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In this discussion with Simon Hill FRPS, Levon Biss reveals how he photographs the minute details of insects in a resolution and scale never seen before

Photobook Simon Hill HonFRPS, President of the RPS simon.hill@rps.org William Henry Fox Talbot was a polymath, perhaps best known as one of the founding father’s of photography, alongside Johann Heinrich Schulze (1717), Thomas Wedgwood (circa 1800), Nicéphore Niépce (circa 1820), and Louis Daguerre (1839).  Talbot’s salted paper photographic process was the result of experiments he had begun in 1834.  However, it was not until a few months after Daguerre’s announcement (made without revealing any useful details...

Celebrating 50 years as a member and volunteer of the RPS Published 25 May 2021 Dr Afzal Ansary ASIS FRPS receives a President and Council Commendation for his continued support and dedication to the RPS. Afzal is one of the RPS' most prolific volunteers. Having worked in medical and scientific imaging throughout his professional life, Afzal decided to get involved in volunteering with the RPS when he retired. He began as a committee member on the North West region and eventually became the Regional Organiser. He went on to concentrate on his other volunteer roles - as a key membe...

Distinctions In the summer of 1851, the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations was held in London. “The Great Exhibition” was organised under the Presidency of HRH Prince Albert and benefited from the astute management of Henry Cole, the industrial designer credited with the introduction of the first Christmas card in 1843. The Great Exhibition became a symbol of Britain’s “Golden Years” - showcasing the cultural and technological achievements of the mid-Victorian era.  Visited by six million people - equivalent to a third of the population of Britain at that tim...

Propaganda Published 05 April 2021 Simon Hill HonFRPS, President of the RPS simon.hill@rps.org On 6 April 1920 - exactly 101 years ago tomorrow - the photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann, joined the fledgling Nazi Party.  When Adolf Hitler took control of the Party in 1921, Hoffmann became his official photographer and Hitler decreed that no-one other than Hoffmann should take photographs of him; although Wieland Wagner (son of the composer, Richard Wagner) was later granted special permission to photograph Hitler...