We’re delighted and excited to share with you the Finalists for the 2024 AOP Student Awards. As always these annual awards present an array of diverse and vibrant talent from students across the UK and representing a number of different UK photography courses.
"Challenging perceptions of identity, environment and society, through provocative and attentive imagery seems to be the central theme to this year's AOP Student Awards. It'll be fascinating to see how this year's finalists and winners progress in their professional careers going forwards. The AOP is steadfast committed to the development and support of professional photographers and image-makers, whether they are starting out, emerging or established, and our Student Awards, showcasing the next generation of talent, have been a key feature of the AOP since the early 1980s and is a testament to that."
Congratulations to all our finalist for another sterling year of entries.
Pictured: Isabelle Doran CEO Association of Photographers, Matt Marshall – Best In Show Winner and Adam Shaw, AOP Accredited Photographer and Chair of the AOP Education Working Group.
“In an election year that puts so much at stake for students, it was exciting to find the portrait category filled with work that traded in political sensitivity. Whether using portraiture for a quiet observation on policies' impact on the individual or as a means to challenge the status quo by exploring the identity and experience of groups outside the mainstream. Across the category there were commendable efforts to explore the breadth of what and how a portrait can be. But the projects or images that stood out did so for aesthetic and technical accomplishment: a careful understanding of composition, colour and lighting for all variety of face types and skin tones; an eye for compelling expression, pose and posture; and where needed, a clear sense of storytelling".
"Well what a tough category this was. It's refreshing to see so many fantastically diverse, considered and meaningful pieces of work from the next generation. It really does fill me with so much hope and positivity for the future of photography"
The things category this year was full of interesting objects, and stories. Overall my finalist[s] for this year's awards came from a combination of photographers that were taking photographic techniques and applying them in an interesting way, with a considered approach to their final outcome.
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