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7th October 2025

Announcing the Winners of the Music Photography Awards 2025

Abbey Road has announced the winners of the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards 2025 during a thrilling and celebratory evening held across the iconic Studios One and ...

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2nd October 2025

Rose Pilkington designs this year's Abbey Road Music Photography Awards trophy

Ahead of tonight's ceremony, we're thrilled to announce that London-based artist Rose Pilkington has designed this year's trophy for the Abbey Road Music Photography ...

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30th September 2025

Abbey Road Announces David Bailey CBE As the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award Winner at Their Music Photography Awards 2025

Abbey Road has today announced that the iconic British photographer David Bailey CBE will receive a special one-off Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Abbey Road Music Photography Awards. This unique honour recognises Bailey’s extraordinary contribution to music photography over the past six decades, celebrating his legendary work and lasting influence on visual ...

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9th September 2025

Nominees Revealed for the Music Photography Awards 2025

Today the nominees for the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards 2025 have been announced alongside the opening of a public vote for the Music Moment of the Year category ahead of this year's awards ceremony on 2 ...

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7th August 2025

Anton Corbijn Announced as the ICON Award Winner for the Music Photography Awards 2025

Legendary Dutch photographer, filmmaker and music video director Anton Corbijn has been honoured with the prestigious ICON Award at this year’s Abbey Road Music Photography Awards. Previous winners of the award, which is nominated and chosen by the MPA judging panel, include Jill Furmanovsky (2024), Henry Diltz (2023), and Eric Johnson (2022). ...

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Announcing The Abbey Road Music Photography Awards for 2025

Today (Thursday 29 May), Abbey Road announces our prestigious annual Music Photography Awards is open for submissions. Now in its fourth year the MPAs is the only global music photography awards - championing, empowering and showcasing the worldwide community of music ...

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19th March 2025

The Abbey Road Music Photography Awards Podcast: Season One Out Now!

This new podcast invites listeners to step beyond the image and explore the process behind music iconography, shining a light on the talented photographers behind the ...

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7th November 2024

An Overview of the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards 2024

22,000 images entered from 28 countries. Six open & three invited categories. A week-long exhibition at Outernet visited by more than 1.5 million people, and a month-long exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall. All culminating in one very special night at Abbey Road celebrating the art of music photography & the photographers behind the lens. Have you got your shots ready for 2025 ...

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1st November 2024

Abbey Road Photographer in Residence, Sam Rockman, secures first-ever magazine cover with Robert Smith

After a 16-year hiatus from releasing new music, The Cure have made a welcome return with their much-anticipated album, *Songs Of A Lost ...