Featured Manchester's Northern Quarter

Earlier this year I completed a three year project photographing Manchester's Northern Quarter and earlier this month I was awarded an Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS) for a panel of 15 images taken from the project.

Some of the images have been posted here before, but I thought it would be good idea to bring the images together here.

For the record, all the images were shot using Olympus cameras (E-M5, E-M1 & Pen-F)

ARPS 01 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 02 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 03 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 04 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 05 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 06 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 07 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 08 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 09 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 10 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 11 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 12 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 13 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 14 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

ARPS 15 by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

 

Thanks very much - Yes, it was hard work and there were times when I wondered why I was doing it. But, looking back I enjoyed the project and am obviously very happy with the outcome.

 

Well worth a visit - its just by the city centre!

 

Still plenty of record stores along with all sorts of odd/unusual shops. As you’ll probably recall, the area is constantly changing, part of its great attraction.

 

Oooh, that’s a hard one to answer! I joined in 2009 and I found it opened up a whole new world of photography outside club/hobby photography. My approach to image making has changed considerably as a consequence and I now concentrate on series/sets of images to tell a story rather than trying to shoot one-off masterpieces!

There’s a wide range of special interest groups (I’m a member of three) and a fair number of events run either by the groups or regionally - I have to acknowledge that there are geographical variations.

Over the ten years or so, I’ve made a lot of friends, met a lot of interesting photographers, both pro and amateur and gained lots of inspiration from my membership.

On a final note, my ARPS is an international measure of my personal photography - I don’t think I would have reached that standard without being a member of the RPS.

Hope that gives some sort of answer! At the end of the day, you get out of membership, what you put in.

 

Pleased you found my thoughts helpful.

 

Thank you so much!!

 

Thanks very much!