Jo Shepherd MA ARPS
Official Photographer for the Wells Festival of Literature (October 2024)
Royal Photographic Society - Regional Organiser, Western Region, (May 2024- )
Official Photographer for the Wells Festival of Literature (October/November 2023)
Official Photographer for the Wells Festival of Literature (October 2022)
Official Photographer for Clevedon Literary Festival (June 2023)
Official Photographer for Clevedon Literary Festival (June 2022)
The Curzon Cinema and Arts Photographer In Residence. (February 2022 - Ongoing Project )
Clevedon Literary Festival "Lest We Forget" Event (Nov 2021)
Official Photographer for the Wells Festival of Literature (October 2021)
ARPS: Associate of The Royal Photographic Society (October 2020)
Official Photographer for the Wells Festival of Literature (October 2020)
Shortlisted: Fieldsports Photographer of the Year (July 2018)
CPAGB: Credit Award from the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (April 2018)
LRPS: Licentiate of The Royal Photographic Society (June 2017)
Winner of Somerset Hedge Group Photographic Competition (November 2016)
Winner of Inntravel's Slow Moments Competition (2014)
Publications:
My photographs have appeared in:
Hardback Book: Goblin Combe Domain | Dominion in collaboration with poet Isabel White
Gundog Journal; Discover Clevedon; Inntravel Brochure and Slow Moments Magazine;
Fieldsports Journal; North Somerset Times; Obstacle Race Magazine;
Nailsea & Backwell Living; The Field.
Continual Professional Development
Awarded MA [Photography] with Distinction, Falmouth University.(May 2024)
Awarded Adobe Photoshop Professional Qualification (Oct 2022)
Open College of the Arts: Photography As Language (January-March 2022)
Royal Photographic Society Workshop: Natural Light Portraiture (November 2021)
Imaging Warehouse: 1 day Print With Confidence Course (March 2018)
Royal Photographic Society Workshop: Creativity with Derek Gale (February 2018)
Royal Photographic Society 3 day course: From Reality to Realisation (Nov 2014)
Exhibitions:
Nailsea Council Community Hub. Thresholds- North Somerset and Bristol Airport (February 14-17th 2025)
Wells Festival of Literature Spirit of The Festival 2020 - 2024 (October 2024)
Nailsea Council Community Hub. Thresholds - North Somerset and Bristol Airport (April 2024)
Wells Festival of Literature Spirit of The Festival 2020 - 2022 (October/November 2023)
Clevedon Literary Festival 11/12 June 2022 at The Porthole Room, Clevedon Pier
Wells Festival of Literature images from previous year's festival (October 2021)
Poltimore House Art Weekend with other artists (July 2021)
Based in the South West of England.