Sponsored by the Imaging Science Group of the RSP, it was introduced in 1994 in memory of eminent photographic scientist E. W. H. Selwyn, who was the recipient of the Progress Medal in 1971 and the Williamson Research Award in 1936.
This award was launched by the Imaging Science Group of the RSP in 1994 in recognition of prominent photographer E. W. H. Selwyn, who had earlier received the Progress Medal in 1971 and the Williamson Research Award in 1936.