Abbey Road Studios will award British photographer David Bailey the Lifetime Achievement Award at their annual Music Photography Awards this week. The special one-off award recognizes Bailey’s contribution to music photography over the past six decades.
Bailey is known for capturing artists like Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, David Bowie, and Patti Smith throughout his career. “Everyone is going to take one great picture in their life and hopefully I’ll do two so I’ll have the edge,” Bailey said in a statement.
The Abbey Road Music Photography Awards will be held at Abbey Road Studios in London on Oct. 2. The awards were founded in 2022 and span numerous categories, most of which are open for public entry. Last year, the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards attracted more than 22,000 entries from 30 different countries. This year’s awards will feature two new categories: Portrait and Festivals. The nominees were announced earlier this month.
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Last year in the award’s open categories, the winner of Undiscovered Photographer Of The Year supported by Adidas was Chris Allmeid for his picture of Lil Uzi Vert, while Anthony Pham won a public vote in the Music Moment Of The Year category, supported by Outernet London for his Harry Styles shot.
The winner of the Underground Scenes category, supported by Abbey Road Studios, was Alex Amorós for their Margate Mod Weekender picture, while Carlo Cavaluzzi’s JpegMafia shot won the Live Music category, supported by Philips Ambilight TV. (Photo below)
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