A portrait of rapper Shygirl, and a shot capturing a Harry Styles live show were among the winners at last night's Abbey Road Music Photography Awards.
The celebrated recording studio in St John's Wood held a glittering award ceremony on Thursday (September 20) hosted by Lauren Laverne, with live performances by The Clockworks, LoneLady and Somadina.
Now in their second year, the awards saw judges choose between 14,000 entries from 30 different countries across the open categories.
Anthony Pham's atmospheric image of Hampstead-based Styles scooped the Music Moment of the Year award, which was voted for by the public.
Chris Allmeid won undiscovered photographer of the year for an image of the American rapper Lil Uzi Vert, Alex Amorós was awarded the Underground Scenes category for capturing a Margate Mod Weekender, and Carlo Cavaluzzi’s JPEGMAFIA shot won the Live Music category.
An image of Jay-Z and Kanye West by Clay Patrick McBride won an award celebrating five decades of Hip Hop, and Victoria Sanders' picture of Benjamin Earl Turner won the In The Studio category.
Invited categories asked established photographers to submit work with Samuel Ibram's image of Shygirl winning the portrait award, Aidan Zamiri winning Editorial with his picture of Caroline Polachek, and Tom Pallant’s Yungblud shot winning Artist at Work.
Abbey Road’s Managing Director Sally Davies said: "The standard submitted this year was incredibly high across the board and we are particularly proud of this year’s winners. The growth that the MPAs has achieved in only its second year is testament to the overall quality of the awards and the way in which it has been embraced and celebrated across the artistic landscape. Recognising and promoting talent in this important field is something that we are committed to and we are already looking forward to 2024!"
The Music Photography Awards were co-founded by legendary photographer Rankin who was head judge alongside singers Cat Burns, Mae Muller and Sophie Ellis-Bextor and other industry experts.
He said: "The quality and standard of imagery for the 2023 entries is as strong across the board as the 2022 winners - there really wasn’t a bad picture. I'm beyond thrilled with the winning images."
Legendary US photographer Henry Diltz, who has worked with the Eagles, Neil Young, Crosby Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell and The Doors among others, was the recipient of this year’s Icon Award. He was also the official photographer at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and Woodstock in 1969.
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