Chair’s Chat: Exhibition making silent heritage speak

MIKE GLYDE

Illustrating the overlooked elements of our historic environment a new photographic exhibition by the Royal Photographic Society’s Archaeology & Heritage Special Interest Group

As we ease out of the pandemic, its time to reinvigorate the AHSIG. We have a formal plan, that we are working on delivering, including broadening our reach to heritage photographers as well as increasing the support and development of our members. We are first and foremost a photographic group not a heritage one, and we must ensure that we showcase our images as much as possible. To that end we are preparing a new members exhibition that for the first time includes digital projected images, not just prints. We hope that this will encourage more of our members to take an active roll in the group. Below are the details of how you can submit your images for our exhibition. Lets see your best work!

Our landscapes, villages, towns and cities are all shaped by past people’s actions, from agricultural management, ceremonial sites, domestic and industrial constructions, defensive structures, through to transportation, law and order and education. The list is near endless. We are familiar with many such sites, but there are far more parts of our past that are overlooked, whether due to scale, location, popularity, or general lack of awareness. Our 2022 photographic exhibition will try to bring these no less important sites to the fore.

I am also excited to tell you that the exhibition will be premiered at RPS House, in Bristol, the home of the Royal Photographic Society, and that an exhibition catalogue will be produced for visitors to take away.

You can send us a straight print unmounted, and we shall add it to a mount. However, these will be of the following standard window size. A small fee of £2.50 will be required which is probably cheaper than sending a pre mounted photo.

Mounts are 50cm x 40cm and are Ice White, with the following print window sizes.

• A3 (11-3/4” x 16-1/2”)*

• A4 (8-1/4” x 11-3/4”)

• 280mm x 280mm (11” x 11”) Square

• 380mm x 180mm (15” x 7”) Narrow Landscape

Therefore, your print will need a border that is slightly larger than the window to allow for mounting, so please bear this in mind before sending prints.

*If you have a photo that does not fit the above window size, then you will need to send it pre mounted on a 50cm by 40cm Ice White mount.

Projected Digital Images (PDI) Colour or B&W

Maximum dimensions 4096 pixels high by 2400 pixels. Images must be saved as jpg, using either sRGB or AdobeRGB colour space.

Each image, whether print or PDI will need to be accompanied by the following information.

- Your name and any RPS distinction

- Country or County where you are based

- A title for your piece

- A 50-word description of your piece, saying what the subject is, etc.

- Summary of technical detail

Even if you are submitting a print, please also provide a digital copy so it can be included in the catalogue. Please send digital files to the A&H Secretary heritagesec@rps.org

A label will be produced for prints, and equivalent text box will accompany the PDIs.

Prints, unmounted and mounted to be sent to Mike Glyde, The Milking House, Bull Hill Astley, Worcestershire DY13 0RT chair.heritage@rps.org