NEWS
The AOP Open 2009 winners were announced at a packed prize-giving ceremony at the AOP Gallery on 6th August.  Best in Show went to photojournalist Richard Wainwright for his documentary shot, 'Mongolia - Surviving the Winter'. As Richard explained, the image 'shows Munkhbat and Altangeret (both 15) who have lived in this manhole together for over three years under the streets of Ulaanbaatar, the coldest capital city in the world'. Richard won a Kodak ESP 7 all-in-one printer with photographic paper supplied by Tetenal, plus a Wacom Intuos 4M tablet.
 Public Choice Award was presented to freelance photographer Lara Jade for her image, 'Bernadette'. There was more interest than ever before in the Public Vote and Lara was a clear winner with 467 votes. Lara won a Wacom Intuos 4M tablet; to find out more about the prizes, please click here.
The Judges also picked their individual Judges' Choices, listed below: 
'Light Waves and Dark Currents' by Joel Devlin, chosen by George Logan
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'Children of an Escaped Female Child Soldier, CPU, Gulu, Northern Uganda 2007' by Jonathan Hyams, chosen by Olivia Howitt | 
'Ghost Ship' by Simon Jones, chosen by Sarah Bowles | 
'Humpty Dumpty' by Craig Lynn, chosen by Tom Redican
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'Damascus' by Martin Melcher, chosen by Allyce Hibbert | 
'The Swimmer' by Lucy Williams, chosen by Deborah Brown | 
'Steam Train Collecting Coal from the Dongfanghong Coal Processing Plant, Inner Mongolia, China' by Ollie Woods, chosen by Andy Jex | |
The AOP OPen 2009 exhibition runs at the AOP Gallery from 29th July to 10th September and the Catalogue is available to purchase at the gallery. It costs £10 (non-member) / £8 (member) plus P&P and can also be purchased by calling 0207 739 6669 or emailing reception@aophoto.co.uk. To view the images from the 2009 exhibition click here. |
