As part of The RPS biannual Visual Literacy series the Royal Photographic Society presents the first of two events focusing on Sharing Photographs and Photography. Exploring the sharing of imagery from an historical perspective to the recent release of the Google Glass these talks consider the way photography influences and impacts the way we collectively publish and view imagery.

In partnership with The University of Westminster the first event on 6 July includes a range of speakers on the power of photography, the versatility that digital platforms offer and where technological changes are leading. Speakers are:

Jason Evans, photographer, writer, lecturer, curator and founder of www.thedailynice.com;

Roger Hargreaves, who explores how the election of Barack Obama in 2008 was in part achieved through the strategic harnessing of amateur photography, shared on the internet;

Alexandra Moschovi on Androids, Apps and Snaps: Photography in a Connected Age;

Dr Loplop on Cat Flu: How the great cat photography epidemic of 2006 changed the face of the internet.