Event Photography Awards

EPA 2024 Press Coverage - Meetings & Incentive Travel 🗞️

With many thanks to the editor of PA Life, Paul Harvey, for the fantastic feature and for being an esteemed EPA Judge.

🔗 https://mitmagazine.co.uk/People/Classic-behind-the-scenes-shot-wins-Event-Photography-Awards

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EPA 2024 Press Coverage - PA Life 🗞️

With many thanks to the editor of PA Life, Marje-Leena Toseland, for the cracking coverage, and for being an esteemed EPA Judges and for her on-going support.

🔗 Read more about it here https://palife.co.uk/news/events/event-photography-awards-2024-winner-is-a-classic-behind-the-scenes-shot/

EPA 2024 Press Coverage - Exhibition News 🗞️

With many thanks to the editor of Exhibition News, Mike Fletcher, and the Head of Content at Mash Media, Mina Booth, for the coverage and for being esteemed EPA Judges. Also, to all at Mash Media, especially Liz Agostini and the International Confex team, for their on-going support.

EPA 2024 Press Coverage - StandOut Magazine 🗞️

With many thanks to Caroline Clift and Neil F**g at all at StandOut Live Event Magazine for the coverage, for being esteemed EPA Judges and for their on-going support.

🏆 Weddings Category - EPA⁠ 2024 📸
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🥇 Winner - Love Lift Us Up by Barbara Weber
"The night before this couple's wedding the first snow fell on the mountains which made for a winter wonderland backdrop for their first look photo. With no wind, the lake furnished the shot with a perfect mirror image of the scene."⁠

⁠🥈 Runner Up - The End by Julian Kanz
🥉Highly Commended - Champagne Showers by Luke Dyson
🥉Highly Commended - The Rings Are Coming A by Julian Kanz

With thanks to our category sponsor Neurapix

🏆 Venues Category - EPA⁠ 2024 📸
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🥇 Winner - Barry Rooms Dinner at The National Gallery by James Everett
"A private event at The National Gallery, requiring a speedy turnaround from formal gallery to event space by the talented staff and suppliers."⁠

⁠🥈 Runner Up - Illusion by Alistair Veryard
🥉Highly Commended - Embankment Gallery at Somerset House by Matt Chung
🥉Highly Commended - Control Room A by Sophie Harbinson

With thanks to our category sponsor and EPA awards event host venue, 66 Portland Place - The Home of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects).

🏆 Sporting Events Category - EPA⁠ 2024 📸
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🥇 Winner - Grounded by Peter Watt
"Karis Craig scores a try for Watsonians RFC against the Corstorphine Cougars in a Scottish Women’s Premiership victory on a muddy December day in Edinburgh."⁠

⁠🥈 Runner Up - Jumping for Joy by Matthew Lewis
🥉Highly Commended - Rugby Baby by Mike Egerton
🥉Highly Commended - Ranton Run by Ian Knight

With thanks to our category sponsor, Keith Prowse.

🏆 Royal Occasions Category - EPA⁠ 2024 📸
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🥇 Joint Winner - Princess Royal through Doddie Tartan by Jack Boskett
🥇 Joint Winner - Louis at Trooping The Colour by Chris Jackson

"As Patron of Scottish Rugby Union and the Motor Neurone Disease Association, The Princess Royal started a charity bike ride from Gloucester Rugby Club ahead of the Doddie Weir Memorial Cup."⁠

"Prince Louis reacts on the balcony during Trooping The Colour, to the amusement of his mother."
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🥉Highly Commended - Kate and the Columns by Samir Hussein
🥉Highly Commended - On Parade by Simon-James Smith

With thanks to our category sponsor Company of Cooks

🏆 Trade Shows & Exhibitions Category - EPA⁠ 2024 📸
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🥇 Winner - Hulk Takes Five by Aidan Synnott
"A visitor to the British Travel & Tourism show takes a quick break next to the impressive iron-works model of the Hulk."⁠

⁠🥈 Runner Up - Pink My Ride by Paul Stead
🥉Highly Commended - Accredited Baby by Benjamin Arthur
🥉Highly Commended - The Diver by Matt Chung

With thanks to our category sponsor X-Hibit

🏆 Private Events Category - EPA⁠ 2024 📸
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🥇 Winner - Silence is Golden by Charlene Thornborough 🤫
"A young attendee is gently urged to keep quiet during a christening in Salisbury and gesticulates an appropriate response."⁠
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Runner Up - Vodka Splash by Andrew Billington 💦
Highly Commended - Licking Lips by Paul Nicholls 😋
Highly Commended - Death in Venice by Benjamin Arthur ⚰️

With many thanks to our category sponsor The HAC

🏆 Portraits Category - EPA⁠ 2024 📸
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🥇 Winner - I Hate Wasps! by Steve Grogan 🐝
"A wedding guest having a bit of a stand off with a passing wasp."⁠
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Runner Up - Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do by Matthew Eachus 🔫
Highly Commended - BEX in the Mirror by Jonny Nolan 🪞
Highly Commended - Race Face On! by Darren Athersmith 🎽

With many thanks to our category sponsor Splento

🏆 Music Events - Audiences Category - EPA⁠ 2024 🙇‍♂️
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🥇 Winner - Loving it! by Andrew Pountney () 😍
"A passionate crowd surfer in the tent at Tons of Rock Festival."⁠
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Runner Up - Coasting Into The Weekend Like... by Gary Walker (.photography) 😎
Highly Commended - To The Stage by Matthew Higgs () 💛
Highly Commended - Glastonbury by Maja Smiejkowska () 🎊

With many thanks to our founding sponsor Off to Work (.to.work)

🏆 Music Events - Performers Category - EPA⁠ 2024 🎤
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🥇 Winner - Moorcheeba Electric Lime by Stephen Cain 💚
"Moorcheeba perform in the 'limelight' of an evening concert at DevaFest."⁠
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Runner Up - Backflip by Danny Sargent ⏬
Highly Commended - Singing in the Rain by Julien Duval ☔️
Highly Commended - Amy Lee, Hair Whip by James Bridle 🪮

With many thanks to our category sponsor Roundhouse

🏆 Music Events - Concerts Category - EPA⁠ 2024 🎶
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Winner - Inside the Sphere by Anne-Marie Forker 🪐
"A spectacular moment of symmetry on the screen during U2's inaugural concert series set within The Sphere - the ground-breaking new venue in Las Vegas."⁠
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Runner Up - Tomorrowland by Brendon Ferataj 🎵
Highly Commended - Put A Ring On It! by Julien Duval 💍
Highly Commended - Imagine Dragons by Martina Mlčúchová 🐉
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With many thanks to our category sponsor AMMP

🏆 Cultural Events Category - EPA⁠ 2024
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Winner - Lunar Reflection by Cath Dupuy 🌗
"Luke Jerram's 'Museum of the Moon' installation set in The Painted Hall at Greenwich and spectacularly reflected onto a glass table."⁠ The image went on to be the competition's Overall Runner-Up image, moreover Cath Dupuy is an amateur entrant!
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Runner Up - The Dancing Lady by Geoffrey Hubbel 🇫🇷
Highly Commended - Dragon Rising by Gordon Siegel 🐉
Highly Commended - Saudi Air Display by Paul Clarke 🛫
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With many thanks to our category sponsor International Confex

🏆 Conferences & Corporate Events Category Winner - EPA⁠ 2024
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Winner - Top of the Gherkin by Benjamin Arthur
"During a MasterCard conference at the top of The Gherkin, the spectacular space came alive after dark with colourful reflections both from inside the room and from the office lights outside."⁠
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Runner Up - Missed by Richard Gray
Highly Commended - Blonde vs Brunette by Benjamin Arthur
Highly Commended - Reframe by Ben Harrison Meek
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With many thanks to our category sponsor GL Events

🏆 Christmas Parties & Seasonal Events - EPA 2024

Winner - Penny Father Christmas by Paul Nicholls
"Cycling instructor, Mel Glass, on his penny-farthing bringing some Christmas cheer to Arlington Row in Bibury, Gloucestershire."⁠
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Runner-Up - Nativita Mistica by Karolina Krasuska
Highly Commended - Stolen Moment by Kate Hockenhull
Highly Commended - Slick by Alistair Veryard
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🏆Food & Drink Category Winner - EPA 2024 🥂

Winner - Undistractable by Owen Billcliffe
"A chef preparing dishes for a private event at Berry Bros & Rudd's wine cellar style event space remains unflappably undistracted from the task in hand, despite a nearby troupe of dancing girls preparing to perform."⁠
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Runner-Up - Smokin' by Kate Hockenhull
Highly Commended - Give Me That Drink by Jesus Figueirido Estevez
Highly Commended - Dinner is Served by Noah Goodrich
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With thanks to our category sponsor NOAM beer

🏆 Brand Activations & Experiential Events Category Winner - EPA⁠ 2024
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Winner - Catapult by Alistair Veryard
"Diablo Dominato flying off the top rope to flatten his opponent, EL Pollo Picante, to celebrate the launch of Domino's Ultimate Chicken Mexican pizza. Village Underground was transformed into a Lucha Libre style Mexican Wrestling arena for the experiential brand activation."⁠
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Runner Up - Sumo Wrestling at Sunset by Hollie Mateer
Highly Commended - Tea Party by Andrew Billington
Highly Commended - My Voice by Amy Cooke
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🏆 Behind the Scenes Category Winner - EPA⁠ 2024
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Winner - Set-up Symmetry by Benjamin Arthur (.arthur.photography)
"Two waitresses light the candles at the Felix Meritis venue in Amsterdam prior to the arrival of the Chairman's guests for the ESC opening dinner - the largest gathering of cardiologists in Europe."⁠
The image went on to be judged the Overall Winner of EPA 2024.
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Runner Up - The Farnborough Guards by Jack Boskett ()
Highly Commended - Squeaky Clean by Corinne Cu***ng ()
Highly Commended - After Dinner Chores by Deb Porter ()
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With thanks to Behind The Scenes Category sponsor .⁠
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🏆 A-Listers Category Award Winners - EPA 2024⁠

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Winner - Haaland's Moment by Tom Flathers ()
star striker, .haaland, gets emotional having achieved his dream of winning the UEFA Champions League.
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Runner Up⁠ - Lust for Life () by Anne-Marie Forker ()
Highly Commended - ⁠Murder on the Dancefloor⁠ () by Benjamin Arthur (.photography)
Highly Commended ⁠- Saucy () by Gabriel Bush ()

🚀 EPA 2024 Best Amateur Award 🌟

The always inspiring Best Amateur award highlights the amazing ability and creativity of the photography enthusiasts, whose entries are judged against professionals in core categories. Much like the EPA Best Portfolio award, account is taken of the breadth of quality images entered, noting how many are long and short listed in the competition as a whole. Indeed, here we are displaying shots that were long-listed, which shouts the high quality of entries.

📸 Best Amateur: Andrew Pountney - Howl in Unison 🌟
Main Image: Powerwolf performing at Tons of Rock festival.
Images also featured: Light in the Dark, Fairground Architect, Unsung Heroes

📸 Runner-up: Anthony Black - Hands in the Air for the Chemical Brothers✨
Front of house image taken at the AO Arena in Manchester during the Chemical Brothers UK Tour.

📸 Highly Commended: Brent Jones - Springsteen - 🎶
Bruce Springsteen seems to wearing a spotlight halo during a concert at Villa Park.

📸 Highly Commended: Cath Dupuy - Puma in the Spotlight🎉
Puma Blue highlighted 'polka-dot style' by spotlights during their end of tour gig at KOKO, London.

We are delighted to associate the award to The Photography Foundation, the fantastic official charity partner of the Event Photography Awards, whose commendable mission is to diversify and improve access to photography careers for less privileged young people through education, building creative connections and sharing knowledge.

Stay tuned as core category winners are coming soon...!

🚀 EPA 2024 Best Portfolio Award 🏆

The prestigious and highly prized Best Portfolio Award is judged on the collective breadth, strength and storytelling excellence of a photographer's range of entries, while taking into account the number of shots that are long and short listed in the competition.

Here we have displayed images that were longlisted - ie not even short-listed let alone award winning - which highlights the exceptional quality of the award winning portfolios!

📸 Alistair Veryard - Winner ✨
"Haystack"
"Slosh"
"Dapper"
"Illusion"
"Slick"
"Early"
And many more..

📸 Benjamin Arthur - Runner-Up 🌟
"Yummyballs"

📸 Owen Billcliffe - Highly Commended 📷
"I want to say a few words about mum"

📸 Andrew Billington - Highly Commended 🌟
"Santa and his little Helper"

As always, huge thank you to our founding sponsor Off to Work for their support.

Best amateur coming soon.. Stay tuned!

2024 EPA Overall Award-Winners

The overall winners of the Event Photography Awards are judged from all the competition's category winning images.
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📸 Benjamin Arthur with Set-up symmetry - Overall Winner
Two waitresses light the candles at the Felix Meritis venue in Amsterdam prior to the arrival of the Chairman's guests for the ESC opening dinner - the largest gathering of cardiologists in Europe.
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📸 Cath Dupuy with Lunar Reflection - Overall Runner-Up
Luke Jerram's - 'Museum of the Moon' installation in The Painted Hall, Greenwich reflected onto a glass table
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📸 Paul Nicholls with Penny Father Christmas - Overall Highly Commended⁠
Jingle Mel's, Jingle Mel's, Jingle all the way: Father Christmas, Mel Glass, private cycling instructor, on his Penny- Farthing bicycle bringing Christmas cheer to Arlington Row
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📸 James Everett with Barry Rooms Dinner at The National Gallery - Overall Highly Commended⁠
A private event at The National Gallery, the speedy turnaround of Gallery to Event Space by the amazingly talented staff and suppliers.

Huge thank you to sponsors Off To Work
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We'll be sharing category winners in coming days for each category, let us know which you're most excited to see... 👀⁠
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🤩 The 10th Anniversary of the Off to Work Event Photography Awards saw the annual awards event held, as last year, at the stunning HQ of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) - RIBA at 66 Portland Place in central London on Wednesday, June 5th.

👉 Some 250 eager guests enjoyed an impressive gallery of 133 shortlisted images, printed and presented by our production partner Visions display boards provided by Trade Shows sponsor X-Hibit. Guests indulged in superb catering by Company of Cooks, washed down with a range of drinks including many bottles of refreshing NOAM GmbH beer, a premium Bavarian lager for contemporary consumers.

☺️ Immediately prior to the drinks reception, over 20 photographers attended a Tech Workshop run by EPA 2023 Overall Winner, Steve Grogan, who talked about the overwhelming benefits of using Neurapix, the AI-driven editing system that sponsored the Weddings category.

💯 With a record number of entries the competition's quality was sky high, so congratulations go to all short-listed (and indeed longlisted) entrants, and doubly so to the winners. Moreover, a heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended the ceremony - who I'm sure will join us in extending enormous gratitude to EPA sponsors and supporters, without whom the competition could not carry on...

For instance, guests enjoyed wearing quality badges by Outstand that highlighted their past EPA achievements and contributions, and received trophies provided by Aford Awards Ltd.

Stay tuned, as we will be soon sharing the winners, runners-up and highly commended entries in every category!

📰 EPA 2024 Award-Winners in The Times & Timesonline 🤗

After a very well-attended and thoroughly enjoyable EPA awards event last night at RIBA - and despite much competition for space from the D-Day commemorations, let alone the election campaign - The Times featured three award-winning EPA 2024 images at the top of page 9 of today's issue, while no fewer than 27 are featured in a fantastic Timesonline feature, including a very nice article and quote from competition founder, Philip Atkins MIH... Nice!

Congratulations to all the winners, and check out the article in our bio.

Alistair Veryard
Andrew Billington
Benjamin Arthur
Brent Jones
Cath Dupuy
Charlene Thornborough
Chris Jackson
Corinne Cu***ng
Deb Porter
Gabriel Bush
Geoffrey Hubbel
Jack Boskett
James Everett
Luke Dyson
Matthew Lewis
Mike Egerton
Paul Clarke
Paul Nicholls
Paul Stead
Peter Watt
Samir Hussein
Steve Grogan
Tom Flathers

https://www.thetimes.com/article/15c817f0-5a28-42e0-85d0-074173a7ded0?shareToken=04619448e3b8058973ffbb7f435543c8

🌟 Category Shortlist No.19, Part 2 - Portfolio Award 🏅

Continuing our celebration of the Best Portfolio Award, we are thrilled to highlight more of the exceptional talent that has made it to the shortlist.

Sponsored by EPA founders Off to Work, the premium event staffing agency in its 25th anniversary. This award underscores a commitment to excellence and professionalism in the industry, just like Off to Work's dedication to providing outstanding personnel and high standards that are shown in these photographers' portfolios.

Your 2024 Best Portfolio Shortlisters ⬇️

Richard Gray
Hannan IMAGES
Samir Hussein
Karolina Krasuska
PAUL NICHOLLS
Katja Ogrin
Andrew Pountney
Alistair Veryard
Andreas Zabel

Cultural & Corporate Events, Portraits & Weddings… 💒

EPA 2024 has sixteen categories to enter, which along with the ones illustrated by the five fabulous shots in this post, include classes such as A-listers (celebs at events), Behind the Scenes, Experiential (think teambuilding), Christmas Parties, Private Events, Venues, Trade Shows and Royal Occasions.

The selection includes an entry by James Mulkeen who was highly-commended in the highly competitive Cultural Events category at EPA 2022.

The Spirit of George Bernard Shaw (Unreasonable Group Conference at the Royal institution of Great Britain) by Natalie Martinez – Conferences & Corporate Events
BEX in the Mirror (The Black Heart in Camden) by Jonny Nolan – Portraits
Colossal Destruction (Olivier Grossetête instillation at the Novum Festival), artist by Thomas Jackson – Cultural Events
Under The Veil by Attila Torma – Weddings
Catch! (Wild at Festival Of Thrift) by James Mulkeen – Cultural Events

Have a look at the EPA website’s Galleries channel to see all the awards-winning shots since the not-for-profit competition's inception in 2014 and enter as many categories as you’d like. It’s fun, affirming, good for business and inexpensive, especially as you can make use of our ‘£10 off 10 shots’ 10th Anniversary discount.

We look forward to seeing more new entries and featuring your shots on our social channels.