The Society was founded in 1955, “to encourage and advance all aspects of still photography”.
In 1960, Woking Photographic Society was one of the prime movers in the formation of the Surrey Photographic Federation, now the Surrey Photographic Association (SPA). The Society is affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) through its membership of the SPA.
Since its formation, the Society has seen many changes of photographic styles and techniques, most recently the rapid rise of digital capture and manipulation of images.
In 2008, the Society received a grant from the National Lottery under the Awards for All programme. This allowed us to purchase equipment for high quality digital projection of images.
Over the years, we have built up a substantial archive of prints, which illustrate changing approaches to photography. We plan to make digital copies of a selection from this archive and will display them on the website in the future.
Presidential Roll.
| 2023 | Stephen Wilder |
| 2021 | Richard Sheldrake |
| 2019 | Rob Bonfield |
| 2017 | Justin Cliffe |
| 2016 | Tony Charters |
| 2014 | David Smith |
| 2012 | David Williams |
| 2010 | Bob Holmes |
| 2008 | Tony Britton |
| 2006 | Mike Logan |
| 2004 | George Felton |
| 2002 | Carol Smith |
| 2000 | Luz Starkie |
| 1998 | Tony Charters |
| 1996 | Brian Skinner |
| 1994 | Ruth Felton |
| 1992 | Chris Tank |
| 1990 | Tony Charters |
| 1988 | Barry Barker |
| 1986 | Dick Jones ARPS |
| 1984 | Peter Baldwin |
| 1982 | Keith Hunt |
| 1981 | John Page |
| 1980 | Jim Cottrill |
| 1979 | David Leech |
| 1977 | Denis Andrews |
| 1975 | Fred Moller |
| 1974 | Peter Hall |
| 1974 | John Wallond |
| 1972 | Peter Baldwin |
| 1970 | Ken Taylor |
| 1969 | Mike Scott |
| 1968 | Miss A. M. Ayton |
| 1966 | Jim Cottrill |
| 1964 | John Wallond |
| 1963 | Roy Handover |
| 1961 | Hugh Bradley |
| 1960 | Jack Lambert |
| 1959 | Roy Handover |
| 1955 | Dr John Bloss |