy of the IPE edition of the award-winning RPS Journal

8. International Recognition  /  Shortlisted photographers will be celebrated across our online and digital channels, including opportunities for Instagram take-overs 

9. Membership Offer  /  All IPE entrants receive 15% discount on a new RPS membership 

10. Digital Spotlight  /  We will share stand-out entries during the entry period across RPS digital channels

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RPS Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom

RPS Gallery is situated in the photography hub of Bristol alongside the Martin Parr Foundation. Previous exhibitions have included Squaring the Circles of Confusion: Neo-Pictorialism in the 21st Century, Generations: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors, IN PROGRESS: Laia Abril - Hoda Afshar - Widline Cadet - Adama Jalloh - Alba Zari; Jack Latham's Sugar Paper Theories and Mandy Barker's Altered Ocean. 

International Photography Exhibition 164 - 28 January - 7 May 2023

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year - 20 May - 11 June 2023

Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm, free admission

Selection Panel

Àsìkò

Àsìkò is a visual artist who uses photography, digital collage and other forms of art to explore ideas of culture and heritage.  His practice is anchored by the interpolation of his emotional experiences as a Nigerian born (and raised) British citizen, into a life-long, cultural and spiritual exploration of his Yoruba heritage. His work is motivated by a drive for greater self-awareness, authentic creative expression and therefore the development of a visual language that articulates new ways to understand the liberatory possibilities of African diasporic identity. 

As such Asiko’s work is aspirational. His images, although initiated by internal dialogue, seek to instigate public conversations with the audience that can help to negotiate some of the ethical contradictions inherent within modern permutations of Yoruba culture. This is because they are grounded in a wider commitment to faithfully honour and enrich the relevance of this vast and - as yet poorly understood - knowledge system and philosophy to contemporary global society. 

Asikos work has been featured on the Guardian, CNN and The BBC. His new body of work 'New World Giants' is currently on show at the Gagosian Gallery in London and his previous series 'Of Myth and Legend' is currently a public art installation on Sloane street in central London. He is represented by MTArt Agency.

Louise Fedotov-Clements

Louise Fedotov-Clements: National Curator of Contemporary Art, Forestry England / Co-Director of Earth Photo / Co-Founder & Patron, FORMAT International Photography Festival 

Louise leads the contemporary arts programme for Forestry England, the largest land manager in the UK caring for over 1500 forests. A major project at Forestry England is Earth Photo which was Co-founded by Forestry England, together with the Royal Geographical Society and Parker Harris in 2018. 

Previously Louise was Artistic Director of QUAD a centre for contemporary art and film for 20 years. Director of FORMAT the UK's leading international festival of photography for 18 years, which she co-founded in 2004. An independent curator since 1998 directing commissions, publications, residencies, performances, and exhibitions worldwide. A specialist in digital art, socially engaged participatory practice, photography, festivals, and contemporary art; a guest curator for international exhibitions/festivals including Dong Gang (Yeongwol) South Korea; Photoquai Biennale Musée du quai Branly Paris; Les Rencontres Arles, Discoveries; Dali Photo, China; Venice Biennale EM15; Photo Beijing, and LishuiPhoto China; Korea International Photo Festival.

Siqi Li

Siqi Li is a Chinese visual artist currently based in London, UK. Her practice is concerned with the mythologies surrounding familial representation, collective identity and personal history with reference to the historical and political state of her country and her experiences living abroad.

Siqi graduated from London College of Communication with an MA degree in Documentary Photography and is a recipient of the International Photography Exhibition 164 Under 30s award for her debut series Empty Nest. Working with images, archives, and literature, she reflects on the larger and more complex longing and intimacy from a narration of the day-to-day. 

@siqi_lea

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CREDIT: Mike Crawford
Dr Michael Pritchard

Dr Michael Pritchard has been involved in photography for his entire career. He started as a photography specialist at Christie’s auction house where he curated auctions internationally. He has written and lectured on many aspects of the history of photography in the UK and abroad and holds a PhD in the history of photography. He has a particular knowledge of British photography but his interests extend across Western, Asian and African historical and contemporary photography.  He brings a practical and working knowledge photography, both analogue and digital, along with darkroom work and alternative processes.

Michael has been a selector for many exhibitions including the HIPA Awards, Travel Photographer of the Year, Food PotY, International Photography Awards, Lucie Awards, ArtGemini Prize, Youmanity awards, Earth Photo, and Spider B/W Awards. He has also been a selector and curator of exhibitions at festivals and exhibitions in China.

He leads the RPS’s education and public programmes.

Raquel Villar-Pérez

Raquel Villar-Pérez is an academic and curator whose practice focuses on de- and anti-colonial discourses within contemporary art from the socio-political Global South. She is interested in the work of women-identified image makers who address notions of transnational feminisms, social and environmental justice. She is Curator at Impressions Gallery, Bradford, where she is responsible for the delivery of exhibitions, commissions, and other curatorial projects.

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About the IPE

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CREDIT:  Yevhen Samuchenko
Inspiration from the archives

The IPE is selected from an open-call. This means that images across all genres, using different types, processes, and experimental techniques can be submitted.

Explore the collection from recent editions and be inspired to enter your work. 

IPE Inspiration Gallery
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CREDIT: Cody Cobb

Exhibition's History

The International Photography Exhibition has been held almost every year since 1854 and is the longest running exhibition of its kind in the world.

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 Paul Strand.

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CREDIT: Alys Tomlinson
Discover the IPE 164
Meet the IPE 164 photographers

46 photographers were selected to exhibit in the International Photography Exhibition 164 from the annual open-call, including new, emerging, and established photographers worldwide.

Find out more about the artist of the 164th edition of the IPE and their work.

Explore the IPE 164

Recent Awardees 

IPE 164 Award: Natcha Wongchanglaw

"In addition to knowing that my work has been chosen for the exhibition where the work of the world's most renowned photographers, including Roger Fenton and Paul Strand, was once exhibited, I am thrilled and deeply humbled to have received the IPE Award.  I can't even begin to express how grateful and honored I am. I am extremely thankful that my work has been recognized and appreciated by the panel and RPS, and that I can also share it with a wider audience."

Natcha Wongchanglaw, Thailand | USA

IPE 164 Under 30s Award: Siqi Li

"I feel extremely humbled to be given this award and very pleased to see people of different backgrounds connecting with my personal narratives." 

Siqi Li, London / Beijing

IPE 163 Award: Tim Franco

"I am really humbled that my work has been selected for the IPE awards, especially after seeing all the amazing work that was submitted this year!"
Tim Franco, France

IPE 163 Under 30s Award: KyeongJun Yang

"I am deeply honored to win the award and I am thankful to everyone who appreciates my dad’s story."
KyeongJun Yang, South Korea 

IPE 162 Award: Cody Cobb

"It's an incredible honor to not only be a part of an historic exhibition but to also have my work recognized by such an esteemed committee. The support and resources of The RPS has encouraged me to continue pushing myself and my work in ways that weren’t possible before. I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity to share my interpretation of what it means to be human on this strange and fantastic planet."
Cody Cobb, USA

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