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 |
