About Photoshow

In 1950, two years after its inauguration, The Lytham St Annes Photographic Society (LSAPS) held its first public exhibition of its members’ work. (For more information, see A bit of History on the Home Page). Apart from being interrupted by Covid, this exhibition, now called Photoshow, has been held every year since.

Photoshow is held annually, in early August and is open for a fortnight, with free admission to the public. It is one of, if not the, largest photographic exhibitions in the North West with 300 prints and 300 digital images on display, none of which have appeared in a previous Photoshow.

Photoshow showcases images entered, that same year, into our LSAPS members-only Photoshow competition, traditionally the last competition to be held each season. The competition has two separate sections – Prints and Projected Digital Images (PDI). Each section is further sub-divided into five categories; Colour, Mono, Nature, People & Portraits and Scapes.

An independent judge is appointed to review the Prints section and another for the PDI section. The results of the judging are displayed on the award-winning images at the Photoshow exhibition.