About IPSE

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A very brief history of IPSE

IPSE was founded in 1991 by Jill Staples (1926 - 2023).

Jill had attended workshops at Paul Hill's Photographers' Place in Derbyshire for several years.

Then, during a Fay Godwin workshop, she discovered that several of the participants lived close to her in Sussex. She decided to form a group of like-minded photographers who lived in the South-East of England and called a meeting on 3rd August at her home in Bolney. Thirteen people attended and decided to become the core of a new group.

IPSE was the result and it held its first full official meeting in March 1992.










What IPSE does

We hold up to four one-day workshops each year, led by leading artists and practitioners. These typically combine a talk from the speaker before lunch with a critique session in the afternoon, where members share work. Between these workshops we also hold additional informal meetings where members can update each other on recent projects. We organise occasional visits to photographic exhibitions in London or elsewhere within the region and every two years we have an exhibition of our members' work. We publish a regular Newsletter and provide a website to exhibit our work and keep members updated about any other developments.



For more information on how to join IPSE, email us.