DPI Chair Deborah Willis awarded The Royal Photographic Society Award for Outstanding Service

Friday, Oct 23, 2020

black & white image of a woman in a beauty shop poses in front of her client

Photo: Deborah Willis, Beauty Shop Mrs Brown Press n Curl

Congratulations to DPI Chair and University Professor Deborah Willis on being awarded The Royal Photographic Society Award for Outstanding Service, for her sustained research into photography’s multifaceted histories, specifically iconicity and cultural histories visualising the black body, women, and gender.

Now in its 142nd year, the RPS Awards have eighteen categories that recognise those individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their fields which cover art, science, education, curation, film, and publishing.