THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY London, Sept 10th 2011
THE MACALLAN ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AWARDS 2011
The Macallan Royal Photographic Society Awards ceremony took place on 8 September at the Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London. The Progress Medal and Honorary Fellowship, in recognition of an invention, research, publication or other contribution which has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in their widest sense, was presented to Rodney Shaw, President and co-founder of White Rose Digital, a provider of user-friendly imaging-methodologies for digital photographers. Legendary photojournalist and portrait photographer Terry O'Neill was presented with The Society's Centenary Medal, recognising outstanding contributions to the art and science of photography. O'Neill joins a distinguished list of globally respected photographers who have received this prestigious award, recently including: Albert Watson, Annie Leibovitz, David Bailey, and Don McCullin.
Left: RPS President, Rosemary Wilman, making the presentation to Rodney Shaw
Right: Rodney Shaw and Terry O'Neill
---------------------------Notes to Editors The Royal Photographic Society was founded in 1853, to promote the art and science of photography, a mission it continues to this day. Membership of The Society is open to everyone interested in photography, amateur or professional, artist or scientist. The Royal Photographic Society is a Registered Charity, No. 1107831. The Macallan is one of the world's leading single malt whiskies. Since its founding in 1824, The Macallan has built a reputation across the world for a single malt whisky of outstanding quality and distinctive character. The Society is very grateful for its continuing sponsorship of The Macallan Royal Photographic Society Awards. For press images and further information, contact Jo Macdonald, Awards Manager, 01225 325721 or jo@rps.org<mailto:jo@rps.org> and Susie Davidson, Global PR Manager, The Macallan.
THE PROGRESS MEDAL
Instituted in 1878, this medal is awarded in recognition of any invention, research, publication or other contribution which has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in the widest sense. This award also carries with it an Honorary Fellowship of The Society. Awarded less than a hundred times in the past hundred and thirty-three years, it was originally given to the early inventors and pioneers of photographic science, and later to some of the founders of the leading photographic corporations, such as George Eastman and Edwin Land. Its scope was eventually broadened to include the wider photographic and imaging community, and the artistic and creative side has been represented by Alfred Steglitz, Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Norman Parkinson, Lord Snowdon, David Hockney, and Sir David Attenborough. Recent recognition of scientific and technical accomplishments has included those made by the NASA Photo Division, Emmett Leith (inventor of 3-dimensional holography) and Sir Tim Berners-Lee (credited for his invention of the World Wide Web). In 2010 it was awarded to Nobukazu Teranishi for his pioneering involvement in the development of solid-state image sensors.
Previous recipients of the Progress Medal are: 1878 188 1882 1883 1884 1890 1891 1895 1896 1897 1898 1900 1901 1902 1903 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 1913 1914 1915 1921 1923 1924 1927 1928 1929 1932 1934 1936 1944 1946 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961
W de W Abney W Willis Leon Warnerke W B Woodbury J M Eder W de W Abney J Waterhouse P H Emerson Thomas R Dallmeyer Gabriel Lippmann Ferdinand Hurter and Vero C Driffield Louis Ducos du Hauron R L Maddox Joseph Wilson Swan Frederick Eugene Ives Paul Rudolph P J C Janssen E Sanger Shepherd John Sterry A Lumiere et ses fils Alfred Watkins H Chapman Jones C E Kenneth Mees William B Ferguson Andre Callier Frank Forster Renwick Nahum Ellan Luboshez Alfred Stieglitz George Eastman S E Sheppard Olaf F Bloch Luppo Cramer Harold Dennis Taylor Arthur Samuel Newman F J Mortimer J G Capstaff Lloyd A Jones Professor Dr John Eggert L P Clerc J Dudley Johnston C E Kenneth Mees Marcel Abribat Julian Webb J D Kendall Edwin H Land Cecil Waller Edward J Steichen Andre Rott
1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Frances M Hamer Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes Harold E Edgerton Walter Clark L Fritz Gruber E R Davies K V Chibisov L E Hallett W F Berg E W H Selwyn Hellmut Frieser T Howard James Man Ray Beaumont Newhall W T Hanson Stephen Dalton Photo Tech Div NASA Bill Brandt Oxford Scientific Films Norman Parkinson Sue Davies Dr R W G Hunt Sir Tom Hopkinson Lord Snowdon Prof Yuri Denisyuk Dr Roy Jeffreys David Hockney Eric Hosking OBE Dr Tadaaki Tani J Szarkowski Dr G Farnell Lennart Nilsson Prof J W Mitchell Thomas and John Knoll Dr Paul B Gilman Emmett N Leith Leo J Thomas Professor A Zaleski Professor C T Elliott Dr Brad Amos and Professor John White Sir Tim Berners-Lee Dr Eric R Fossum Dr Carver Mead, Richard F Lyon, Richard B Merrill Professor Ferenc Krausz Dr Larry J Hornbeck PhD Sir David Attenborough Bryce E Bayer Nobukazu Teranishi
2011 PROGRESS MEDAL WINNER RODNEY SHAW
Rodney Shaw attended Mexborough Grammar School in Yorkshire, prior to taking a physics degree at Leeds University, followed by a PhD at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. During the late 1960s, at what is now the University of Westminster, he played a leadership role in elevating photographic science to degree-level status, a first within the UK. A quarter of a century later, as Director of the Center for Imaging Science, at the Rochester Institute of Technology he similarly led in the establishment of the first PhD program in imaging science in the USA. He is in fact credited with first coining the phrase 'imaging science' as a response to the special need to collect together the imaging-related branches of the established sciences, and in 1974, along with Chris Dainty published 'Image Science', which remains a standard text today. In the USA he also subsequently served as editor of the Journal of Imaging Science from 1977 to 1989. Shaw has published over a hundred-and-twenty research papers in imaging, and given numerous invited lectures world-wide. He has made contributions across a range of technologies, from silver-halide and xerography to ink-jet printing and electronic imaging, and within fields of practical application including astronomy, aerial photography and medical diagnostic-imaging. His numerous honors and awards include Fellowships of both the Optical Society of America and The Society for Imaging Science and Technology. From the latter society he was also awarded the Lieven-Gevaert Medal for outstanding achievements in silver halide photography in 1990, and in 2002 received their highest award of Honorary Membership, granted according to the citation 'for fundamental contributions in pioneering or inventing many of the critical avenues within the field of imaging science'. As a consequence of this present award, he now becomes one of a small elite group who have won these highest honors from the leading imaging societies in both the USA and the UK. Since moving to the USA in 1973, Shaw has worked in the research labs of Xerox, Eastman Kodak, and Hewlett Packard, in addition to consulting extensively across the imaging industry during his academic tenure at Rochester Institute and Technology. His advances and inventions have been within the general areas of analysis, design and optimization of imaging systems, and a 1963 research publication made during his first employment, with Ilford Limited, has since become a standard in explaining the way in which signal and noise are transmitted through complex imaging systems. In 2006 Shaw co-founded White Rose Digital, a Californian start-up company with the mission of providing user-friendly imaging-methodologies for digital photographers, and currently serves as President.