Past Exhibition

University of Cumbria
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

The BA (Hons) Photography degree at the University of Cumbria is designed to equip students with technical photographic skills, a keen and creative visual awareness, an understanding and experience of professional practice and critical thinking. Students are encouraged to be independent in thought and practice, creative in research and application, and ambitious both for themselves and those that they photograph. 

The programme attends to three strands that interweave as the levels progress: photographic practice, professional skills and critical thinking. The synthesis of the three strands will ensure that students, upon graduation, have the ability to identify and succeed in their chosen career. Skills, knowledge and behaviour are developed throughout the course so that students become increasingly independent, ambitious and confident in what they can achieve.

Photography is more than the technical and the beautiful. At the University of Cumbria it is about engagement and connections, having a voice, making a change.

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University of Derby
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

Our approach to photography at Derby is shamelessly critical and expansive, requiring students to explore the outer limits of photography; to challenge conceptions and conventions of the image; to use and misuse photographic media; and to support their work with extensive research and philosophical exploration. The work exhibited here is a selection of work from graduating students for 2021. It includes a broad range of themes, from the impact of COVID; gender identity; the family; memory; the impact of humans on the environment, tackled with imagination, delivered with determination, in what has been very trying circumstances.

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Edinburgh College
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

BA Professional Photography course is validated by Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University and is designed to develop a broad range of skills in contemporary art and commissioned photography. Based in the historic city of Edinburgh with a reputation for excellence this award winning course is unique to Scotland, gaining accreditation by the Association of Photographers (AOP) and approved affiliation by the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP).

Our ethos is to combine creative thinking, concept generation, cultural awareness, technical excellence and production skills to achieve success in an ever-changing environment. Teaching and learning focusses on photography as a profession and professional practice. Students are encouraged to develop their own voice in photography through self-directed personal projects, commissions, collaboration, building networks and engaging in publication and exhibitions. We host guest lectures from leading industry practitioners from the world of art and commerce. This course is benchmarked by the achievements of our graduates, many of whom are multi-award winners in national and international photography competitions. Our most successful graduates go on to work in the creative Industries with renowned commissioners and photographers in the UK and internationally.

Past Exhibition

University of Gloucestershire
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

BA (HONS) PHOTOGRAPHY: EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING 

PROGRESSIVE: CHALLENGING: INSPIRING: REWARDING: AMAZING: UNIQUE: COMMUNITY 

These are words current students & alumni said summed up our Ed&Ad Photo course.

You can see a some of our 3^rd year work here. You will also be able to see their degree show in person when they have their delayed physical degree show from 27^th - 30th July 2021 at Gallery Different, London W1. For more see their Instagram @edandad21.

We are a creative, professionally orientated Photography course, with a long standing & well recognised reputation within the creative industries. Awarded the AOP Course of the Year 2021, 2020 & 2018, we are proud of the work our students create and the success they achieve both during the course and after they graduate. 

In ‘Ed&Ad Photo’ we create photographers and videographers who are ready to take their next steps to being employed and/or freelance. We work with our students to discover and build their passions and creativity.

We don’t have a ‘house style’ the students find their own voice and build their work within a professional context and by the 3^rd year they formulate a clear vision of the next steps on their career journey.  

Our students learn how to communicate, negotiate and collaborate, key attributes for creative enterprise and employability.  We work with organisations on live briefs and we are always responding to the needs of industry, continually keeping our course relevant. 

Underpinned with excellent technical know-how; Ed&Ad Photo students learn all the skills and knowledge to enable them to launch into the industry. 

With the transferrable skills and attributes our students gain they move into a wide range of careers within the creative industries, such as Photographers, Assistants, Social Media managers, Agents, Producers, Retouchers, Magazine Photography directors and Picture editors, etc. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edandadphoto/channel/

Past Exhibition

London Metropolitan University
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

The BA Photography and the BA Fashion Photography courses at London Metropolitan University’s School of Art, Architecture and Design have a highly supportive learning and creative community that celebrates our wonderfully diverse student cohort. It enables our students to develop their potential and build a confident personal and culturally informed creative identity, and crucially, to understand how to apply this successfully within the professional creative sector.

Our team of tutors are all highly experienced practicing photographers and artists. Drawing on our creative industry experience we help our students understand how to engage with the spectrum of fine art, fashion, documentary, advertising, design and editorial creative practices and how these different ways of working, far from being in opposition, conflict or contradictory, may support and enhance each other.

Students are given the creative freedom to enjoy working on topics, ideas and themes that really matter to them, using the creative forms that excite them most. The work may be within the traditional boundaries of photography, making beautiful black darkroom prints or creating high end polished studio imagery. Equally students may choose to make work that expands the idea of what photography can be, incorporating other areas of creative practice such as video, music, sound, drawing, collage or archival images.

Our students’ creative and professional development is underpinned by rigorous and thorough practical training. Students learn to excel in both analogue and digital technologies. They understand how to make the most of our fantastic black and white and colour darkrooms, high end cameras, industry standard studios and production and post production software, to make photographic prints, shoot video, or create books, magazines, zines and exhibition and installation pieces.

The BA Photography online graduate exhibition Strange Days can be seen on our website www.ldnmetarts.photography

@photo_ldnmetarts 

@fashionphoto_ldnmetarts

James Russell Cant, Course Leader

Weblink to course website: www.ldnmetarts.photography

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Newcastle College University Centre
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

BA (Hons) Photography

Newcastle College University Centre (NCG)

For those with a passion for photography, this course provides a solid foundation in technical and creative skills. With over 40 years of experience in educating photographers, we have maintained a tradition of being highly practical while offering a well-considered blend of assignments and academic study.

Working within a professional environment, students learn to use of arrange of equipment and technology, helping them realise their potential to work and succeed within the commercial photographic industry. 

Our BA Honours programme is a qualification intended to prepare graduates for employment within the advertising and commercial world of photography.  This course has been designed in consultation with professional practitioners and industry partners. It includes valuable work placements and project linked professional visits both in UK and abroad.

Former students now work as freelance photographers, photography assistants, digital operators, retouchers, production managers, set builders, location managers, photography agents and are employed across associated areas of the photography industry.

Past Exhibition

University of Northampton
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

University of Northampton BA (Hons) Photography Graduate Show 2021

The University of Northampton Photography programme aims to produce a confident, knowledgeable, productive, interdisciplinary photographic practitioner. Through our course, students develop a research-based, critically informed creative voice. This, combined with current employability skills enables them to effectively engage with the global professional challenges of contemporary photography and moving image in the digital age.

Both the Photography Staff Team and the University of Northampton are pleased to present here an exhibition of our final year students work produced for their BA (Hons) Degree.

As photographers and moving image creators, our students use their cameras to see the world and reflect that vision to their audience. The pandemic has restricted our students’ access to the world and they have used their creative talents to make their work using innovative strategies. They have overcome these challenges to persevere in their project work. It is with great honour  therefore that we present to you a selection of our graduating students’ final projects outputs, all made in spite of the lockdown restrictions.

We hope that you share with us our pride and admiration in the resulting works and the various innovative ways these image-makers of the future have shown resilience, tenacity and engagement with the University of Northampton’s goal to Transform Lives and Inspire change.  

Richard Whitehead
Programme Leader

https://www.instagram.com/uon_photography/

https://www.northampton.ac.uk/courses/photography-ba-hons/

Past Exhibition

Nottingham Trent University
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

The BA (Hons) Photography course at Nottingham Trent University is proud to present the work of its most recent graduates. Their images demonstrate the creative skills necessary of professional photographers, critical thinking, and informed responses to the world we live in today. Our aim is to equip all students with the knowledge and ability to lead the way in photographic practices that negotiate contemporary society and develop future paradigms.

https://www.wearecreativesntu.art/courses-2021/ba-h-photography

Past Exhibition

Open College of the Arts
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

BA (Hons) Photography at Open College of the Arts (OCA) supports students to develop and apply their creative and technical skills to critically explore the shifting boundaries of photography, emerging practices and wider contexts. Our learning community fosters a spirit of mutual support, critical friendship and experimentation.

Open College of the Arts is the UK’s only specialist creative arts fully distance learning provider. This sets us apart from traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ because it’s at the heart of our whole curriculum design. Flexible learning means you can study part-time from anywhere in the world, at a time and pace to suit. 

Our creative learning community is unique —students come from all walks of life, all ages and experiences. Lived and professional experience informs how we understand and use photography. Tutors are expert practitioners working in photographic, creative and cultural sectors around the UK.

Our course supports development of skills, techniques, creative practice, research, critical thinking and individual direction. These skills enable our graduates to understand the value of the image in digital culture, to produce inspiring and engaging work and develop a sustainable personal practice that is informed and meaningful.

If you are curious to find out more please visit us online and connect.

Finally, a huge congratulations to all the final year students included here and we hope you enjoy our online showcase! 

Programme Leader: Dr. Dan Robinson SFHEA, danrobinson@oca.ac.uk

BA (Hons) Photography Course information

Twitter: @BAPhotoOCA

Past Exhibition

Oxford Brookes University
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

Photography at Oxford Brookes University was born in the second decade of the 21^st Century and is informed by the photographic environment of today. Our team of professional photographers, filmmakers, art directors, historians and photo editors teach photography as a visual language with a career focus. We look at photography as being intrinsic to global communication and allow our students to focus on documenting their passions and interests from the first day that they join us. This creates a bespoke experience for every student and produces a broad spectrum of work from fashion to sport, interiors to food, portraiture to still-life, documentary to beauty and lifestyle to music photography. Visual storytelling underpins our teaching in both the still and moving image, with an understanding of how to create a professional photographic practice central to their learning journey and employment expectation.

Past Exhibition

Plymouth College of Art
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

BA (Hons) Commercial Photography for Fashion, Advertising & Editorial at Plymouth College of Art is a dynamic, industry-focused degree. Our curriculum has been devised to equip our students with a range of intellectual, creative, technical and professional skills. Through industry engagement and work-based learning our students develop their confidence and ability to apply their learning in different situations.

We develop imaginative, confident and commercially aware photographers. Practitioners who understand trends in the industry, how to generate new opportunities through self-promotion and how to deliver creative and technically accomplished responses to client briefs.

https://emerge2021.photography/

Past Exhibition

University of Roehampton
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

The emphasis at the University of Roehampton is on exploring photography in a critically informed and technically astute fashion. As such, the programme enables students to accumulate a range of advanced technical skills alongside a comprehensive engagement with provocative critical and theoretical materials.

The medium of photography is explored through its relationship with contemporary cultural discourses across a range of practices and institutions, including advertising, documentary, fashion and fine art. This body of work draws together a group of diverse projects from graduating students and celebrates the range of visual enquiry that they have undertaken throughout their final year of the course.

Photography touches every part of life from the family album to the historical archive and through the high production values of commercial photography to experimental fine art practices. The show foregrounds graduates who have produced a range of diverse and intriguing projects informed by the histories, theories and practices taught at Roehampton.

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/undergraduate-courses/photography/

Past Exhibition

Solent University Southampton
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

The BA (Hons) Photography degree course at Solent University, Southampton, are proud to show a selection of work from some of our graduating third-year students. The images are a small insight into the projects on which they have been working this year; they all originate with a passion and concern felt by student towards a topic. The work ranges from Covid-enforced isolations within a room to epic aerial landscapes, but all the work has had a shared background of being creatively produced against the background of the Covid-19 global pandemic.

BA (Hons) Photography at Solent University, Southampton, is a well-established course with consistently high levels of student satisfaction, achievement, and employability. The course team are experienced, committed practitioners and educators, with a real interest in the synergy between theory and practice, both creatively and pedagogically.

Our ethos is based upon supporting students to explore, and develop, their own distinct photographic vision – whilst also gaining creative, technical, and transferable skills required for a future career. Students are offered an excellent educational experience that is designed around their transition into Higher Education, embedding analogue and digital photographic skills, encouraging creative experimentation, and promoting professional outcomes. Students are taught, and develop their practice, in the bespoke photography facilities within the multi-million pound Media Academy at Solent University.

Past Exhibition

Staffordshire University
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

With over 40 years’ experience teaching photography, the department is one of the most respected and established in the country. The first year of the Photography degree introduces key concepts relevant to contemporary photographic practice, through challenging practical projects, designed to improve technical abilities such as lighting techniques and processing and printing skills. You’ll be introduced to the history of photography and spend some time developing practical camera and communication skills.

As you move through the programme, you will reinforce your emerging photographic practice through a sound knowledge of photography industry, taking part in research projects and public exhibitions. Contextual features of the course will encourage you to think critically about photography and its impact on culture and society.

You’ll have the freedom to explore your individuality and pursue your creative goals, all with the support of tutors with wide ranging expertise. Our teaching team and expert guest lecturers will share their experiences in editorial, advertising, publishing, fashion, documentary and fine art; while open photographic briefs, competitions and work experience opportunities will give you the rest.

With access to professional camera equipment, studios and Apple computers, you’ll be fully kitted out. Added to that, our Adobe and Apple certified technicians will be on hand to help you at every turn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdDBes8w9KQ

Past Exhibition

University of South Wales
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

This contemporary BA Photography course is based at USW’s fantastic purpose-built Creative Industries campus in the vibrant centre of Cardiff, comprising state-of-the-art studios and equipment, and a community of passionate people fully engaged in shaping the future of visual culture. 

The course explores the convergence of commercial, fashion, and artistic image making across diverse channels of distribution. This variety is reflected in our programme of study, which is one of the most highly regarded in the UK. USW has a very long and notable history of delivering photography courses and we offer this exciting and innovative course in contemporary photography, through which you can develop your unique photographic voice and approach. The course enables students to practice photography as a language and a craft that transcends genres and engages with all areas and branches of image-making. Graduates will be leaders, collaborators, practitioners and innovators in the medium of photography.

Students will study and experiment with photography and video as the language of contemporary culture, central to print media, the Web, video, social media, installation, performance, exhibition and emerging technologies such as 3D imaging.

Emphasis is placed on the student’s personal growth through aesthetic and intellectual development with individual achievement in mind. This rigorous education enables students to develop a critical understanding of how photographic practices form and reflect our world. It features an immersive and hands-on perspective geared toward creativity, experimentation, and innovation. This exciting course prepares students to participate in the future of photography and visual communication.

https://uswbaphotography.com

https://issuu.com/uswphoto2020/docs/kaleidoscope_digital_singlepage

Past Exhibition

University of West England
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

UWE Bristol offers you the opportunity to develop a creative photographic practice from a broad-based programme of activity, through to a specific and identifiable visual style. At its core is the development and resolution of strong creative project ideas in both still and moving imagery. This key attribute will enable you to take advantage of exciting opportunities in contemporary lens-based media. The course team embraces a holistic attitude to photography, enabling you to follow your developing aspirations in any number of fields. We will help you to identify your creative strengths and assist you in making the most of your abilities.

Bristol is one of the most vibrant and creative cultural cities in the UK and a great place to study. It also provides excellent opportunities for work experience and employment. Our students and alumni work in diverse fields including editorial, fashion, fine art, advertising, movie stills and medical photography. They have worked with prominent employers and institutions such as the BBC, The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times Magazine, The Tate Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, Eye Magazine, Magnum Photos, French Connection, Vogue Italia, Vue Represents, The British Journal of Photography, Aardman Animations, Encounters Film Festival and The Martin Parr Foundation. Students and graduates of the course have been very successful in both national and regional awards including; D&AD, Magnum Graduate Award and Taylor Wessing Prize.

www.photobristol.co.uk 

Past Exhibition

University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

At Photo UCLan we offer you the opportunity to develop your photographic expertise and gain the necessary knowledge to prepare for a variety of pathways after graduation. We offer a structured course that enables you to develop your practice in a rich and supportive environment, working alongside a range of experienced staff and industry professionals, who will help you realise your potential.  

During your time at Photo UCLan, you will explore a range of key themes such as Narrative, The Everyday, Independent and Professional Practice. Each theme will encourage you to find your own vision where you can blend and borrow from past masters to become future innovators in fields such as fashion, documentary, and fine art. 

Teaching takes place across our seminar rooms, project space and photography studios. You will have access to state-of-the-art equipment, industry-standard studio environments, and professionally calibrated scanning suite, all with 24-hour student access. We have excellent darkroom facilities with access to professional colour, black & white, and alternative process and print facilities.

Past Exhibition

Ravensbourne University
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

The Digital Photography course at Ravensbourne University, London, is an industry-focussed degree providing an education in specific areas of digital photography as well as an understanding of the rapidly changing principles that underpin new and emerging commercial practice. Since its inception, it has gained a reputation within the industry for the quality of its graduates and the innovation of its teaching and many of the course’s alumni are now established within the photography industries.

https://2021.ravensbourne.ac.uk/courses/digital-photography

Past Exhibition

City of Bristol College
Final Year Show 2021

26 July to 31 August 2021

The FdA Professional Photography, at City of Bristol College, offers students a unique educational experience at the heart of our culturally vibrant city.

We welcome adult learners and those from non-traditional educational backgrounds alongside A Level and BTEC progressors, creating a dynamic learning environment where students learn from each other, as well as more lecturer-driven learning.

We cover technical and practical elements of photography alongside contextual and historical studies, emphasising the student’s personal development as a practitioner. Professional practice (both business and ethical) is a major driver in both our years, preparing students for the reality of employment or self-employment. We work closely with local and national industry partners to enrich the student experience.

Graduating students have gone on to become professional photographers, work within the broader imaging industry, or progress into academia.

Past Exhibition

Frederic Aranda
Frederic Aranda

01/04/2021 - 21/05/2021

Portrait photographer specialising in Group Portraits. After growing up in Geneva, Switzerland, Aranda moved to the UK twenty years ago to study Japanese at Oxford University (BA). During this time, he taught himself photography and ran the Oxford University Photographic Society (OUPS).

After graduation he moved to London and a year later was shortlisted by The Times as the Young Photographer of the Year. He works for clients like Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Harrods, Cartier, British Airways and many more. He has had three solo exhibitions in London and his first book (Electric Fashion, Skira) was published in 2015 and launched at the V&A Museum. His second book (California Elegance: Portraits from the Final Frontier, Mondadori) was just released last month.

Past Exhibition

AOP f22 Self-portrait
f22

3 March - 31 March 2021

This month we are hosting a Spotlight Focus of exceptional image making from our f22 members with the theme of 'Self-portrait'

With the last year's lockdown guidelines impacting on our lives and places of work, there are limited opportunities for working with others, and we find we are spending a lot of time with ourselves. These challenges and restrictions have created amongst other things a time for reflection and contemplation, it is interesting what it is we see when we turn our gaze and our camera around.

Our exhibition is curated by Jaki Jo Hannan from adam&eveDDB

In 2019, she launched ‘Equal Lens’, an initiative to create new and equal opportunities for women and non-binary photographers in advertising. Her work in making our industry more diverse and inclusive was recognised in the 2020 IPA iList in collaboration with Unilever and Campaign Magazine. This list is a celebration of industry role models who are driving this change. The iList is a recognition of those who are truly promoting and championing inclusivity within the advertising industry.

https://www.equallens.com/

http://www.jakijo.co.uk/

Image © Kate Abbey

Past Exhibition

Spotlight - Hope

4 February - 2 March 2021

As the instability of life continues we are filled with hope for the future. We called out to our Accredited photographers to delve into their archives and share their best images interpreting the theme of Hope and what it signifies to them. Explore the images from opening doors to life, to hopeful gazes, health, new spring shoots and depictions of leisure time spent at home.

Exhibiting Photographers:

Kate Abbey, James Bell, Wendy Carrig, Dylan Collard, Matt Davies, Glyn Davies, Dvora, Jillian Edelstein, Louise Hagger, Karan Kapoor, Henrick Knudson, Catherine Losing, Gabrielle Motola, Florian Mueller, Dean Northcott, Carol Sharp, Kristina Varaksina, Antti Viitala and Robert Wilson.

Image © Dylan Collard

Past Exhibition

On the Idle Hill of Summer by Joshua J Sneade

21 January - 3 February 2021

Past Exhibition

Most Liked Images of 2020

31 December 2020 to 20 January 2021

The AOP are dedicated to promoting the highest standard of image making from all of our members. The current Spotlight is a selection of the 'Most Liked Image of 2020' as liked by our followers on Instagram. Together they create an exceptional showcase of talent from both established and emerging photographers.

Image © Laura Stevens

Past Exhibition

AOP Emerging Talent Spotlight Special

17 - 30 December 2020

The AOP are dedicated to promoting the highest standard of image making from all of our members. This curated Spotlight highlights exceptional imagery from within our emerging talent members. Find stunning portraiture through to landscapes, still life and automotive photography. 

Exhibiting Photographers: 

Roy Baron, Jennifer Cauli, Theo Deproost, Jeremy Flint, Mark Griffiths, Ian Kirby, Lesley Lau, Valerio Lettieri, Ioana Marinca, Tanc Newbury, James Parker, Elio Ruscetta, Frederick Stisted, Claire Watts and Jack Woodhouse.

Follow the photographers on Instagram (by clicking on the I icon) to view more of their work.

Image © Valerio Lettieri

Past Exhibition

Citizens of Hackney by Alex Amoros
Alex Amoros

10 - 16 December 2020

Citizens of Hackney is a project carried out in the different areas of the Hackney Borough of London during August 2020.

The Subjects have been photographed in natural light and in colour to show the diversity, creativity, culture and variety of Hackney during this dark year.

"This idea came to my mind during a sunny day walking through the Borough. I thought it would be a great idea to show a positive vision of the pandemic, this is the reason why I decided to use bright colours and light. I wanted to show some light in a year full of darkness and shadows.  Another reason is that we can all reinvent ourselves in times like the ones we have experienced this year, which was a challenge both on a personal and global level. Hackney is an area of ​​London full of art, youth and creativity, all these factors mixed with the locals generate a cultural diversity that I wanted to highlight.

I divided my work according to the areas that I covered every day. I made the project in approximately two weeks working every day between 4 and 8 hours, all on foot walking an average daily of 8 miles. The final result of the project was specified in a photobook with 91 portraits where the first edition of 50 units has been sold out and in this exhibition of the AOP, this book is part of the Martin Parr Foundation.

Past Exhibition

Someone Else's Mother by Caroline Irby

3-9 December 2020

Read our Q&A with Caroline

View Caroline's profile in Find a Photographer

Follow Caroline on Instagram @carolineirby 

Someone Else’s Mother by Caroline Irby is published by Schilt Publishing, available in stores and online for £35

Past Exhibition

Stranded in South Africa – Kept together by an iPhone by Glyn Davies

26 November - 2 December 2020

In March we flew to South Africa for a family wedding. Days after arriving the wedding was cancelled and there followed a total lockdown, including airspace. We couldn’t even leave the house and police patrolled the streets.

I suffered nightmares about the disease and dying alone in a municipal hospital thousands of miles from home. Although it was summer and we were staying with welcoming relatives in their lovely house, the feeling of impending doom, entrapment and helplessness in an increasingly fearful situation brought me close to a break down.

To keep occupied & focus my mind I began to photograph their lush garden using just my iPhone. There’s no view from the garden, so the garden WAS the view. Plants become jungles; the pool become an ocean. I started looking to the sky. I relished the only control I had, over composition and creating order out of chaos.

After a month trying to arrange a flight home, the British Embassy negotiated an emergency repatriation flight and our nightmare was over.

Freedom is everything. Being denied access to nature, family and the ‘right’ to get outside is for me at least, soul destroying. I’ve recognised that photography is so much more than a profession to me; it’s a need, a pacifier and a catalyst for clarifying thoughts. In such mentally dark times, making pictures became a therapeutic light.

The full detailed account can be read in the Q&A here

View Glyn's profile in Find a Photographer

Image © Glyn Davies

Past Exhibition

Lion: Pride before the Fall by George Logan

19-25 November 2020

Lion: Pride Before the Fall presents an extraordinary collection of wild lion photography with a clear, vital message – join the fight to protect Africa’s last wild lions, or risk losing them forever. 

With its array of poignant, thought-provoking images, it celebrates the lifecycle of the lion in all its beauty and raw ferocity and serves as a stark reminder of all that we stand to lose. Because with fewer than 20,000 African lions left, the time to act is now if we are to secure a future for this most iconic of species. 

The lion is Africa’s signature wild animal, yet it has vanished from 90% of its historic range. They have no natural predators in the wild, yet we are losing them at the rate of two per day. Unbelievably, lions are currently on course to be extinct in the wild by 2050.

In the UK we have always celebrated lions. They have not lived wild in the British Isles since the Pleistocene era, yet we have an affinity with them that borders on the irrational. We have lions on our flags, our sporting team kits, our money. Perversely, there are more lion statues than the real thing. Everywhere you look you see lions... except where it matters most. In the wild. 

Uniquely for a wildlife book, George collaborated with some of the best creative minds at London's top agencies, to produce powerful, challenging imagery which confronts and highlights the dangers that the last remaining lions still face, such as habitat-loss, canned hunting, trophy hunting, human-wildlife conflict and the real possibility of extinction. These images will spearhead campaigns to raise awareness and accompany the book launch. 

This work is the culmination of over 10 years following and photographing lion prides across Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. 

The profits from the sale of this book will support, protect and help re-establish the Last Lions of Meru, a major conservation initiative, in Kenya.

Read our interview with George here

Buy the book here

View more exceptional images from George in Find a Photographer

Image © George Logan

Past Exhibition

FISHERWOMEN by Craig Easton

12 -18 November 2020

FISHERWOMEN is the culmination of a seven-year long project that examines and celebrates the historical and contemporary importance of women to the fishing industry. 

Following the route of the tradition herring fleet from Shetland to Great Yarmouth, the project combines large format portraits and landscapes with extraordinary anecdotes to weave a narrative of a unique history of British working women.

The work also connects to the very origins of photography: It is widely acknowledged that the first social documentary photographs ever made were those by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson when they took their bulky camera into the streets of Newhaven to make calotype portraits of working fisherwomen in 1843. They were followed by artists and photographers such as Winslow Homer, John McGhie and Frank Meadow Sutcliffe in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Since then the attention appears to have shifted to the fisher ‘men’ and when women were seen it was in more editorial pictures seen in wide expansive views rather than the earlier specific focus on the individual or group.

This work attempts to shine the spotlight back on the women themselves, still performing much the same role as they did in the early 1800s, but now almost entirely unseen, working behind closed doors in fish processing factories, smokehouses and small family firms right up and down the east coast.

Twenty-four page 11”x15” large format portfolio available in two editions, each one individually numbered and signed.

Portfolio Edition: £23 (inc. UK postage); £32.95 (international postage) - edition of 500

Artists Edition, in bespoke hardback cover with an original 12”x16” exhibition print of ’The Hands that gut the herring’ : £175 (plus p&p) - edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity.

Litho printed on Mohawk Superfine 118gsm paper

Available from www.tenoclockbooks.com

More info at www.craigeaston.com

Read our interview with Craig here and find more about his imagery.

View more work from Craig in Find a Photographer

Image © Craig Easton

Past Exhibition

Invisible Jumpers by Joseph Ford

5 - 11 November 2020

I love optical illusions. With this series I have worked on matching people to their landscapes through custom-made knitwear.

The internet has spread a degree of cultural homogeneity. I enjoy exploring the contradictory notion of using individuals blending into their background with custom-made, individual garments, made slowly by hand in a traditional way. Knitting is the ultimate analogue medium, complete with imperfections and replete with detail. At a time when it is often assumed that anything out of the ordinary in photography is solely the result of Photoshop or CGI, it is satisfying to work with a deliberately slow, hand-crafted medium. The results aren’t perfect, there are bits that don’t match up. 

Each of these pictures has taken me weeks to research and plan, and I’ve worked with an amazing knitter, Nina Dodd, who has hand-made all the knitwear. I have generally begun with an idea: ‘Could I photograph someone blending into cherry blossom, or into a cliff edge?’ Then I go looking for the perfect location, before working out a precise brief on exactly how the design should match the background.

The locations have to be eye-catching but simple enough to be able to be knitted. They also have to be places that aren’t going to change too fast, as the knitting takes a few weeks. It would have been terrible to prepare a sweater and then not be able to shoot because the location has been demolished.

Read our Q&A with Joseph here 

View more imagery by Joseph by visiting his profile in Find here

Follow Joseph Ford on Instagram @josephfordphotography

The project has been published as a book by Hoxton Mini Press.

Follow Nina Dodd Knits on Instagram @ninadoddknits

Image © Joseph Ford

Past Exhibition

In Vino Veritas? by Jon Wyand

22 October - 4 November 2020

Having spent the best part of twenty years shooting stock and assignments on wine for books and magazines, I  have developed my own point of view about the importance of authenticity and the role photography had in communicating about wine. Wine had become an obscenely priced and unreliable marker of success and good taste. I had no interest in it beyond personal pleasure once it got into the bottle. I was not interested in its “lifestyle” story.

Winemakers are primarily farmers with an added talent. Extremely grounded and authentic people whose success depends on the whims of nature. The people and processes I had got to know and understand were a much more rewarding subject than the consumers.

In modern parlance I suppose my interest was greater in wine’s “back story”.

Being invited to give my “4 seasons” approach to a less high end region was challenging in that I had no great knowledge of it geographically nor very many personal contacts there. I have found that trust and loyalty are important aspects of my working method, along with a degree of humility. Here relationships had to be built from scratch.

The more famous and expensive wine areas get swamped by media and visiting egos. The Côte Chalonnaise, a less celebrated area of Burgundy turned out to be different. More relaxed and open, it was a far easier place to understand and be understood. I was able to relax into the job very easily and serendipity took a loose hold on planning. It became a simple matter of being observant and inquisitive. And then falling in love with the place.

View Jon's profile in Find here

Read our interview with Jon here

Image © Jon Wyand

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2020 Winners Showcase

15-22 October 2020

The winners of the Awards 2020 were announced in a video presentation on Tuesday 13 October.  View the exceptional award winning images in this Spotlight special.  Encompassing Gold & Silver winners from the Photography Awards, Emerging Talent Award, Open Award as well as the Discovery Award.

Sit back and enjoy the showcase and if you think you have got what it takes  to enter next year, we have a category for you! For further information and to see all the finalists galleries head to the Awards website

Image © Todd Anthony

Past Exhibition

AOP Open Awards 2020 Finalists.

1 - 12 October 2020

The Open Award is open to everyone – both professional and amateur – and are about championing exquisite imagery. There are no categories or restrictions in the Open Award, the image is the star, and exciting & innovative work is encouraged.

There will be a Gold and Silver award, chosen from all entrants across Stills and Moving Image.  View the Open finalists showcase here and visit the Awards Website to see all the finalists exceptional images. Come back at 11:00 Tuesday 13 October to see who this years winners are!

The curators of this year AOP Open Awards are Anne Mannion - AOP Chair and Tim Flach - Photographer & AOP President.  

Image © Hugh Fox

Past Exhibition

Emerging Talent Award 2020 Finalists

24 - 30 September 2020

Now in the 36th year the AOP Awards celebrates the best in established and emerging photography talent, making the annual event one of the leading events in the creative calendar.

We are delighted to bring you a Spotlight special shining the light on the exceptional image-making from the Emerging Talent Award finalists. Introduced as new category this year, to provide a platform for new talent entering the creative industries.

Visit the Awards website from 1st October aopawards.com to view all 340 finalists images. Winners will be announced at 11:00 Tuesday 13 October.

Image © Mieke Douglas

Past Exhibition

f22 Spotlight Focus - The Space Between

10 -23 September 2020

The Space Between showcases exceptional image making from our f22 members - Women Photographers at the AOP.  Browse the talent from emerging and established photographers that explores the physical and emotional space between objects, people and nature. 

Exhibiting Photographers: 

Kate Abbey, Liz Artindale, Olivia Beasley, Keeley Bentley, Anita Berkhane, Wendy Carrig, Heidi Coppock-Beard, Allie Crewe, Sophie Ebrard, Emma Freeman, Kristy Gosling, Louise Hagger, Nancy Harbord, Teresa Hayhurst, Sarah Hogan, Marta Kochanek, Jo Lauren, Gabrielle Motola, Patricia Niven, Clare Park, Kate Peters, Nassima Rothacker, Nyla Sammons, Carol Sharp, Gerhilde Skoberne, Laura Stevens, Marianne Van Loo and Karen Yeomans.

Find out more about the f22 group here

Follow f22 on Instagram here

You can join the f22 group by signing up as a member here

Image © Kate Peters

Past Exhibition

The Lost Fringe by The Other Richard

27 August - 2 September 2020

For the first time in over 70 years, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will not be going ahead in August 2020, due to Covid-19 – a huge blow to artists and the city alike. In a series titled ‘The Lost Fringe’, we documented what this looks like from two opposing perspectives: the acts with no venues, and the venues with no acts.

Covid-19 has proven the fragility of the arts sector and in doing so reinforced it’s necessity. We want the complementing works to serve as a powerful reminder of the importance the performing arts plays in our everyday lives; providing spaces for art to come alive and act as a prism through which to assimilate and understand ourselves and the world around us.

Having photographed 27 acts and venues over four weeks, It’s heart-warming to feel such a strong sense of community - something we’ve come to associate with the Fringe and a reminder of what’s at stake.

The Other Richard originated at the Fringe in 2015. We feel incredible gratitude to this community and the Festival itself. It means so much for us to be able to document this strange moment in it’s history.

View The Other Richard profile and images in Find 

Find out more about the inspiration behind the project and see more stunning images from The Other Richard in our interview here

Image © The Other Richard

Past Exhibition

Place Where We Dwell by Gavin Wallace

3 - 9 September 2020

Place Where We Dwell is my ongoing Personal project showcasing some of my home town residents that are making a difference in the community in any small way. As the decades go by, with the sense of community all but gone, who of us truly know our neighbours? Maybe a polite ‘Hello’ but that is as far as it goes. With this project I want to showcase the people in my hometown of Northampton that are making a difference in some way. Over the last 5 years I have photographed writers, mental health nurses, shop owners, musicians, artists, charity workers all calling Northampton their home. I approach each shoot with two styles in mind, one is environmental and the other is studio, capturing two sides to each person. The aim for this project is to have a local exhibition celebrating their efforts in continuing to make this forgotten town a better place to live.

As with most of my personal projects it started with an unexpected encounter. On one hot day in July I returned from a shoot and was unloading equipment outside my house when a neighbour from a few doors up came running out of her house. She said “Please help me I’ve got a big problem in the house and I don't know what to do.” I followed her and was confronted with a waterfall pouring from her kitchen ceiling. After what seemed like hours I found the outside water mains and managed to turn it off. Helping with the clean up I chatted to Felicia for a while and she told me about her life growing up in Cape Town, raising her 3 granddaughters and working as a Mental Health Nurse. This was the beginning of Place Where We Dwell.

View more portrait and music imagery from Gavin here 

Read our interview with Gavin here

Image © Gavin Wallace

Past Exhibition

Goodwood Festival of Speed by Indira Flack

20-26 August 2020

Past Exhibition

AOP Black and Minority Ethnic member Spotlight Focus

6 - 19 August

The AOP are dedicated to promoting the highest standard of image making from all of our members. This curated Spotlight highlights the exceptional imagery from our black and minority ethnic members. From the quirky food still life images by Louise Hagger to the sumptuous subdued pallet of an Italian vogue spread by Michelle Marshall to the beautiful images celebrating Sikh culture by Amit and Naroop.

Exhibiting photographers:

Alan Conteh, Inzajeano Latif, Michelle Marshall, Erica Alexander, Hayley Benoit, Othello De’souza-Hartley, Ira Giorgetti, Louise Hagger, Lesley Lau, Sun Lee, Karyn Louise, Matthew McQuillan, Amit and Naroop, Jessica Eliza Ross, Nigel Ryan, Yves Salmon, Nyla Sammons and Ngadi Smart.

Image © Ngadi Smart

Past Exhibition

Vir us by Kate Abbey

30 July - 5 August 2020

Nothing before like this has happened to the nation, and nothing could have prepared us for the sudden mass isolation that occurred during lockdown. On the 23rd March, 2020, 27 million people tuned in to watch Boris Johnson’s televised address as he announced the new social restrictions. Overnight, lifestyles were forced to change drastically in an attempt to curb the overwhelming pressure on the National Health Service, aiming to control the infection ‘peak’ and minimise the death rate. Kate documented her experience of the new restrictions through her two daughters - observing their myriad emotional responses: Sometimes anxious and uncertain, sometimes bored or indifferent and sometimes just missing their friends. As the days rolled into weeks, she found beauty in the mundane, watching the activities repeated as they lived in the limits of the immediate vicinity, thankful of being safe with no family or friends at risk.

Wanting to add more breadth to her observations, she started to record people’s feelings and ideas as they navigated through this new landscape. Intermixing this along with the pandemic-frenzied news broadcasting of those seven weeks, the following piece gives her slant on an extremely unique period of history: one that only a handful of weeks later, had yet again changed, taking those temporary attitudes and emotions with them.

No matter how people tried to make sense of the initial lockdown, it was invariably as something as extraordinary to them as Kate’s was to her.

View more work from Kate in Find

Image © Kate Abbey

Past Exhibition

Buddy by Scarlet Page

23 -29 July 2020

During this time of a recent pandemic and lockdown, Scarlet’s children have sought comfort in an accessory, a ‘Buddy', finding reassurance in this time of social distancing, much uncertainty and anxiety has been essential for them.

Having worked on an international project called ‘Resonators’ where Scarlet photographed guitarists with their guitars, similarly Scarlet wanted to photograph children holding their number one love, their special, most loved comfort toy.  This item, Scarlet found relaxed the subjects, and in 5 mins she managed to get the shot she wanted in their own gardens. Each shot was spontaneous and not preplanned except for an estimated time of my arrival.

Capturing the essence of the child, socially distanced, it struck Scarlet about how powerful and thought provoking these images really are. The young faces possessing a wisdom of sorts. Scarlet has photographed over 60 children to date.

View more work from Scarlet in Find

Read out interview with Scarlet to find out more about her career as a music documentary photographer here

© Scarlet Page

Past Exhibition

Movement by Johan Persson

16-22 July 2020

Movement is a personal project exploring movement with-in a still image. A collection of photographs now published in a book that span 12 years of photography taken during performances, rehearsals and in studio settings of major artists and companies within the performing arts.

As a former dancer Johan has always been fascinated with how to capture movement in photography. Starting his professional photography career in dance, and while dance is an exciting and beautiful art form to photograph, Johan feels the frozen image misses a fundamental part of dance, which is the communication of the soul and basic core emotions through movements of the body.

Right from the start, Johan searched for a way of relaying what he knew was the true essence of dance and was experimenting with long exposure, camera movement and sometimes moving with his subject in order to reach these objectives - distilling an image whilst extending it's time. The interplay of stillness and movement, colour and its emotional resonance continually intrigue him.

Johan's photography career very quickly expanded from dance to include all performing arts where he found that he could achieve the same poetry of movement in these disciplines as well.

Read our interview with Johan here

View more imagery from Johan in Find 

© Johan Persson

Past Exhibition

Generations by John Alexander

9 - 15 July 2020

Intrigued by the accounts of early explorers whose accounts inspire much of John Alexander's personal work, he travelled to Mongolia to begin an immersive journey to document the characters and culture that form the fabric of society.    

This journey took John west to begin an immersive journey living with two contrasting Kazakh families. One whose head has gained notoriety as a horseman and hunter, the other an emerging figure, whom having lost his father now heads the herd.

Bristled by the Siberian winds that sweep these lands the chapters in her history form a narrative of change. A supreme leader, an empire fallen, occupation and emergence, hallmarks of a story that you might expect would lead to a forlorn future. Yet hands continue to turn the soil, grass continues to be grazed and as John hopes this project reflects, the flickering flame of pride continues to burn bright.

© John Alexander

View more images from John in Find

Past Exhibition

Agua, ¿dónde vas? (Water, where did you go?) by Francisco Gomez De Villaboa

2 -8 July 2020

Water emerges everywhere. Feelings, moments and lives evaporate in the blink of an eye. 

Agua, ¿dónde vas? is a personal project about “beginning and end”. The fluidity of entities. Body and mind. It is about Andalusian roots when Fracisco actually feels disconnected from them. It is about growth and an evolving vision of human relationships portraying either family members or strangers. 

Bio:
Queer boy born and raised in an Andalucian Catholic Family. I had a huge interest in art. Not being allowed to study art, I did graphic design and I moved to London in 2009 after the break out of the economic recession to grow and pursue my dream to be a photographer. In this journey about finding myself, my practice took me to capture quotidian moments and everything that sorrows human behaviour and its experiences. It is projection of mental health, equality and real-life that becomes surreal.

Highlights and Awards:
Runner up in Magnum photographers competition with Thursdays Child agency March 2019
Portrait Salon 2019 - selected and exhibited images. Showcase in the BBC
Runner up spotlight awards 2018
Portrait Salon 2018 - Selected and exhibited images.
Runner Up. Youth of Andalusia ( Spanish Government ) - 2013

© Francisco Gomez De Villaboa

Past Exhibition

The Isolation Diary by Gavin Smart

25 June to 1 July 2020

The Isolation Diary is a gentle meditation on mental health and the value of human companionship amid the COVID-19 crisis. The final project is presented in the form of a visual diary, combining photography and text as if the viewer were reading a very intimate, private journal.

Returning in March from a six-month commission in London to isolate with my girlfriend Rosie, I faced almost no employment or income, and like many across the country, this crisis hit hard, causing feelings of worry, fear, isolation and loneliness.

I set myself the simple task of writing down each of the feelings as they came, turning these words into images. The photographs in this ongoing series are memories of private moments, at times when I felt it most acutely, helping to make sense of this challenging and distressing situation.

The project was given a simple set of aesthetic rules: use only what props were available close to hand, maintain a fixed standard focal length throughout as if seen through one’s own eyes, and feature high ISO grain alongside sensitive post-production to ensure the process is as raw and honest as the emotions themselves.

It is my hope that by sharing my own short story that others may find understanding and compassion in this work, in what can be a very lonely and difficult time. As a gentle response to sensitive issues of mental health, this series quietly celebrates the fragile interpersonal relationships that hold us all together, when everything feels like it is falling apart.

PS: Lastly, I wish to dedicate this series to my kind and loving partner Rosie for her unwavering support during these difficult times. Lockdown was the first time the two of us have lived together, and her comfort and encouragement really mean the world.

© Gavin Smart

Past Exhibition

You Brought Your Own Light
Allie Crewe

18 - 24 June 2020

Allie's photographic portraiture recognises that there is nothing linear, defined or straightforward about femininity, or what it means to be a woman, in the 21st century. Sex and gender are not limited to the monolithic paradigm of genetics; they are informed by something intangible, this is the essence of the female paradox. Her work is characterised by a disarming authenticity evoked by the value she places in the individual, their story, and the moment. Her first body of work,“You Brought Your Own Light” exhibited in the summer of 2018 with the National Transgender Charity and is now Arts Council England funded to create a book exploring trans and non binary narratives. The book will be produced by Alan Ward, published by Axis and written by Olivia Fisher. One of the pieces, "Grace", won the BJP Portrait of Britain 2019.

"The only real choice in transitioning is between living as your true self or not living at all. Up until I came out, I was in a bad place in my life. I was struggling with anxiety and depression linked to that and coming out felt like a huge weight had been lifted from me. It felt like the turning point, when things started to get better. Finally having an understanding of myself, a sense of belonging helped me feel better about my life. Thank you for helping me see myself in a new light.” Abi

“Growing up shrouded, often in overwhelming sadness, because of something you have no sense of control over or the vocabulary, the terminology to express the dark feelings of despair. To break that bondage to become the woman I have always known I am is utter relief and freedom that so few can relate to. I'm one of the lucky ones.”
 Claire

“The liberation of being true to myself is like getting my head above water after my lungs have been burning and screaming for air. The positive ramifications, upon my mental health and confidence in creativity as an artist, are beyond measure." Joni

© Allie Crewe, Grace.

Past Exhibition

These Four Walls: A Corona Lockdown Journal by Michael Wharley

11 - 17 June 2020

As the UK went into Corona lockdown in March 2020, all shoots evaporated overnight, and the borders of life shrank to a few rooms and a daily walk. Although Michael didn't have the focus to shoot, gradually, he did something out-of-the-ordinary for him, and made home his subject. Working in medium format and shooting in B&W, Michael aimed to take one photo each day to capture something characteristic of the detail, tone and emotion, the absurdity, gravity and oddity of this new normality, and document these strange times as they passed by in one flat in Brixton. Fortunately, the extremes many experienced didn't hit Michael, but few parts of life were untouched: from toilet paper shortages to Zooming Great Grandma, from washing soup cans to celebrating a birth, much of human life seemed to be there, just confined to the house…

Read our interview with Michael here

See more imagery from Michael in Find

© Michael Wharley

Past Exhibition

WalthamStayHome Doorsteps by Jack Barnes

4 - 10 June 2020

As a BBC stills photographer, Jack Barnes is used to shooting dramatised versions of community settings, but the WalthamStayHome Doorsteps project saw him capturing the reality of his own neighbourhood during the COVID-19 lockdown.

After TV productions were put on hold, he wanted to try and help the local community during daily exercise time by using his skills in a creative way, so he reached out via online networks to see if any households would like a portrait shooting in their doorway from the street in exchange for a voluntary donation for the food bank Eat or Heat.

As well as raising funds and giving households a keepsake to share with the friends and family they couldn’t be with, the aim was to create a collection of photographs that offered a glimpse of the lives behind doors at a time when statistics were dominating the press, and with that increase people’s awareness of their own local community. As the project grew organically on social media, it also provided a means of connection for neighbours - some of which had never previously spoken, skewing the very idea of the lockdown breaking down communication.

After 280 shoots, £6,000 has been raised for Eat or Heat. Households included families, individuals and sharers, while donations have ranged from £5 to £100, demonstrating to effectiveness of ‘pay what you can’ schemes when it comes to community-wide projects.

If you live in Walthamstow and want to get involved follow you can follow the project on Instagram @walthamstayhome 

© Jack Barnes

Past Exhibition

Standing in the Light by Karen Yeomans

28 May - 3 June 2020

Standing in the Light is a series of studies, which challenge the presentation, and representation of women. Visibility feeds social conditioning to measure expectations, talent and success.

There is a distinct lack of female voices and points of view, particularly within sports photography. This perspective is overlooked despite its relevance and importance. We could start a new conversation with our audience, fifty percent of which is female.

Visual beauty and aesthetic grabs an audience’s attention, but more interesting is the talent and the journey behind the stories. We all face our own personal battles so this message is relatable.

Read our interview with Karen for an insight into her work

View more images from Karen in Find a Photographer

© Karen Yeomans

Past Exhibition

This Is Their Front Line by Good Boy Wolf

21 - 27 May 2020

Good Boy Wolf were commissioned by The Garden House Hospice Care in Hertfordshire, to capture and celebrate its amazing key workers battling hard and successfully winning against the COVID-19 pandemic. 

They wanted a powerful portrait of each of their key workers that have continued to work hard through the fear and threats that COVID brings. They have kept the hospice running at full capacity with no government help what so ever and the portraits are a small gesture to say “Thank you” 

The images are also being used in their national advertising campaign to raise awareness and funds to keep the hospice going through the pandemic. Currently they are losing £25000 per week in revenue from their charity shops and without the fundraising campaign things will have to change at the hospice and level of care won’t be as comprehensive. 

Mr Wolf of Good Boy Wolf managed to produce, shoot, retouch and manage the clients expectations all working alone and within the social distancing guidelines. It just goes to show what can be done when massively stripped back. The challenges were harder than normal but not unachievable.

To view the subjects stories click i on the top left of the page.

Photographer- Good Boy Wolf 

Retoucher- Mr Wolf

Client Producer- Beth Power

Production Producer- Good Boy Wolf

Website- www.goodboywolf.com 

Past Exhibition

Mundari Tribe by Simon Urwin

14 - 20 May 2020

Travel photographer and writer Simon Urwin's latest photo shoot took place in the world’s newest nation, South Sudan. It was his last before the global lockdown. Simon got out just in time, on one of the last flights out of Juba airport, having had the immense privilege of staying with some of the country’s different tribal groups, including the iconic Mundari.

Read more about Simon in our Q&A here

Take a look at more of Simon's stunning images in Find

© Simon Urwin

Past Exhibition

Social Distance 2020 by George Brooks

6 - 13 May 2020

George wanted to somehow capture this unique time of lockdown and social distancing but knew it wasn’t his place to try and go out to take photos when the clear message was to stay at home. That was a job for commissioned photographers, not himself.

It took a while to come up with the idea but eventually George figured he could document the story of social distance from his own doorstep and invite passers by to pause for a moment on their daily journey. Nearly everyone George asked said yes and as the pictures show were happy to stop for a few moments. After a brief introduction George asked everyone to stand behind a line a couple of meters away from my front gate while he took usually only 3 or 4 shots. While taking the images he also asked what their journey was about which is a crucial element in the project.

Read our Q&A with George and find out more about his project

View more of George's work in Find 

© George Brooks

Past Exhibition

A Moment Either Side by Mark Leary

30 April - 6 May 2020

‘A Moment Either Side’ is a photographic exploration of where people retreat to for a moment of solitude, mindfulness and mental-wellbeing. Looking at the same location over a period of (up to) twelve hours - without moving either the camera or himself (capturing two identically framed images) - Mark has documented various locations at both its most peaceful and its most crowded. The general perception of solitude is that of an empty space – devoid of noise and distraction – but what if some people prefer ‘escaping’ surrounded by crowds; by commotion; by engagement. The work is meant to resonate with the viewer allowing themselves to choose which image they relate to the most.

Read our interview with Mark

View more photography from Mark here

Past Exhibition

First Hundred Days by Adam Shaw

16 -29 April 2020

Have you ever wondered what people are really hoping for when voting in a general election? This is the inspiration behind Adam Shaw's recent personal project First Hundred Days.  Adam recorded a conversation and portrait of one person each day for the first hundred days of Boris Johnson’s Conservative government, asking the question, “What are you hoping for?” Be the responses personal or political, here you can read the hopes of the people Adam met.

Spotlight showcases the first 40 days subjects and hopes.

Read our interview with Adam giving an insight into the background and execution of the project.

View Adam's profile to see his commercial photography.

When viewing the images, click on i to read the subjects hopes.

Past Exhibition

Dead Beauty - A Photo Book by Juan Carlos Verona
Juan Carlos Verona

2 -15 April 2020

Before these challenging times happened Juan was planning to make an exhibition of his latest project which for safety reasons went on hold. Due to the uncertain times we are living, seeing how people are risking their lives to provide health and essential services at this difficult moment, Juan collected the images in a photo book where all profit will go to two charities helping people during this time: The Trussel Trust in UK and Asociación Libelula in Spain.

 

 

About the Book

 

While thinking about decadence, beauty and how we feel about time, Juan Carlos Verona wanted to express these emotions, placing hair extensions on boys heads leaving a small fraction of time to style them, allowing chaos and intuition to perform.

 

Hair has multiple layers with different meanings and purposes. It can be transformed after it has been cut, reshaped and coloured. In life, hair is the witness of these changes we go through.

 

You can buy the book here:

 

https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/10000487-dead-beauty

 

http://www.jcverona.com/portfolio_page/dead-beauty/

 

 

To see more still life, fashion & portraiture from Juan Carlos Verona click here

 

 

 

Past Exhibition

Spotlight - Youth
AOP Photographer Members

26 July - 24 August 2018

You could pick a word or theme out of a hat and be able to explore our FIND a Photographer search to curate an amazing Spotlight every time. 

Here we're looking at YOUTH, from sleeping babes in arms to joyful adventures, awkward gangly teen limbs to the shaping of identity in to adulthood.

©Kate Abbey

Past Exhibition

Student Exhibition
Tobias Delcroix

18 June - 27 June

AOP Student Member Tobias Delcroix was selected as a random winner to showcase some of his work and projects as an AOP Online Exhibition because he entered the 2018 Student Awards.

©Tobias Delcroix

Past Exhibition

AOP50 Image Gallery
AOP Photographer Members 1968-2018

17 April - 1 June 2018

2018 is a special year for us as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary. What better way to mark such an important milestone than to present a retrospective of our members' most iconic images at a public exhibition at one of the UK's leading locations.

To recognise this important milestone, this exhibition, curated by Zelda Cheatle, presents a collection of images that define 50 years of the AOP, selected to illustrate the impact, diversity and quality of work by its members since 1968, who have included David Bailey, Lord Snowdon, Barry Lategan, Patrick Lichfield, Giles Duley and Nadav Kander. Their work will have been seen by the public the world over, from iconic images of celebrities and stars like Twiggy, in major advertising campaigns and countless car manufacturers, as well as documenting some of the world’s turning points, including wars, famine and humanitarian disasters. Many of their images have defined a generation, and helped to shape public opinion and create change.

18 April - 1 June 2018

©Anderson & Low

Past Exhibition

Spotlight - Double
Curated by MPrint

30 April - 14 May

Our AOP Spotlight invites guest curators to showcase a selection of AOP Photographer member's images that they have found using our FIND a Photographer search function under their chosen theme. This month we hand over to AOP Affiliate Company member MPrint, who have curated this curated selection of images.

"Casting around for ideas to use as the theme for our showcase, Marc and I chose “Double” since there was a not-so-subliminal connection to our printing work and, more importantly, we felt it might throw up an interesting range of images depending on how it was interpreted.

We tried to make this interpretation as loose and all-encompassing as we could to reflect (if you’ll excuse the pun) the wide range of specialisms and talents on offer from the membership. We hope we have chosen some images to interest everyone whether it’s a meditative double exposure, a highly polished still life or a captured moment, we enjoyed seeing Double through the eyes of the AOP."

-Matt Wreford and Marc Schlossman, MPrint 

©Colin Hutton

Past Exhibition

Spotlight - Portraiture
Curated by Curious Productions

21st Feb - 16th March 2018

Our AOP Spotlight invites guest curators to showcase a selection of AOP Photographer member's images that they have found using our FIND a Photographer search function under their chosen theme. This month we hand over to AOP Affiliate Company member Curious Productions, who have curated this gorgeous selection of images.

"I have chosen portraiture, mainly because I like looking at people, trying to get an idea of what they are like and wondering if the picture has captured their personality. A good portrait can do that, I remember a great shot of Michael Heseltine, shot slightly from above ( I think it was by Nigel Parry but can’t recall). Heseltine’s bouffant and cragged brow spoke of both his seriousness and sizeable ego.

On the other hand a portrait can leave you with a lot more questions than answers, two kids, arms around shoulders, I’ve no idea who they are, yet the picture intrigues me 

I really enjoyed scrolling through the  AOP’s find function, I’ve chosen famous people to unknowns, fashion to documentary, it’s all there and more besides.

Then there’s Frank Sidebottom with little Frank, a lesson in not taking anything too seriously."

-Alastair Thompson, Curious Productions

©Mads Perch

Past Exhibition

Spotlight - Drink
Curated by Emma Taylor

Jan-Feb

Our AOP Spotlight invites guest curators to showcase a selection of AOP Photographer member's images that they have found using our FIND a Photographer search function under their chosen theme. This month our very own Membership Guru, Emma Taylor, has taken the reigns and curated this gorgeous selection of images.

I've chosen 'Drink' as my theme.

I found atmospheric lifestyle photography with kids warming hands on a good mug of hot chocolate, a team having celebratory beers on the beach, to a rum artisan distilling the perfect blend.

There are elaborate cocktails with precariously balanced garnishes, wonderful conceptual takes on fruit tea flavours and dripping brand marks. 

The fantastic breadth of work in FIND led me curate a Spotlight that runs the full gamut of what Drinks photography can be and I hope it inspires you and feeds your eyes.

- Emma Taylor

©Stephen Lenthall

Past Exhibition

2017 Award Winners Gallery
2017 Award Winners

13th Oct - 13th Nov

The evening of Thursday 12th October saw the 34th AOP Awards presentation where AOP Executive Director Seamus McGibbon announced the winners of the 2017 AOP Awards.

View the winners in this gallery, a huge congratulations to all our fantastic winners this year!

©Lorentz Gullachsen

Past Exhibition

Still Life
Curated by Louise Turner, Flock

25th August - 15th September 2017

In this series of Spotlights we are handing the creative control over to our AOP Agent members. Each month a different leading photographic agent will curate an exhibition within their chosen title and theme from work included in our Find A Photographer area of the AOP website.

This month, Flock have chosen a great selection of both commissioned and personal work from our photographer members under the heading of 'Still Life'.

I’ve always loved still life photography as it’s an opportunity to see an object through their eyes. There’s always the thrill of seeing something (usually familiar) from a new perspective. As they have complete control over the whole process it’s incredibly reflective of that photographer offering up windows into their creativity and their thought processes. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the process of looking through the specialism on the AOP’s site and hope you enjoy this small exhibition just as much! 

Past Exhibition

Locals
Curated by Kevin Moore from Common Era

7th - 25th August 2017

In this series of online exhibitions we are handing the creative control over to our AOP Agent members. Each fortnight a different leading photographic agent will curate an exhibition within their chosen title and theme from work included in our Find A Photographer area of the AOP website.

This fortnight, Common Era have chosen a great selection of both commissioned and personal work from our photographer members under the heading of 'Locals'.

Past Exhibition

2017 Student Award Winners

7th July - 14th July 2017

The winners of the 2017 Student Awards were announced at the Student Awards Party and Presentation on Tuesday 4th July at creative agency Mother. The party and exhibition was a great success with a fantastic turnout to celebrate all 56 finalists and 4 overall winners, attended by AOP Photographer members, art buyers, agents, as well as many family and friends.

Click below to see who our judges decided to crown Best in Show and Best in Category!

©Hannah Fishwick

Past Exhibition

2017 Student Award Finalists - 'Places'

23rd June - 30th June 2017

With the 2017 Student Award presentation fast approaching, we are please to announce our 2017 Student Award Finalists!

This week we are exhibiting the 20 finalists in the 'Places' category. Congratulations to Amy Gurner, Andy Wasley, Craig Clayton, Douglas Ritchie, Ellen Folkard, Helen Crute, Jessica Cristina da silva Andrade, Joe Roper, Lucy Jarvis, Nubia Farrall, Paul McDade, Rose Sapey, Samara Knight, Simon Clarke, Susann Bigglestone, Suzanne Forrest, and Tom Lucas.

And finally a huge thanks to our 2017 judges Rachell Smith, Howard Kingsnorth and Karl Taylor, who had the tough decisions to make when going through the huge number of entries we received this year.

One winner from each category and the overall 'Best in Show' will be announced on 4th July at the exhibition and party at Downstairs at Mother from 7:00-9:30pm. Tickets cost £5 and can be PURCHASED HERE

© Simon Clarke

Past Exhibition

2017 Student Award Finalists - 'Things'

30th June - 7th July 2017

With the 2017 Student Award presentation fast approaching, we are please to announce our 2017 Student Award Finalists!

This week we are exhibiting the 20 finalists in the 'Things' category. Congratulations to Adrian Cirisanu, Benjamin Tait, Bridie Lewis, Hannah Wirgman, Ivaylo Andreev, John McCabe, Justin Shurmer, Karim Schembri, Karim Skalli, Kerry Curl, Kevin Mora-Rosenkranz, Leesa Tulloch, Maciej Krzyminski, Martin Gibb, Michael Duckworth, Simon Clarke, Simon Garner, Suzanne Forrest, and Zoe Jackson.

And finally a huge thanks to our 2017 judges Rachell Smith, Howard Kingsnorth and Karl Taylor, who had the tough decisions to make when going through the huge number of entries we received this year.

One winner from each category and the overall 'Best in Show' will be announced on 4th July at the exhibition and party at Downstairs at Mother from 7:00-9:30pm. Tickets cost £5 and can be PURCHASED HERE

© Suzanne Forrest

Past Exhibition

2017 Student Award Finalists - 'People'

16th June - 23rd June

With the 2017 Student Award presentation fast approaching, we are please to announce our 2017 Student Award Finalists!

This week we are exhibiting the 20 finalists in the 'People' category. Congratulations to Abigail Smith, Adam Woollands, Anna Baylis, Christopher Courage, Denis Streha, Hannah Fishwick, Jamain Gordon, Jixuan Liu, Jo Cock, John McCabe, Joseph Thompson, Laura Feliu, Lauren Forster, Lorna Kelley, Louis Supple, Sarah Goulding, Sarah Newman, Stephen Louw and Tommy Hatwell.

And finally a huge thanks to our 2017 judges Rachell Smith, Howard Kingsnorth and Karl Taylor, who had the tough decisions to make when going through the huge number of entries we received this year.

One winner from each category and the overall 'Best in Show' will be announced on 4th July at the exhibition and party at Downstairs at Mother from 7:00-9:30pm. Tickets cost £5 and can be PURCHASED HERE

© Adam Woollands

Past Exhibition

Fashion
AOP Photographer Members

5th May - 16th June 2017

This month we are showcasing some of our member's work under the title of 'Fashion'. 

© Kim Watson

Past Exhibition

Flux
Curated by Trayler & Trayler

7th April - 21st April

In this series of online exhibitions we are handing the creative control over to our AOP Agent members. Each fortnight a different leading photographic agent will curate an exhibition within their chosen title and theme from work included in our Find A Photographer area of the AOP website.

This fortnight, Trayler & Trayler has chosen a great selection of both commissioned and personal work from our photographer members under the heading of 'Flux'.

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."  Frederick Douglass

We are a nation in a state of Flux. Nothing seems permanent. Everything seems transient. Consistent only in its inconsistencies. 

The images selected powerfully evoke this sense of change. We hope you enjoy viewing them as much as we enjoyed choosing them.

-Trayler & Trayler

© Peter Lippmann

Past Exhibition

Beauty
AOP Photographer Members

21st April - 5th May 2017

This fortnight we are showcasing some of our member's work under the title of 'Beauty'.

© Ian Hooton

Past Exhibition

Nicely Odd
Curated by Sarah Daw

24th March - 7th April

In this series of online exhibitions we are handing the creative control over to our AOP Agent members. Each fortnight a different leading photographic agent will curate an exhibition within their chosen title and theme from work included in our member Find A Photographer area of the AOP website.

This fortnight Sarah Daw has chosen a great selection of both commissioned and personal work from our photographer members under the theme 'Nicely Odd'

© Bernd Opitz

Past Exhibition

Aerial
Curated by Katy Niker

10th - 24th March, 2017

In this series of online exhibitions we are handing the creative control over to our AOP Agent members. Each fortnight a different leading photographic agent will curate an exhibition within their chosen title and theme from work included in our member Find A Photographer area of the AOP website.

This fortnight Katy Niker has chosen a great selection of both commissioned and personal work from our photographer members under the theme 'Aerial'.

Katy had this to say about her selection process:

"Initially I just went through the photographers work that came up when I selected the specialism Aerial, as I have always loved images from an elevated perspective of our amazing and complicated world.

I just chose images I was instantly drawn too, but what I really loved was seeing the diversity of the images when I looked at them altogether.  With Aerial photography I feel it is easy for a photographer to simply rely on the landscape below, but what I really like about this collection of images is how, to varying degrees, the photographer has influenced the image and what they wanted the viewer to see and appreciate."

Curated by Katy Niker, Burnham Niker  

© Howard Kingsnorth

Past Exhibition

Moments
Curated by Lisa Pritchard

24th February - 10th March 2017

In this series of online exhibitions we are handing the creative control over to our AOP Agent members. Each fortnight a different leading photographic agent will curate an exhibition within their chosen title and theme from work included in our member Find A Photographer area of the AOP website.

This fortnight Lisa Pritchard has chosen a great selection of both commissioned and personal work from our photographer members under the theme 'Moments'

''I’ve chosen the theme ‘Moments’ for my exhibition as it sums up my very favourite type of photography. I can never tire of looking at images of spontaneous captured moments, whether it’s a dynamic action shot or just an everyday scenario. It’s been fun looking through all the members work to pick my ‘Moments’ and interesting how many diverse styles and subject matters I came across that still fitted the theme.’' 

Lisa Pritchard, Lisa Pritchard Agency

© Paul Craig

Past Exhibition

AOP Open Awards

17th February - 24th February 2017

© Ian Gabaldoni

Over the past weeks we have been going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. This week will showcase the final category of the AOP Awards, the Open Awards, Curated by Bruno Bayley. Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

Past Exhibition

2017 Junior Assistant Competition Winners

10th - 17th February 2017

© Virginie Petorin

To illustrate our commitment to encouraging and developing photographic talent, the AOP in association with Fixation launched our very first photography competition exclusively for AOP Junior Assistant members. We wanted to give a platform to showcase their brilliant work, and support them in making the great leap forward into careers as professional photographers.

The winners are:

George Baxter

Graeme Cunningham

Christopher Lanaway

Anneleen Lindsay

Virginie Petorin

The standard of entries was exceptional but our five winners really stood out above the rest.

Judges include Philip Haynes, photographer and AOP member, Michele Channer, Fixation General Manager and Roger Hutchings, photographer, photojournalist and Senior Lecturer at London College of Communication.

As well as being featured in this online exhibition, each of the 5 winners will win a Fixation Assistant Bag worth over £400, a year’s free Junior Assistant membership and their work being featured on the Fixation website.

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 Categories - Project
AOP Photographer Members

3rd February - 10th February 2017

© Oli Kellett

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. For the next week we're looking at Project, Curated by 'It's Nice That', Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 Categories - Non-Commissioned Fashion & Beauty
AOP Photographer Members

27th January - 3rd February 2017

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. For the next week we're looking at Non-Commissioned Fashion & Beauty, Curated by Perry Curties, Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

© Bernd Opitz

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 Categories - Non-Commissioned Object
AOP Photographer Members

20th January - 27 January 2017

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. For the next week we're looking at Non-Commissioned Object, Curated by Henny Manley, Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

© Regan/Grey

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 Categories - Non-Commissioned Environment
AOP Photographer Members

13 January - 20 January 2017

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. For the next week we're looking at Non-Commissioned Environment, Curated by Laura Noble, Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

© Greg White

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 Categories - Non-Commissioned Life
AOP Photographer Members

6 January 2017 - 13 January 2017

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. For the next week we're looking at Non-Commissioned Life, Curated by Kirstie Johnstone, Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

© Lulu Ash

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 - Non-Commissioned Portrait
AOP Photographer members

19th December 2016 - 6th January 2017

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. For the next two weeks were looking at Non-Commissioned Portrait, Curated by Terence Pepper, Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

©Kelvin Murray

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 - Commissioned Editorial
AOP Photographer Members

28 November - 19 December 2016

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. For the next two weeks were looking at Commissioned Editorial curated by Piers Morgan, Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

Image © Richard Bradbury

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 - Commissioned Design
AOP Photographer members

21 - 27 November 2016

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. This week we look at Commissioned Design, Curated by Stuart Radford, Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

Image © Seamus Ryan

Past Exhibition

AOP Awards 2016 - Commissioned Advertising
AOP Photographer Members

14 - 20 November 2016

Over the coming weeks we will be going through this years AOP Awards, category by category to celebrate the quality and diversity of the finalist images displayed over the weekend. This week we look at Commissioned Advertising, Curated by Andy Taylor, Enjoy!

The 33rd AOP Awards Presentation & Party was a huge success on Thursday 13th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

Image © Markku Lahdesmaki

Past Exhibition

The AOP Awards Winners
Winners of the AOP Awards

13 October - 13 November 2016

The AOP have taken over the largest space at the Old Truman Brewery to show off the finalists of the AOP Awards from 14 -17 October, the winners were revealed last night, here you can see what the fuss was a about.

Image © Benedict Redgrove

Past Exhibition

Lifestyle & People Photography Spotlight
AOP Photographer members, curated by Hat Margioles

23 September - 14 October

Past Exhibition

Still Life & Product Photography Spotlight
AOP Photographer members, curated by Charlotte Morgan

1 September - 22 September

Past Exhibition

AOP Student Awards 2016 Winners' Focus
Winners' of the AOP Student Awards 2016

25 August to 1 September

The Association of Photographers  announced the winners of the 2016 Student Awards last month. This online exhibition, as part of their prize, allows the winners to showcase some of their other work, along side their winning image.

Judges James Eckersley, Nigel Harniman & Paul Hill have selected a Best in Category for each category, plus one overall Best in Show. 

Nina Baillie won Best in 'People' category, judged by James Eckersley
Kieran Cashell won Best in 'Places' category, judged by Paul Hill
Sian Oliver won Best in 'Things' category, judged by Nigel Harniman 
Jo Cock won Best in Show, agreed by all three judges

 
Kieran, Sian and Jo are all AOP Student members. 

Past Exhibition

Automotive Photography
Curated by Niall Horton-Stephens

22 July - 25 August 2016

Each month we ask a guest curator to choose a selection of images from work included in our member Find A Photographer area of the AOP website based on a theme or specialism.

This month Niall Horton-Stephens has chosen a great selection of both commissioned and personal work from 15 of our photographer members’ Automotive Photography.

“The AOP represents many of the cream of automotive photographers and I hope this selection begins to hint at the enormous breadth of styles and high quality that members are capable of.” Niall Horton-Stephens

Past Exhibition

Food & Drink
AOP Photographer Members'

19th May - 7th July 2016

We wanted to be able to showcase our brilliant members’ strengths, so each month we will feature a specialism from ‘Find a Photographer’. This month is Food & Drink Photography. 

Past Exhibition

World
AOP members

1st April until 19 May 2016

The dictionary defines 'World' as the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples. This month's themed exhibition calls for entries that represent the themes of wholesomeness, togetherness, diversity, culture. Expect vibrancy and variation as we travel the World.

Past Exhibition

Colours
AOP Photographer Members'

10 February 2016 until 18 March 2016

Let us try and bring the springtime sun out with our next themed exhibition, ‘Colours’. We asked our photographer members to submit colour inspired photographs - literally and figuratively. Scenes, details, narratives or moods. Subtle tones or technicolour musings!
 
Selected submissions form this online exhibition covering the interpretations in which the theme of Colours is represented. The exhibition will be showcased on the AOP Website from 10 February 2016 until 18 March 2016.

Past Exhibition

Finalists from the 2015 AOP Open Award
Finalists of the AOP Open Award

10th January until 10th February 2016

The AOP are proud to present our new online exhibition: Finalists from the 2015 AOP Open Award. This will run from 10 January until 10 February. 

Past Exhibition

AOP Members' Exhibition: Celebration
AOP Photographer Members'

2nd December until 10th January

The holiday season is upon us and to start it off we have a brand new online exhibition ‘Celebration’. A feeling of warmth in our tummies, anything that embodied celebration, ceremonies of respect as well as festivity & rejoicing.

Enjoy the festive season with some of the AOP Photographer members' wonderful work!

Past Exhibition

AOP Student Member Showcase
AOP Student Members

16th November until 2nd December

Past Exhibition

The AOP Assistant Award, 2015
AOP Assisting Photographer Members

Running from 2nd until 16th November

The AOP Photography Awards is the most prestigious and highly respected competition for professional photographers worldwide. We take a look at the fantastic work that got through in the Assistant Award Category. To be eligible to enter you must be an assisting photographer member of the AOP. There was no theme. 

This year we really had some outstanding work! Congratulations to the finalists and winners!

Past Exhibition

The AOP Photography Awards 2015 - Winners
Winners of the Photography Awards

13th October until 2nd November 2015

Image: © Olly Burn, 1 of 4 in Commissioned Advertising Series, Best in Category

The Association of Photography's (AOP) 32nd Photography Awards presentation party was a huge success on Thursday 8th October at The Old Truman Brewery. The finalist images were displayed in categories around the vast space. The Best in Categories were revealed by Robert Elms at 7.30pm to the 800+ strong crowd. A fabulous mix of art buyers, press, agents, photographers, affiliated colleges and businesses serving the photography industry celebrated the staggering work on display. We are extremely proud of the success of our awards, not only the outstanding quality of entries, but the buzz was tangible. 

The awards exhibition was free entry and open to the public on Friday 9th October, Saturday 10th October and Sunday 11th October, with between 350-450 visitors each day. 

Past Exhibition

AOP Members' Exhibition: Separation
AOP Members

14th September until 11th October 2105

The AOP is proud to announce the return of its themed exhibitions, we invited members to share their experiences  and interpretations of separation, be it landscapes, portraits, lifestyle, travel; the list is endless.

Physically, mentally or metaphorically, we all deal with types of separation from day to day. It can be something as life changing as loss, to something as inconspicuous as separating the recycling or your washing. 

The 30 images in this gallery have been selected from submissions by AOP Photographer members, you will see a beautiful range & varied interpretation of the brief.

Members included in this gallery: Phil James, Nick Dawe, Alan Gignoux, Wendy Carrig, Susanna Wegner and James Callaghan.

Past Exhibition

The 31st AOP Photography Awards - Assistant Awards.
AOP Assisting Photographer Members

From 7 September until 14 September

Another look at last years finalists for the AOP Assistant Award Category.

The finalists have been selected for this years Photography Awards. We hope that you will join us for our 32nd AOP Photography Awards presentation and party, which will take place at The Old Truman Brewery on Thursday 8th October, 6.30-10.30pm. 

Tickets cover the cost of entry and include complementary refreshments, they are available to purchase at £20 for AOP members or £25 for non-members, buy yours here.

Special Offer: for every 5 tickets you buy you will receive 1 free (to take advantage of this offer bookings must be made in person either by calling the office on 020 7739 6669 or email info@aophoto.co.uk). 

Exhibition and Events 

The presentation party if followed by the Awards Exhibition at The Old Truman Brewery between Friday 9th and Sunday 11th October that includes a comprehensive programme of events and talks in association with ShootLDN and Photoblock. 

Talks range from; how to make the leap from stills to moving image, an introduction to social media, selling fine art prints, portfolio reviews, copyright for photographers and starting out as a freelancer. Check out here for the latest confirmed programme.  
 


Past Exhibition

AOP Student Award Winner, Kirstin Barnes
Kirstin Barnes

From 31 August until 7 September

Still in a daze from winning the AOP Student Awards 2015, Kirstin Barnes is delighted to be able to showcase some of her work with an AOP Online Exhibition. Barnes’ work tends to look at female issues of identity, sex, love and empowerment and is now increasingly involving new technologies and has progressed into film and installation. 

The exhibition features her winning image, Laura, (2014) which was submitted to the charity category, for the Samaritans. The image was taken in daytime, just after a storm and aimed to catch the beautiful light and a girl tinged with sadness. 

Also included is the series, The Beast In Me (2014). These images are all self –portrait and shot with just moonlight. The images portray a metamorphosis of being the used and abused of a sexual encounter, into the predator, the beast. They take you through a personal journey of Barnes’ own sexual empowerment.

 Finally presented is Somebody’s Mother (2015). These are stills from a film, which will become an installation, looking at the possible effects that being a sex worker could have on their children’s lives and childhoods. These images have then been randomly digitally manipulated, creating sometimes uncomfortable and sometimes almost renaissance results. The images feature performance artist Kate Spence.

 Prints are available of all images, direct from thehub https://art.tt/vwk

 www.kirstinbarnesphotography.com

Past Exhibition

The AOP Student Awards 2015 Finalists' Exhibition

From 5th August until 30th August

The Association of Photographers (AOP) is proud to present the AOP Student Awards 2015 Finalist Exhibition. Thursday 30th July 2015 saw the winners revealed at theprintspace gallery, who are sponsoring the event.
The exhibition will be at theprintspace from the 30th July until 11th August. 
A total of 60 images, across 47 student photographers is displayed.
The four category briefs for entrants to select from, were set by leading professional photographers & judges for this years’ awards, they were:

• 'Social Media: Animal Conservation' as set by Tim Flach
•  'Product Shots: Sense' as set by Richard Maxted
•  'Brand image: Charity' as set by George Logan
•  'Sunday Supplement Cover' as set by Wendy Carrig.

Offering a taste of how the photography industry works, giving the student a brief, like what they may expect as a professional photographer. 

Past Exhibition

The 31st AOP Photography Awards
Winners of 2014 AOP Awards

12st June - 29th June

With this year's awards now open for entry, here is a reminder of the stunning Best in Category's from 'The 31st AOP Photography Awards, 2014.

Past Exhibition

Consumption
Richard Allenby-Pratt

30th April - 31st May

The ‘consumption’ project has recently been selected as one of three finalists in the 2014 Syngenta photography award, Professional Commission, that recognizes the work of photographers who focus on subjects relating to the environment and sustainability. The winner will be announced at an event and exhibition at Somerset House in March 2015.

‘consumption’ seeks to uncover aspects of the supply chain associated with the modern consumer; from the extraction of resources, to processing, manufacturing, energy production, construction, logistics and retail, through to waste management and reuse - and many other aspects less immediately obvious. In so doing I also find myself looking at the way the natural, ancient, landscape of the United Arab Emirates is being utilised and consumed in the light of exponential, and unrestrained, development and growth. I also look at the more recent efforts to address sustainability issues such as the highest carbon footprint per capita in the world.

Past Exhibition

Summer Fairs USA
Philip Chudy

31 March - 30th April

This is a selection from an ongoing street style project. Featured are summer fairs in Northern California. The fairs which I have documented occur around the mid-summer solstice. At this time year, one is guaranteed endless blue skies. I tend to arrive late for the magical sweet light. It suffuses the location with a powerful dream like quality which envelopes everyone present. 

Past Exhibition

Aircraft Recycling in the UK
Tony Hutchings

3rd February until March 8th

This Project started when Tony Hutchings read an article about aircraft recycling in the UK. Having a life-long interest in all things related to aviation he decided to try to get permission to photograph aircraft at various stages of deconstruction. Unlike in the Mohave Desert where literally thousands of aircraft wait for years under the glare of the sun,  aircraft arriving at Cotswolds Airport do not stay in one piece for long. A Boeing 747 will arrive and immediately the avionics, engines and any other high demand parts are removed, assessed and boxed for shipping. The speed at which a plane is deconstructed leads to a real sense of a moment in time and within four weeks there is nothing remaining of the plane, the final part of the process is to tear up the hull and to transport the alloys to be turned into things like fridges and drinks cans. It is amazing what happens to the some of the more mundane features like doors and windows.Some parts of the aircraft are transformed into sculptures or modern furniture. Other parts like first class sleeper seats become spare beds in loft apartments

There seemed to be only four or five aircraft being deconstructed at any one time and interestingly 99% of the latest generation airliner is recyclable. 

Past Exhibition

A Peace Project
Bernd Eidenmüller

2nd March 2015 - 30th March

Tamera – Healing Biotope I

The project was founded in Germany in 1978. In 1995 it moved to Portugal. Today 170 people live and work on a property of 330 acres.

The founding thought was to develop a non-violent life model for cooperation between human being, animal and nature. Soon it became clear that the healing of love and of human community had to be placed at the center of this work. Sexuality, love and partnership need to be freed from lying and fear, for there can be no peace on Earth as long as there is war in love. The ecological and technological research of Tamera includes the implementation of a retention landscape for the healing of water and nature, as well as a model for regional autonomy in energy and food. Through the Global Campus and the Terra Nova School we are working within a global network on the social, ecological and ethical foundations for a new Earth – Terra Nova.

Past Exhibition

Ronnie and Reggie Kray’s Memorabilia
Dazeley

6th January 2015 until 2nd February 2015

This limited edition folio of 16 images was shot to record the memorabilia of Reggie and Ronnie Kray. The Kray twins were English gangsters who were foremost perpetrators of organized crime in London’s East End during the 1950s and '60s. They were arrested on 9 May 1968 and convicted in 1969 by the efforts of a squad of detectives led by Detective Superintendent Leonard "Nipper" Read, and were both sentenced to Life imprisonment.

The shots are of memorabilia, from the private collection of Andy Jones, of the Littledean Jail, and shows objects from their life of crime and their time at Her Majesty’s pleasure. The low level of weaponry is extraordinary by today’s standards. Reggie’s bayonet, knife and his artist’s paint set.  Ronnie’s cigarette case, comb, draught set, sawn off shotgun, pen and his infamous glasses.  Also in a letter from their mother to a friend discussing her sons, she mentions that they ‘are the most understanding and kindest of people one could meet they have never hurt anyone..’

Past Exhibition

Post Match
Pete Thompson

25th November 2014 until 5th January 2015

Past Exhibition

Liquid Illusions
Ray Massey

28 October 2014 to 24 November 2014

Liquid Illusions explores how different mediums of liquid, air, oil, pigment and solids can interact to form abstract shapes when disturbed or energised into contact with each other and frozen by high speed electronic flash.

A fascination with uncertainty and the challenges presented by capturing moving liquids prompted Massey to produce this series of 12 "inkblot images". Abstract images created from undirectable fluids push the boundaries to replace some of the excitement and sense of anticipation that the instant gratification of digital photography has deprived us of.  The images were shot in large plate glass tanks: Lighting and liquid rigs, although complicated were distinctly "Heath Robinson" in structure.

Digital photography has deprived us of much of the anticipation, excitement and requirement of technical skills to create images. As with creativity itself; we must create and give it away in order to advance.

Massey builds complicated technical stages to a point where he must surrender and let the spontaneity and beauty of nature take over. Creating a stage where beauty can happen is as important as controlling it.

www.raymassey.com

Past Exhibition

A Year on the Hill of Corton
Jon Wyand

30 September to 27 October 2014

Jon Wyand is a wine photographer who travels widely but has spent over fifteen years specialising in the region of Burgundy.

For the last fifteen months he has been working every month around the Hill of Corton, an important Grand Cru vineyard site for both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the Côte d’Or region of Burgundy in order to record the life and work of the area  through four seasons with the intention of publishing a book.

Having enlisted 2000 subscriptions from local wine producers, the 240 page book “Une Année en Corton” will be published on Nov 5  by Editions Glénat of Grenoble who will publish a French language edition of 5000 in  France,  Belgium and Switzerland. Hopefully a UK, US or Japanese will pick it it up.

This exhibition is a collection of some of the pictures that got in and some that didn’t….

Past Exhibition

Fields of Battle, Terres de Paix 14-18.
Mike St Maur Sheil

Until 29 September 2014

Fields of Battle-Lands of Peace 14-18 is the result of a collaboration with the late Prof Richard Holmes and documents the battlefields of the First World War as they are today.

Sheil worked on the project for eight years, and estimates that over that time he spent 450 days photographing World War I battlefields from places as diverse as eastern Africa, Poland, Israel and Turkey. "The only major theatre of the war I didn't cover was Iraq," Sheil said. He's now a qualified battlefield guide, leading tours of sites along the Western Front from Belgium to Switzerland.

Sheil's aim was to show how even now, a century after the start of the war, the scarred landscapes in Flanders, on the Somme and Marne rivers, in the Vosges mountains and elsewhere can still reveal to the careful observer the stories of the millions of men who fought and died. 

"There are still traces," Sheil said. "I don't think you'll ever eradicate them."

Past Exhibition

NATURAL - AOP Members Summer Exhibition

16 July 2014 to 1 September 2014

Natural is the theme for this summers AOP Members group exhibition. Over 100 images were submitted for consideration and after a lot of discussion 45 selected images make up the exhibition.  So make yourself a cup of tea or grab a beer and take a look through the stunning images depicting all that is Natural.  Expect to see anticipated subject matters covered such as beautiful flora and fauna, landscapes, still life, animals etc but as you journey on through there will be a few surprises we hope where you might wish to click past quickly or indeed marvel at the genius abstracts that demonstrate natural in all its beauty.

Natural is the 25th exhibition to be showcased on the AOP online platform since we began showcasing solo and curated group shows for its members back in 2012.

Below is a list of all exhibiting members:
Julien Brightwell, Adrian Burke, Wendy Carrig, Richard Freestone, Claudia Gannon, Oliver Haupt, Sarah Hogan, Tony Hutchings, Andrea Jones, Simon R Leach, Kevin Mallett, Noel McLaughlin, Klaus Mellenthin, Fenella Mett, Tim Platt, Sam Robinson, Carol Sharp, Peter Thompson, Susanne Wegner, McCoy Wynne

Coral Fan © Wendy Carrig

Past Exhibition

Bards Town Portraits
Lorentz Gullachsen

17 June to 15 July 2014

During the Stratford Upon Avon Arts Festival Gullachsen set up a pop-up studio in the towns square utilising a screen displaying the results as he shot his personal project.

Bards Town Portraits is inspired by the characters observed walking around Gullachsens' home town of Stratford Upon Avon. Gullachsen was drawn towards faces that Shakespeare would have recognised and maybe used as the model for characters in his plays. Photographing the artists, production crew, civil dignitaries and by inviting members of the public who engaged with the festival, over 100 portraits form the collection of which this exhibition represents a selection. 

The subjects were all required to wear velvet cloaks that obscured fashion and hopefully produced images that have a timeless quality, although lit with a cinematic and theatrical approach .

www.gullachsenlife.com see more from the project.

www.gullachsen.com commercial work.

Past Exhibition

Detroit Downtown and Abandoned
Ron Bambridge

20 May 2014 to 16 June 2014

Bambridge captures the effects of the economic downturn within the City of Detroit with a selection of somber and compelling images.  Over half of the population have left the city abandoning their homes which now stand empty and abandoned.  Mass job losses, due to a decline in car production, has had a catastrophic effect all over the city and state of Michigan.  In contrast the busy downtown business area hasn't been effected, making Detroit still a great city to enjoy with an amazing history.  

Past Exhibition

Triangulation
McCoy Wynne

22 April 2014 until 19 May 2014

Triangulation project by McCoy Wynne visits all 314 primary triangulation points that were built and measured between 1936 and 1962 by the Ordnance Survey for the 'Retriangulation of Great Britain'.  The work provides a comprehensive survey of the British landscape and deals with issues of mapping, representations of the landscape, the layering of history, land use, ownership and boundaries. 

Please read more on the project below.

Past Exhibition

Divided to the Ocean (2009)
James Russell Cant

25 March 2014 to 21 April 2014

This series of portraits are of individuals who have migrated to England by sea.  Each person was photographed at the approaches to their port of arrival. Cant uses the sea and tides as a metaphor to consider migration's inherent divisions of time, space and self.

Past Exhibition

AOP Open Awards 2013
Open Awards Exhibition

Until 24 March 2014

The AOP Open Awards is the competition open to absolutely everyone. For everyone who is passionate about photography, the Open Awards provides the perfect opportunity to gain recognition for their work. There are no categories or themes in the competition - its aim is simply to showcase outstanding individual images.

Past Exhibition

AOP Photographers Awards 2013
AOP Members Group Exhibition

12th December 2013 - 23rd January 2014

The AOP Photographers Awards is still seen as the competition to enter despite the large variety of other professional photography competitions. Celebrating exceptional work by the industry’s elite, judged by the industry, this competition is only open to Full Photographer Members of the AOP. Regarded as the original awards for professional Photographers, selection and entry into the book, and accompanying exhibition, is considered one of the highest accolades available to Photographers today. Successful entries can use this award as a stamp of professional quality and industry recognition

Past Exhibition

Freedom - A Photographic Essay
Klaus J.A. Mellenthin

11 September 2013 - 30 September 2013

A journey along the former inner German border.  On the way I portrayed people and landscapes in search of different definitions of freedom

Past Exhibition

Unseen World
Lottie Davies, Nick Dunmur, Sean Johnson

4 July 2013 - 12 September 2013

Prompted by the discovery of a 5-pack of unexposed (but out-of-date) 35mm Provia 100F, AOP member, Sean Johnson, decided to contact other AOP members to see if anyone was interested in using the film as part of a collaborative project and as a bit of fun.

'Unseen World' is the result of those photographers' endeavours with their single roll of 35mm film, their imagination and the memory of how to expose and process transparency film. The photographs are about looking sideways, inside, up and out...away from the usual perspective and throwing a little focus on things often missed.

Past Exhibition

India Family
Philip James

6 June 2013 - 3 July 2013

Phil James was commissioned to travel to Uttar Pradesh in India to shoot a documentary for Project Mala, a charity action programme for the elimination of child labour from the hand knotted carpet industry.

He was inspired by the family life he witnessed, which was so different to his own upbringing and that of his role as a father in the 21st century. 

Past Exhibition

The Spirit of Brooklands
by Douglas Kurn

9 May 2013 - 5 June 2013

Brooklands was the worlds first ever purpose built motor racing track, and the scene of the first British Grand Prix. During it’s time many land speed records were broken there,and Brooklands became a major centre for automotive technology and development.

The Spirit of Brooklands is a project undertaken by photographer Douglas Kurn, to document the remains of the circuit, and areas where the track has been removed but there has been an acknowledgment of its existence.

Past Exhibition

I Belong Jarrow
Chris Harrison

14 March 2013 - 8 May 2013

Chris Harrison was born and bought up in Jarrow, in the South Bank of the river Tyne.  This exhibition explores Harrison's empathy with his home town.

Past Exhibition

Gypsy Kings
Terri Potoczna

14 February 2013 - 13 March 2013

For this Hungarian Arts Foundation (NKA) supported project, Terri Potoczna advertised for Roma volunteers to choose a person from a selection of famous paintings whose appearance they would like to "try on".    She went all over Hungary to meet them and recorded the discussion about their choices as well as their comments about Roma identity.  

Past Exhibition

Elements
AOP Members Group Exhibition

10 December 2012 - 15th January 2013

To celebrate the forthcoming festive season AOP Members have submitted their work to Elements, our second online group exhibition.  Curator Rachel Rogers comments; "From a great selection of images we've chosen work by 26 different members which form an exhibition covering the elements from ALL seasons."

For further information on print sales please click on the info icon above each image in the top left hand corner.

Past Exhibition

Smoulder
by Suzy Corby

8 November 2012 - 9 December 2012

Photographs as complice to the defence of nature.

Past Exhibition

Night Travels / The Subtle Tones of Night are Never Black
Alex Poll

11 October 2012 - 7 November 2012

A thick haze on a foggy night. It’s like all the lights are fighting it, fighting to get through. But nothing can, no stars or moon in or street lamps out. Tonight the darkness comes alive, it is tangible. And the darkness is not black, not tonight nor has it ever been.

Past Exhibition

Super Wide City
James Bell

13 September 2012 - 10 October 2012

The Super Wide City project captures the spectacular view of a city in motion, both creating and preserving a historically relevant portrait of a city during a time of accelerated change.

Past Exhibition

British Spirit
AOP Members Group Exhibition

19 July 2012 - 12 September 2012

Never before has the same city hosted the Olympics three times. London is the first. A city with one of the richest histories in the world once again unites 216 nations to compete in the most celebrated athletic competition.

Past Exhibition

Welsh Light
by Glyn Davies

21 June 2012 - 18 July 2012

This is a selection from Glyn's fourth photography book, Welsh Light, which was published in August 2012. The new book contains 120 full plate images in this 264 page publication.

Past Exhibition

SEE33
Jonathan Oakes

24 May 2012 - 20 June 2012

SEE33 was an exhibition of Jonathan’s portrait work, which first took place during the summer of 2011 in Manchester.

Past Exhibition

British Landscapes
Antonia Deutsche

2 May 2012 - 23 May 2012

This exhibition contains my most recent ongoing work on British black and white landscapes. This style of work was highly influenced by Bill Rowlinson, the master of black and white printing, who helped me progress from my early beginnings in fashion photography through to specialising in black and white people and landscapes.

Past Exhibition

Hill People
Henry Iddon

6 April 2012 - 1 May 2012

This ongoing projects intention is to examine how clothes and posture serve a communication function by decoding the messages in the wardrobe of one subculture – outdoor enthusiasts.

Past Exhibition

Homelandscape
Elina Moriya

15 March 2012 - 5 April 2012

Homelandscape is the first collaborative project by two Finnish-Japanese artists, Elina Moriya and Miika Osamitsu. The exhibitions consist of Elina’s photography and Miika’s essay and sound installation. The exhibition is a part of a larger series that the artists are working on at the moment.