RPS Honours Indian Photographer

Royal Photographic Society (RPS) UK, in its latest communiqué, announced the Fellow of Royal Photographic Society (FRPS) to an Indian photographer, Tamma Srinivasa Reddy. Srinivasa Reddy is only the 18th Indian to receive the honour after the Royal Photographic Society was formally established and founded in London in the year 18ͷ͵.

Reddy’s photo panel comprising 21 photos on the Covid-19 pandemic situation in India (with particular focus on Andhra Pradesh) was considered by the Jury as the “most comprehensive”. The photo panel has covered three states of India, viz.

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. Reddy (a former contributor at SP) had elaborately covered ground realities in India via his photographs when the country was battling the Covid-19 problem. He has captured the efforts of the Indian government as well as the State Governments in combating the menace.