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Winners are announced and Mike Whelan is awarded AOP Assistant of the Year 2009

The 2009 Assistants Awards were held at the AOP Gallery on 6th October.  This year there was a record number of entries and the Judges have awarded 9 Winners, 11 Merits and the Assistant of the Year award, which goes to Mike Whelan for his Ad-Sites Project. A full list of Winners and Merits is below.  

To view the entire 2009 exhibition including all the winning images please click here.

The Assistants Awards Exhibition will run from 6th – 16th October at the AOP Gallery and the exhibition catalogue is available to purchase from the Gallery (020 7739 6669) or by emailing awards@aophoto.co.uk 

WINNERS

Rob Vanderplank – Winner, Portrait Single

Benedict Morgan – Winner, Life Single

Matt Davis – Winner, Landscape Single

Graham Thorp – Winner, Landscape Series

Matthew Brodie – Winner, Fashion Single

Marie Absolom – Winner, Fashion Series

Wilson Hennessy – Winner, Still Life Single

Rob Vanderplank – Winner, Still Life Series

Mike Whelan – Winner, Project; & Assistant of the Year

MERITS

Ben Meadows – Merit, Portrait Series

Andrew Simpson – Merit, Life Single

Alexander Steiner – Merit, Landscape Single

Matthew Farrand – Merit, Landscape Single

Wilson Hennessy – Merit, Landscape Series

Mike Whelan – Merit, Interiors & Architecture Series

Matthew Brodie – Merit, Fashion Series

Wilson Hennessy – Merit, Still Life Single

Charles Emerson – Merit, Still Life Series

Simon Hanna – Merit, Project

Tom Hull – Merit, Project 

The Assistant of the Year has won a fantastic selection of prizes, including:

* A commissioned job with MOT Models
* £1000 worth of insurance for one year with Towergate Camerasure
* Equipment hire from Direct Lighting / Metro Imaging
* A day’s studio hire from Street Studios with free lighting
* A portfolio critique with Angela Woods and Melissa Bones from Hothouse

Successful entrants also had the opportunity to use theprintspace to produce their exhibition prints at a discounted price. 

Image Copyright Mike Whelan, AOP Assistant of the Year 2009