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7 unusual facts about Royal Photographic Society


Albert Snell

Albert Snell later became an acclaimed photographer and was honoured by the Royal Photographic Society.

Arnold Newman

2004 He was awarded The Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography.

Carl Otto Lampland

He won the Royal Photographic Society Medal in 1905 for the camera which he designed for the 24-inch Clark telescope.

Centaur Film Company

The Photographic Journal: Including the Transactions of the Royal ...: by Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, Photographic Society of London - Photography - 1969 - Page 411

Ren Ng

In 2013 he was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Selwyn Award given to those under the age of 35 years who have conducted successful science based research connected with imaging.

Rough Sea at Dover

Projected, the film premiered on 14 January 1896 at the Royal Photographic Society in Hanover Street, London.

Stefan Buczacki

Buczacki is a Fellow of the Society of Biology, a Chartered Biologist, a founder Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, and Honorary Professor of Plant Pathology at Liverpool John Moores University.


Camille Silvy

He then moved to London and opened a portrait studio at 38 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, becoming a member of the Photographic Society in 1859.

Colin Prior

He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

Vernon Harrison

A lifelong photography enthusiast, he was, between 1974 and 1976, President of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, and among his other interests counts the music of Franz Liszt.


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