We are delighted to announce the Finalists across the three categories of PEOPLE, PLACES and THINGS. All finalist work will be exhibited at Free Range graduate show from 23 June 2023 until 2 July 2023.

‘Resilience’ by Rocio Chacon is a series featuring the young dancer Thimna Ndwe and shot in Cape Town this past February, will be published in the 3rd issue of Prazzle Magazine.

‘Creative Mothers – On running businesses while raising children’ by Dunja Opalko and Tessa Pearson is an ongoing personal project I started after becoming a mother in 2020. The aim of this project is to produce a touching and inclusive tribute to creative mothers and gently highlighting the difficulties of balancing a creative career with the realities of motherhood.

‘No Racing No Burnouts’ is a photography series documenting car meets in London by AOP Accredited Photographer Laura Lewis.

Recently acquired by the Colchester & Ipswich Museum’s Art Collection, John Ferguson’s project ‘Black Suffolk’ will be exhibited alongside another ongoing project in the Ipswich Museum. Currently being refurbished, the reopening and exhibition are planned for 2024.

AOP Accredited Member Louise Hagger shares a recent win:
The Society of Publication Designers @spdesigners’ Digital Merit Winner
“If you grew up in the UK during the 80s and 90s there are certain food-related touchpoints that will be ingrained in your memory forever.
…It was a time of convenience, of micro-wave meals, of blissful ignorance – when our taste buds and appetites were driven by what was fun, bright, sweet or mouth-wateringly sour rather than what was “good for us”.

Angus Light, CEO / Head of Production, Locate Productions is our latest addition to AOP 360° our series looking ahead at the challenges and opportunities facing our industry in 2023.

I donated 100 photography books to Dudley College! Denise Maxwell / Lensi Photography shares the story behind a recent donation.