20 August 2024

Isabelle Doran, CEO AOP, Matthew Marshall, Best in Show Winner 2024, and Adam Shaw, AOP Accredited Photographer and Chair of Education WG

These annual awards present an array of diverse and vibrant talent from students across the UK, representing a number of different UK photography courses. This year, its 40th, received over 300 submissions divided into three categories – People; Places; Things – of which there are gold and silver winners with one overall winner. The Best in Show overall winner, Matthew Marshall [Arts University Plymouth / BA (Hons) Commercial Photography] receives £5,000 worth of camera equipment and support from Fujifilm UK, and a £500 booking credit from Peerspace for his image, Tinside which was and was selected blind by the full judging panel from all the gold and silver category winners. Tinside received gold in the Places category and Marshall also received silver for another image, Football Casuals, in the People category. All of the gold and silver winners receive a complimentary one-year subscription to Capture One ‘All in One’ and a tailored AOP membership package to support the start of their professional careers.