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Welcome to the June 2025 edition of the International eMagazine.
This is now the first issue of this publication since I took over the role as International Representative in March. I am very happy to be part of this wonderful magazine as editor and look forward to continuing to bring you news, events, special features and information from our international member community. Our experiences, cultures and photography are rich with contrast and variety, and so each article provides us with yet another inspiring and fascinating perspective about another part of the world.
Firstly, I would like to extend our congratulations and a warm welcome to Victoria Humphries who joined us on May 19th 2025 as the new CEO of the Royal Photographic Society. We look forward to hearing Victoria’s thoughts and plans for the RPS and its member community over the coming months and wish her all the very best in her role.
In this magazine, we present a new update from the international team which going forward, will be included in each quarterly edition. Here we detail the work on which we are currently focused, our findings from the recent international member survey completed in April 2025, and our plans for an international members forum to bring our community closer together and get us talking to one another!
In our main features, we hear from Gordon Lehany in Wellington, New Zealand who focuses on his home and the images he likes to photograph; from Theresa Bradley who covers the wildfires in Alberta Canada, the impact they have had on the local environment and how the area is starting to recover; from Jeffrey B Johnson in the Q&A and tells about his photography and the colour popping technique he uses. Finally Katherine Maguire, who is part of the international team and lives in The Netherlands, shows her photographic journey and some of the obstacles she has encountered along the way.
Please also look at the different events from the Chapters, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) or the RPS team taking place during the next quarter at https://rps.org/what-s-on/ and www.rps.org/groups
As we look to develop this magazine, as always, we welcome your thoughts, recommendations and above all your contributions. Please take look at the new contributions pages which detail how you can submit articles or content for future editions, whether it’s about an exhibition, a photographic project or where you live. Alternatively, for those short of time, you can also just submit a single image for our new Members Photo section which we will launch in the September edition. Please do get in touch if you would like to contribute. We would love to hear from you!
Finally, a thank you to Janet Haines who was the interim International Representative prior to my arrival and previous editor. Janet remains on the team as one of the article commissioners and with her knowledge of the RPS, continues to provide valuable support and input to the team. Also, to Chris Renk the Chapter Organiser for Germany who was contributing editor and undertook layout and production of previously. Chris is now turning more of his focus to the German Chapter.
With very best wishes,
