OPS Weekly Newsletter 6 March 2026
- Please start putting together your entries (no more than three) for the Best Use of Light competition which takes place on 17 March.
- Last meeting held on Tues 3 March: Panel Competition – Projected Digital Image and Prints
| Projected images | ||
| First | Fork | Pete Warrington |
| Second | Westgate Moment | Mathew Lodge |
| Third | Nash Point | Phil Warrington |
| Fourth | Pattern Growth | Mathew Lodge |
| Prints | ||
| First (joint) | Demolition site Didcot | Pete Warrington |
| First (joint) | Flowers that Grow in the Dark | Ian Bray |
| Third | Fish trap Manufacture | Dave MacKay |
| Fourth | Gloomy day at Birling Gap | Pete Warrington |
Congratulations to all who took part and many thanks to Phil J for his insightful and entertaining assessments of the panels. Phil also generously offered to help those who want to build their panels into an application towards a Royal Photographic Society distinction.
- Next meeting Tues 10 March: The Perimeter with Quintin Lake documenting an 11,000km walk around the coast of Britain
Quintin Lake presents The Perimeter, his photography project documenting an 11,000km walk around the coast of Britain, undertaken in sections from April 2015 to September 2020. Over the next five years, he edited 179,222 images down to 1,300, accompanied by a 53-chapter travelogue, culminating in The Perimeter Book, which launched in May 2025. Quintin captures the surprising beauty and strangeness of Britain’s coastline, sharing his experiences, techniques, and reflections on this extraordinary journey in a visually compelling presentation for OPS members.
Signed copies of the book will be available on the night £35
- Upcoming meetings/events
- 17 March: Best Use of Light – our judge will be Peter Cox
- 24 March: Imagine with Rob Ferrands
- 31 March: The Cameraman’s Cut with Colin Clarke ARPS
You can see the programme here and download it:
https://oxfordphotosociety.co.uk/programme-download/
- Photographic events in and around Oxford
Oxford Photomarathon
12 topics, 12 Photos, 24 Hours
July 25-26 2026
The First Oxford Photomarathon will start at 10:00am on July 25, 2026
Save the date! You will have 24 hours to take 12 photos – the subjects will have a distinct Oxford theme, but you can be based anywhere in the world if you can’t make it here.
High Resolution Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Vulnerable Communities, in Changing Environments
Satellite imagery provides an amazing window into the diverse landforms, flora and fauna, and natural processes of the world around us, not only beautiful but useful too. Humanity has left a significant ‘footprint’ on our environment: from forest clearance, war impact, and pollution of the earth, sea, air, and even space. Dr Chris Lavers’ exhibition reflects on mankind’s impact on the earth, and on the most vulnerable elements of humanity, and emphasises the risks and suffering experienced daily by indigenous communities.
Pembroke College Art Gallery,
5, Brewer Street,
Oxford
OX1 1QN,
Fri 23 January – Fri 13 March 2026
https://www.pembrokejcrart.org/current-exhibitions
Camera Club: Spring Exhibition
Camera Club is part of The North Wall’s YouthLab programme, which supports young people aged 12-17 in developing their creative skills alongside professional artists. Every year a group of 6-8 aspiring photographers works with artist Elina Medley to create images using digital SLR cameras and then to curate an exhibition of photography.
Sat 28 March to Thur 2 April.
This exhibition takes place at Magdalen Road Studios
https://www.thenorthwall.com/whats-on/camera-club-exhibition-2026/
- Exhibitions further a field
Best photography exhibitions to see in 2026
- Astronomy Photographer of the Year, National Maritime Museum
- Bird Photographer of the Year, touring
- RPS Landscape Group Members’ Outdoor Exhibition, touring
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year 61, Natural History Museum
- Boris Mikhailov: Ukrainian Diary, The Photographers’ Gallery
- Lee Miller, Tate Britain
- Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2025, National Portrait Gallery
- Richard Avedon: Facing West, Gagosian Grosvenor Hill
- The Last Resort, Martin Parr Foundation
- Catherine Opie: To Be Seen, National Portrait Gallery
- Sony World Photography Awards 2026, Somerset House
- Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait, National Portrait Gallery
- Tim Walker’s Fairyland: Love and Legends, National Portrait Gallery
- Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026, National Portrait Gallery
More detail here:
https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/articles/best-photography-exhibitions-to-see/
- General photographic interest
RPS Update
Welcome to the March RPS Update. This month we celebrate the International Garden Photography of the Year 19 winners, welcome IPE 166 to the Royal Geographical Society, and share new opportunities to connect and learn at portfolio reviews, talks, and major photography events.
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026
Fri 06 Mar 2026 – Sun 07 Jun 2026
The shortlisted artists for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 are Jane Evelyn Atwood, Weronika Gęsicka, Amak Mahmoodian and Rene Matić.
‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it
The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr proclaiming his dream
Horizons and highways: Franco Fontana’s stunning photographic experiments – in pictures
A mesmerising new exhibition showcases the work of the Italian colour pioneer whose landscapes, motorways and swimming pools often seem more like abstract paintings
Top photographers revealed in prestigious competition
Our prestigious photography competition for amateur photographers has come to a close, and the final results are in! After 10 differently themed categories over the last year, we are pleased to reveal Bircan Harper is this year’s International Amateur Photographer of the Year. For a second time, Young International Photographer of the Year has been won jointly by two photographers: Ben Hancock-Smith and Matteo Botta. We meet them below…
https://amateurphotographer.com/apoy/top-photographers-revealed-in-prestigious-competition/