Editor’s Comments

linda WeVill fRPS

I would especially like to thank our contributors in this edition for not giving up on us. I asked most of them to write articles over eighteen months ago, but, with the uncertainty of the last couple of years and our wonderful square images book, this edition has been put back until now. I hope you enjoy the articles, which show a great variety of approach and style of photography, and that you feel the wait was worthwhile.

Lynne Blount describes herself as an ‘artist’ who uses a camera as her paintbrush. I am sure you will enjoy her very creative images and the description of the journey she made using different techniques to produce her painterly effect. Her images cover a variety of subject matter and her work is continually evolving.

Anna Stevenson is also a creative photographer although her Fellowship submission was in the Contemporary category. She talks about a photographer’s ‘intent’ when making images and describes the influences on her own photography and the creative journey she has made. Anna also covers a variety of subject matter in her work. Beata Moore does not like to be restricted in her creative journey and embraces both classic mono and colour photography. She has a preference for seascape and waterscape images, but relishes the freedom of expression of capturing and creating an eclectic mix of photographs. She shows us here work from delicate, soft painterly images to strong black and white architectural shots. david Rutter gained his Fellowship, titled ‘Abstract Simplicity’, during lockdown and he tells us how he came up with the idea and the process he went through in putting the panel together. After gaining a Fellowship, it can be difficult to know where to go from there and david’s response to this is to remind himself why he engages in April, the prints will be shown in Leamington Spa, Edinburgh, Norfolk and Woodstock, taking us into 2023.

We will shortly issue invitations to members to submit prints for the 2023 exhibitions. Again, the RPS website will provide details of dates and venues.

We look forward to enjoying a bright, productive and fulfilling future in visual art photography and hope that you will enjoy this issue of the VA Magazine. With best wishes

John with photography and that is ‘principally to create and have fun doing so’.

Vanda Ralevska says that photography for her is all about emotion and the feelings that the surrounding world evokes within her. Here Vanda describes one of her projects that is dear to her heart, the seaside out of season. Most people would steer clear of the coast when the weather is freezing cold and the wind blowing a gale, but Vanda finds it comforting and her passion has led into this long-term photographic project.

Special thanks go to Paul Mitchell for, once again, designing a wonderful magazine for us all to enjoy and many thanks to our contributors for their patience and for such a variety of images they have shared with us. I am sure they are going to inspire and motivate you with your own photography.

Linda