By Degrees… an invitation to create a new portrait of Great Britain and Ireland by Mark Reeves

By Degrees… an invitation to create a new portrait of Great Britain and Ireland By Mark Reeves ARPS

Members of the Landscape Group and the wider RPS are invited to participate in a project to create a unique and innovative portrait of Great Britain and Ireland.

'By Degrees' will involve making landscape images at the all the locations where lines of latitude and longitude intersect in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.

Please read on to find out how you can take part

It is hoped that all 45 intersections will be photographed - even though some of them are in remote areas and many of them might not feature in the average landscape photographer’s list of top destinations! The point of the project is to photograph these places in as interesting or inspiring ways as possible. It is also hoped that members who live relatively close to the intersections, or who will be visiting anyway for work or leisure, will offer to participate rather than other members travelling significant distances to complete the project.

There are no limits on the number of members who may participate and in cases where several images are submitted for one location, a single image will be selected for the printed publication.

All submitted images will be featured on the project page on the RPS website and a selection of images – one from each intersection – will be featured in a special edition of the landscape group printed magazine.

In addition, it is hoped to arrange special exhibitions at RPS House and at the London HQ of the Royal Geographical Society.

Why do it? It’s mainly for fun, possibly for fame and probably not for fortune. The project’s main value will be the enjoyment by those who participate and those who subsequently read about it and view the images.

We are delighted that the selection panel will include Simon Hill Hon.FRPS president of the RPS, Nigel Clifford FRGS president of the Royal Geographical Society, Joe Cornish Hon.FRPS chair of the landscape distinctions panel and Vanda Ralevska member of Arena photographers and brand ambassador for KASE Filters.

If you are not sure that you can make an interesting image at your nearest intersection, you may like draw some inspiration and ideas from these videos:

Thomas Heaton www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHXiuxSd6Hk Nigel Danson www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcr2MRLp5Lg

How to take part

All members of the landscape group and the RPS are invited to take part. To do this please follow the link below to register your participation. Registering is important so that we can track progress of the project. All photography needs to be completed and submitted by the end of March 2022. Once you have registered you will be sent detailed instructions concerning the photography and how to submit your images.

https://rps.org/groups/landscape/projects/by-degrees-home-page/

Mark Reeves Events Manager (Professional Events)