Beautiful Entry Images of The Royal Photographic Society Awards 2025

The RPS Centenary Medal and RPS Honorary Fellowship – Susan Derges HonFRPS

The Royal Photographic Society has announced its 2025 award recipients, and the lineup is nothing short of extraordinary. With these honorees, the RPS Awards spotlight creators who are shaping visual culture through both still and moving imagery.

As the world’s longest-running photography honors—147 years strong—the awards continue to celebrate photography as an art form that stirs emotion and challenges perception. This year’s winners range from emerging talents to seasoned professionals, delivering work that spans scientific innovation, cultural impact, and artistic brilliance. Together, they embody the RPS’s pillars of art, science, and knowledge, proving once again that photography is a force for inspiration and change.

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RPS Award for achievement in the Art of Photography – Omar Victor Diop

RPS Award for Achievement in the Art of Photography (under 30yrs) – Tami Aftab

RPS Award for Editorial or Documentary Photography – Raghu Rai

RPS Award for Photojournalism – Amak Mahmoodian

RPS Award for Achievement in the Art of the Moving Image – Mónica de Miranda

The RPS Progress Medal and RPS Honorary Fellowship – David Malin FRPS

RPS Award for Scientific Imaging – Anand Varma

RPS Award for Imaging Science – Professor Sabine Süsstrun

RPS Award for Environmental Responsibility – Ragnar Guðni Axelsson

The RPS Eastlake Medal and RPS Honorary Fellowship – Vivienne Gamble

RPS Award for Photography Education – Janice McLaren

RPS Award for Photography with Young People – Juliette Buss

RPS Award for Photography Curatorship, Criticism or Research – Charlotte Cotton

RPS Award for Photography Publishing – 10 x 10 Photobooks: Olga Yatskevich and Russet Lederman

RPS Award for Social Impact – Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora

RPS Honorary Fellowship – Eileen Perrier

RPS Honorary Fellowship – Rhiannon Adam

RPS Honorary Fellowship – Richard Billingham

RPS Honorary Fellowship – Janine Wiedel

RPS Honorary Fellowship – Marc Wilson

RPS Honorary Fellowship – Martin Oeggerli