The Awards Night

It was a bumper year for the AOP Assistants Awards in 2008, with seven Merits, seven Winners, a Fujifilm Award and the AOP Assistant of the Year, announced on the 3rd June at the AOP Gallery. Over 200 people came to see the winners awarded and collect their copy of the AOP Assistants Book.

Arthur Woodcroft (pictured right) was crowned the very first AOP Assistant of the Year after achieving entries in the Still Life and Fashion categories with one ‘Winner’ award and two ‘Merits’.

Other winners were:

Winner - Portrait Single - Douglas Kurn

Winner - Life Series - Paul Richardson

Winner - Fashion Single - Arthur Woodcroft

Winner - Landscape Single - Simon Hanna

Winner - Interiors & Architecture Series - Richard Joyce

Winner - Still Life Series - Chris Jelley

Winner - Project - Helen Burrows

Merit - Portrait Single - Andy Barker

Merit - Portrait Series - Dominic Hawgood

Merit - Fashion Series - Arthur Woodcroft

Merit - Interiors & Architecture Series - Mike Whelan

Merit - Still Life Single - Mark Griffiths

Merit - Still Life Series - Arthur Woodcroft

Merit - Project - Tom Hull

Fujifilm Award - Life Series - Kate Peters

All the selected images for 2008 can be viewed by clicking here .

The Assistants Awards Book features all the 102 images and is on sale via the AOP Gallery, by emailing awards@aophoto.co.uk or by calling 0207 739 6669.