Abbey Road Studios Reveals First-Ever Music Photography Award Winners

Abbey Highway Studios has revealed the winners of the first-at any time Tunes Pictures Awards, which was held this weekend at the legendary studios.

The inaugural MPAs featured the very best and most hanging audio images from 2021, as voted for by a panel that incorporated David Bowie photographer Rankin, Moses Sumney, Shygirl, photographer Dana Scruggs and Rolling Stone’s deputy image director Sacha Lecca.

Together with a variety of shut types, applications from photographers across the planet were welcomed for the Studio, Stay, Championing Scenes, and Undiscovered Photographer of the Calendar year awards.

Rolling Stone acquired various nominations in advance of the celebration, successful the Editorial Photography Award for Samuel Trotter’s impression of rapper Polo G. Other nominations incorporated Yana Yatsuk’s protect impression of Billie Eilish, CJ Harvey’s backstage shots of Model Pussy, David LaChapelle’s impression of Dua Lipa and Josiah Rundles’ graphic of Playboi Carti.

Talking about the awards, Rankin, who prospects the judging panel, explained: “Throughout my job, it’s constantly been seriously important for me to help emerging and undiscovered expertise in images, so the prospect to associate with a single of music’s biggest and most prestigious brands in Abbey Street Studios for this year’s inaugural Audio Photographer of the Calendar year Awards, is massively interesting. “Music photography is an art kind that does not get the recognition it deserves, so it is fantastic to celebrate these operating in the subject with these Awards. What I’m normally searching for with photography is a connection with the subject matter matter and music has been 1 of my main passions for as extensive as I can try to remember, so this is a serious thrill.”

See all the winners for the 1st Music Photography Awards down below, with explanations on what they represent.

Zeitgeist Award “This classification celebrates THE impression that defines music in 2021.”
Winner: Chris Suspect

Championing Scenes Award “This award will glow a highlight on the importance of the grassroots movements by celebrating the photographers documenting subcultural tunes scenes around the globe.”
Winner: Megan Doherty

Reside Audio Images Award
“Capturing the image that defined are living new music in 2021.”

Winner: John Lyons

Studio Photography Award
“Exploring the course of action of recording music.”

Winner: Jack McKain

Undiscovered Photographer of the 12 months
“We want to expose the best future photographers of all backgrounds forging a route in audio images. Do you have a physique of function that is waiting to be found?”

Winner: Joe Puxley

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Portrait Images Award
“A photograph that captures the spirit, essence and persona of the artist.  Stylized, conceptual or candid, it is how the artist represents their do the job as a result of visual imagery.”

Winner: Yana Yatsuk

Editorial Pictures Award “Editorial pictures tells a tale with visuals. It can take the viewer on a journey, illuminate penned text, established a tone or existing a extremely progressed inventive concept.”

Winner: Samuel Trotter

Artist at Work Photography Award
“A defining photograph that captures a instant of creativity at do the job – in the studio, on phase, powering-the-scenes.”

Winner: Greg Noire

Icon Award
“A particular honor in recognition of a particular person whose effect and contribution to the art of music images is unparalleled.”

Winner: Eric Johnson