Weekender: International photography exhibition heads to Yorkshire

The Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition, the world’s longest running photographic exhibition now in its 160th year, is heading to Yorkshire.

The exhibition will make a few stops around the country with Barnsley being the next call from April to June at The Gallery@ The Civic, accompanied by a special artist talk by Carolyn Mendelsohn.

Mendelsohn will discuss her award-winning career as a portrait photographer, the success behind the series Being Inbetween and what it means to be selected for the RPS International Photography Exhibition.

Work from local photographer John Crossley entitled Barnsley’s Past In The Present will also feature.

The exhibition will be in The Gallery at The Civic from 28 April to 9 June 2018 and admission is free.