Over the past year Jonathan has been working closely with the Royal Photographic Society’s Chair of Distinctions Advisory Board Mike Hallett and Honorary RPS Fellow Daniel Meadows. The working group recommended some of the most far reaching changes to the distinction process for several decades. The new Multimedia & Narrative distinction panel, encompassing audio visual, the moving image and time based media considers the new tools of visual literacy, new platforms on which to deliver them that evaluates a considered object, or objects, that need to be seen over time.
You can read more about the new distinction category on the RPS website.








The RPS Moving On: Promoting Photography & Education
Jonathan was delighted to be invited to join the Royal Photographic Society Education Working Group.
“We need to change the mood and the culture. We started to manage change within The Society’s Distinctions. Now we need to support that 21st century vision via our mission as an educational charity, with the stated aim of promoting the art and science of photography.”
Michael Hallett (Chair of Education).
The working group includes Head of Photography and Film at the University of Westminster, Fenton Medallist Andy Golding; documentary filmmaker and media consultant Peter Hayes ARPS; Emeritus Professor of Imaging Science at the University of Westminster, Ralph Jacobson ASIS HonFRPS; Head of Photographs at Birmingham Central Library, Peter James FRPS; Photographer and Associate Head of Media and Communication, Coventry University, Jonathan Shaw FRPS; and Skillset’s Photo Imaging Sector Manager, Pippa Walkley.