Letters & Distinctions

Letters after their name? A guide to awards and distinctions

When a lecturer or judge visits the club and they are introduced to members the Chairman reels off a load of letters after their name. To the regular members it is all clear, but, well, it’s just a load of letters to many.

There are two types of awards:-
1. Those granted for achievement in photography, which generally you have to apply for.
2. Those granted for services to photography probably over many years.
These latter cannot and must not be applied for and are generally done by confidential recommendations.

There are a number of organisations who grant awards or distinctions and can be national and international. The brief information has therefore been set out below, organisation by organisation for the most common, RPS, PAGB, FIAP and PSA.