Arthur Woodcroft wins the AOP Assistant of the Year!

Arthur Woodcroft has been crowned the very first AOP Assistant of the Year at the Assistants' Awards at a ceremony at the AOP Gallery in London. Arthur achieved entries in the Still Life and Fashion categories with one ‘Winner’ award and two ‘Merits’ as well as the very first and highly coveted ‘AOP Assistant of the Year’ award.

It was a bumper year for the Assistants’ Awards this year with more images and more awards than ever before. 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 their images can be seen by clicking here and will be on display at the AOP Gallery until the 13th June. You can also purchase the AOP Assistants’ Awards Book which features all the images and information on the judges as well as some insight from some of the AOP’s awards winning photographers about their time as assistants.

The book can be purchased via the AOP Gallery or by calling 0207 739 6669 and costs just £9.99. 

A few images from the evening event...

  Guests arriving at the AOP Arthur Woodcroft - Winner

  Guests at the event Helen Burrows - Project Winner 

   Paul Richardson - Winner Mike Whelan -  Merit

  Mark Griffiths - Merit  Kate Peters - Fujifilm Winner

 Tom Hull - Project Merit Douglas Kurn - Winner

Arthur Woodcroft & friends  Simon Hanna - Winner