Quick Links


Take a look at our other websites by clicking on the buttons below:

Jobshop, Careers Advice, Buy & Sell, Students Area, Gallery Hire, Joining the AOP, Publications, Affilliated Companies and Members Area.


Online Source Book of members work
Search for AOP Assistants.
The annual Photography Awards.
The comprehensive guide to services for the photographic community.
The handbook to rights, ethics and business practice in professional photography.
Clients guide to copyright & commissioning photography.
Members discussion Forums.
The AOP's New Shoots season for up-and-coming photographers including the Student Awards
What is The Hub?

The Hub is a totally new way of navigating around the AOP websites.

From this new central Hub site, you will be able to have an overview of everything that we offer on-line and be able to move easily and quickly between them all.

RSS Syndicator
RSS Click here for RSS
Contact us

Association of Photographers
81 Leonard Street
London EC2A 4QS

Tel +44 (0)20 7739 6669
Fax +44 (0)20 7739 8707

Registered in England
No: 104 3846

Email us here

Orphan Works ....the latest

Orphan Works legislation in the US has caused a lot of consternation worldwide in the visual arts community. However, nearer to home more positive discussions have taken place and culminated in agreed guidelines.

Read More...



AOP Open closes on 27th June

The AOP Open is now closed. Thank you for all the entries!

Read More...



AOP Assistant of the Year is announced

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.

Copyright Arthur Woodcroft - Fashion Single

Read More...



Submission to the Proposed Changes to Copyright Exceptions – Taking Forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property

The AOP has submitted its response to the proposed changes to Copyright Exceptions. Read the full article here. Read More...



AOP Photography Awards 2008 - Winners announced

The 2008 AOP Photography Awards took place on 19th March - Find out more about the winners at www.the-awards.com

Read More...



UK British Council promotes Rights Grabbing Competition

Through its researches into “rights grabbing” photography competitions Pro-Imaging have discovered that the British Council is promoting a competition entitled Creative Cities competition, inviting members of the creative professions, including photographers, to create a work that showcases creativity in a particular city.

By submitting works to this competition participants are granting the British Council a worldwide, royalty free license, perpetual license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, perform, create derivative works, and sublicense the works to a third party, all without prior consent of the participants. The British Council is incorporated by Royal Charter with high profile members of the Royal family as its patrons. It receives substantial public funds through the UK Foreign office, £189 million in 2006/7.
Read More...