RPS – Anne Bryson Photography

Having been a member of the RPS for some years, I always get the annual email through inviting me to submit for the annual members’ exhibition and each year I ignore it. No reason other than I never think I have anything worth submitting and never really get round to doing anything about it. Over the last few years however I have really enjoyed experimenting with cyanotypes, particularly the wet process as you never quite know what you’re going to get and this time, when the email came in, I thought, why not? I submitted 5 cyanotype images, all of which camera club judges had been scathing about, but the RPS really does seem to be embracing alternative processes. I mentioned in an earlier post the exhibition I visited back in November and I also know that last year, a panel of cyanotypes was awarded an ARPS distinction, so I uploaded the images and then forgot about it.

Then, surprise, surprise, in April, I had an email advising me the that some of my images had been selected for the exhibition. I wasn’t told at this point which ones. I was asked not to announce my success on social media yet, and then nothing for another month or so. Then, towards the end of May, I had confirmation about which images had been selected along with a request for high resolution images and more information and here they are.