The winners of the 39th Association of Photographers Photography Awards celebrate excellence in the creative photography and image-making industry.
Announced at the ceremony on 26 September 2024 as part of the AOP Annual Showcase event, sponsored by MPB, were the winners of ten individual subject categories, as well as additional awards for Best Commissioned and Best Personal Work.
The gold and silver winners of all 10 broad-ranging categories, plus Best Commissioned and Best Personal and the AOP Discovery Award presented exclusively to AOP Assistant Photographer Members, are announced alongside the 2024 AOP Open Award, where professionals and amateurs compete on equal terms; the AOP's Emerging Talent Awards (sponsored by Hahnemühle), celebrating the very best in the new wave of photographers and image makers, who have been practising their craft for less than 3 years; the AOP Discovery Award presented exclusively to AOP Assistant Photographer Members; and the 2024 Martin Evening Excellence in Digital Retouching Award (sponsored by Luminar Neo).
The AOP was first formed in 1968 as the Association of Fashion and Advertising Photographers, and aims to "protect, promote and inspire the worth and standing of its members with the commercial photographic industry."
Isabelle Doran, CEO of the Association of Photographers, says of the 39th AOP Awards:
"Such a stunning array of winning images by our professional photographers for this year's Awards – they are all so different, but equally arresting and thought-provoking, enabling us as viewers to consider the human stories either in front of or behind the lens in a myriad of ways."
Let’s take a look at those winners. All other information about the AOP and winning images can be found on its website.
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Documentary
Factual / observational photography and short form film documenting real-life that informs or promotes ideals. Includes photojournalism and reportage photography.
Photography and short form film where the overall situation or location is the primary focus of the image that covers outdoors, environmental and natural landscape photography.
Gold: (joint) Ian Kirby / Tom Parker (above cover image)
Photography and short form film where the overall situation or location is the primary focus of the image that covers outdoors, environmental and natural landscape photography.
Fictional / staged photography and short form film reflecting lifestyle scenarios that illustrate or promote brands, corporations, products, and ideas.
Part of the main AOP Photography Awards and with the same judges the Discovery Award is a way of singling out and encouraging Assisting Photographer members.
Joint Winners: - Oliver Clyde, Theo Deproost, Lesley
After graduating from Cardiff University with an Master's Degree in Journalism, Media and Communications Leonie developed a love of photography after taking a year out to travel around the world.
While visiting countries such as Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh and Ukraine with her trusty Nikon, Leonie learned how to capture the beauty of these inspiring places, and her photography has accompanied her various freelance travel features.
As well as travel photography Leonie also has a passion for wildlife photography both in the UK and abroad.
