{"id":656,"date":"2015-10-20T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2015-10-20T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T10:52:10","slug":"aop-awards-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"AOP Awards Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a fabulous buzz around the Old Truman Brewery<\/a> on the opening night of the AOP Annual Awards<\/a>. The quality of work on display was quite remarkable – not only\u00a0from the Main Awards<\/a> but also from the Open Awards<\/a>, and the AOP Assistants Awards<\/a> too. I\u00a0had a lovely warm feeling from seeing my print\u00a0on the wall with so many other great images (it might also\u00a0have had something to do with the free beer).<\/p>\n

\"AOP<\/a>

AOP Awards Finalist Image<\/p><\/div>\n

The Awards themselves were presented by BBC London broadcaster Robert Elms<\/a> (who sadly had his bike stolen from outside the BBC that day!) who called photographers “thieves of light, Wizards and alchemists”, and said it is a tremendous thing “to be able to salute the professionals of this industry”. You can watch a video of the Awards presentation here<\/a> (my image flashes up on screen around 9:34 if you’re interested).<\/p>\n

Next up is the Portrait Salon<\/a> exhibition which is taking place at\u00a0The Embassy Tea Gallery<\/a>\u00a0in London from November 19th – 22nd. I’m overseas for the opening night but will back in time to make it to the exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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