Here are the winners from Abbey Road Studios’ inaugural music photography awards

Following a glittering ceremony, in association with Hennessy, the evening also saw a slew of incredible live performances from Mysie, The Clockworks and Hak Baker. 

“Everyone at Abbey Road Studios is thrilled with the quality of the entries and winners in our first Music Photography Awards,” said Abbey Road’s MD Isabel Garvey. “More broadly, we’re also incredibly encouraged by the way in which the MPAs has been embraced across the arts and creative landscape.  It’s been brilliant to create a platform to recognise emerging and established talent in this important field, and we’re already looking forward to doing it all again in 2023!’

See below for a full list of winners and nominees.

Studio (category supported by Bowers & Wilkins) –

Jack McKain

Natalie Michele

Indy Brewer

Neelam Khan Vela

Aysia Marotta

Zeitgeist –

Chris Suspect

Riccardo Piccirillo

DeShaun Craddock

Alec Castillo

Jason Sheldon

Undiscovered (category supported by adidas) –

Joe Puxley

Jada & David Parrish

Oscar Hetherington

Hana Kovacs

Thomas Weidenhuapt

Artist At Work –

Greg Noire

Jack McKain

Jennifer McCord

CJ Harvey

Dean Chalkley

Above Ground

Editorial –

Samuel Trotter 

Yana Yatsuk

Craig McDean

David LaChapelle

Fernando Aceves

Paul Sepuya

Portrait –

Yana Yatsuk

Aidan Zamiri

Vicky Grout

Lucas Garrido

Nicholas O’Donnell

Josiah Rundles

This year, the judging panel was comprised of renowned photographer, Rankin, legendary photographer Jill Furmanovsky, groundbreaking Ghanaian-American singer, writer and multidisciplinary creative Moses Sumney and history-making American photographer and director Dana Scruggs. Rolling Stone’s Deputy Photo Director and photographer Sacha Lecca and Abbey Road Studios’ MD, Isabel Garvey were also on the panel, while music photographer and Abbey Road Studio photographer-in-residence Simon Wheatley joined the judges for the ‘Championing Scenes’ category.