SW News March

South West Region news - March 2026 From the RO Hello fellow photographers. For those of you who have not yet heard, I have recently been elected as the new RPS SW Regional Organiser at the Regions AGM, where it was great to meet so many of you. I will be working hard, with the new and enthusiastic Committee, to bring as much photographic inspiration and opportunity to Devon and Cornwall (and parts of Somerset!) as we possibly can. We have started by putting together a programme for 2026 which I hope will provide both. The centrepiece of the programme is 'A Sense of Place’ and it would be great to have as many of you as possible involved. The details and timetable of events associated with this are elsewhere in this newsletter. We are also offering, during May and June, at least 6 (at the time of writing) opportunities locally as part of the national Talk Walk Talk (TWT) programme themed as ’Sites of Religious Significance’. These have historically been well supported in the South West Region and I hope this will continue to be the case. There will be another set of TWT opportunities available in the Autumn which will be added to the programme as they become known. Check out the Regional website! https://rps.org/regions/south-west/ We are also going to attempt to: 1. Highlight opportunities to see photographic exhibitions in the SW as we hear about them (please let a Committee member know if you are aware of anything that you think should be brought to the attention of others across the Region) 2. Make you aware of events happening within the SW Region being organised by RPS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) during the year. In particular, the Landscape Group often run events in the Region. 3. Make you aware of when events are happening locally organised by the Regional representatives of RPS SIGs, in particular the Visual Art, Contemporary and Audio Visual Groups which have significant representation in the Region. I hope you enjoy, and get great value from, this Newsletter. Please get in touch if there are other things you would like to see, or if you have any offers that photographers in the South West might find interesting. Best wishes Steve