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RPS Awards Winners Announced
19 November 2025
Winners of The 147th Royal Photographic Society Awards for 2025, the world's longest running photography prize, have been has announced. The recipients are:
- The Centenary Medal: The RPS's most prestigious honor has been awarded to Susan Derges for her outstanding contribution to the art of photography. Derges, based in Devon, UK, creates photographic artwork exploring nature, often without a camera, using the landscape itself to create her imagery.
- The Award for Achievement in the Art of Photography: Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop has been honored for his work on photographic landscapes and fashion photography. His personal practice focuses on fine art portraiture, including self-portraiture.
- New Honorary Fellows: Joining the Fellows is UK photographer and educator Richard Billingham best known for his 1996 book Ray's A Laugh, a stark portrait of his parents and a look at the wider issues of class and poverty.
- The Progress Medal: Acknowledging the science of photography, this award was presented to David Malin who developed new techniques to support astronomical photography, allowing for greater detail to be seen. The Malin 1 galaxy, the largest known spiral galaxy, was named after him.
- The Award for Photography Curatorship, Criticism or Research: Among the most significant curators and writers on photography, Charlotte Cotton, has been recognized with this award. Cotton has had a significant impact on photography through her exhibitions and publications. Her book The Photograph as Contemporary Art (2004) is in its fourth edition and available in 14 languages. It is considered a key text in charting the rise of photography as an undisputed art form in the 21st century.
For more information see the news release below.
Winners Announced for the 2025 RPS Awards -- The World's Longest Running Photography Awards
The recipients of The Royal Photographic Society Awards for 2025, the world's longest running photography prize, have been has announced. Now in its 147th year, the Royal Photographic Society Awards is the world's longest running and most prestigious photography honours, dating back to 1878.
Awards
The RPS Centenary Medal, the RPS's most prestigious honor, has been awarded to Susan Derges in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the art of photography. Derges is based in Devon, UK, and creates photographic artwork exploring nature, often without a camera, using the landscape itself to create her imagery. Her work has been widely exhibited and is held in photography collections across the world.
The RPS Award for Achievement in the Art of Photography is given to Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop. Working initially on photographic landscapes, Diop then moved into fashion photography. His personal practice focuses on fine art portraiture, including self-portraiture. He has been exhibited widely internationally.
Among the new RPS Honorary Fellows is the UK photographer and educator Richard Billingham, best known for his 1996 book, the acclaimed Ray's A Laugh, a stark documentation of his parents and wider issues of class and poverty.
Reflecting the science of photography, The RPS Progress Medal in the science of photography is presented to David Malin who developed new techniques to support astronomical photography, allowing for greater detail to be seen. The Malin 1 galaxy, the largest known spiral galaxy, was named after him.
One of the most significant curators and writers on photography, Charlotte Cotton, receives The RPS Award for Photography Curatorship, Criticism or Research. Cotton has had a significant impact on photography through her exhibitions and publications. Her book The Photograph as Contemporary Art (2004) is in its fourth edition and available in 14 languages and is considered a key text in charting the rise of photography as an undisputed art form in the 21st century.
Sir Brian Pomeroy CBE ARPS, Chair of the judging panel, comments: "While the 2025 RPS Awards recipients reflect the diversity and breadth of the international photographic community, they are all united in celebrating photography's unique capacity to challenge societal perceptions and make complex issues both relatable and urgent."
Simon Hill CPhot HonFRPS, RPS President, comments: "The Royal Photographic Society Awards are a powerful expression of how we, as one of the oldest photographic societies in the world, recognise and celebrate achievement across the full diversity of photographic practice. Each year, we shine a light on individuals and teams whose work exemplifies creativity, innovation, technical mastery and a deep commitment to sharing knowledge and experience.
This year's awardees reflect the extraordinary breadth of photography and moving image today; from those pushing artistic and scientific boundaries to those educating, publishing and volunteering in ways that strengthen and sustain our community. Together, they demonstrate how photography continues to evolve as both an art form and a means of understanding the world around us.