Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Patrick, The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) confers various Distinctions - Fellowship (FRPS), Associateship (ARPS) and Licentiateship (LRPS). The web page: http://www.rps.org/ has information on these and a wealth of other RPS activities. Michael >I am an amateur of books about photography written in the period between >the world wars, and particularly for books on tabletop photography -- the >photography of miniatures in simulated scenes from fantasy or life. (Why a >man in his thirties should be interested in books about a silly hobby from >60 or 70 years ago is beyond me. I don't actually do much tabletop >photography, although I have done some; mostly I find the books very >charming, with their muddy pictorialist photos and their earnest advice on >making greeting cards from tabletop photos.) > >I've noticed that many of these old books are written by people whose names >are followed by the initials A.R.P.S. For example, the author, or a name >on a picture credit, will be given as Henry G. Russell, A.R.P.S. Does >anyone on the list know what A.R.P.S. stands for? > >-Patrick > >P.S. If you should happen to have any books on tabletop photography for >sale, I'm always in the market.