AOP Awards and expo

Get down to the Business Design Centre, Islington, London from 11-13 December to see cutting-edge technology and the AOP Awards exhibition.

This year is the 31st anniversary of the awards, which have been expanded to 21 categories and were judged by luminaries such as Rankin, Tom Stoddart, Daniel Moorey (from Adam&EveDDB), Sarah Thomson (from Fallon) and Sarah Pascoe (from BBH). The two-level exhibition includes images from all the finalists in all 21 categories, including both AOP members and non-members. The Awards will be announced at a ceremony/party from 6pm-late on Thursday 11 December; tickets cost £20 for AOP members and £25 for non-members.

This year the Awards are accompanied by a trade fair on 12 and 13 December, including cutting edge camera gear, new products and services for professional photographers from companies such as Linhof, Leica, Fujifilm and Direct Photographic. The event also includes a talks programme, with presentations from photographers such as Tim Flach and Matt Stuart, and from industry experts such as The Print Space’s Stuart Waplington. For more information, click here.

Diane Smyth

Diane Smyth is the editor of BJP, returning for a second stint on staff in 2023 - after 15 years on the team until 2019. As a freelancer, she has written for The Guardian, FT Weekend Magazine, Creative Review, Aperture, FOAM, Aesthetica and Apollo. She has also curated exhibitions for institutions such as The Photographers Gallery and Lianzhou Foto Festival. You can follow her on instagram @dismy