Absolutely delighted to share that two of my photographs have been shortlisted in the prestigious World Food Photography Awards!
The first photograph is in the Unearthed Food For Sale category.
Catching up on messages after work at Fish! (fish and chips) take away. Borough Market, London, UK.
The second is in the Politics of Food section.
Scooter delivery drivers taking a break. Over 60% of UK adults use a food delivery services, with 80% being accounted for by mobile apps. The forerunners of these services are Deliveroo, Uber Eats, and Just Eat. In the UK, the meal delivery segment is projected to generate £48.21 billion in revenue by the year’s end. Scooter delivery drivers taking a break between jobs. Brick Lane, known for its plethora of curry restaurants. London, UK.
Interestingly, both photographs were made during workshops I was hosting. The top one during a bespoke one on one workshop and the bottom one, during Steve Simon and my annual, week long, summer street photography workshop. So, if you’d like to join in and get some guidance on how to spot special moments like these, do get in touch!
It’s unbelievable that a year ago, we lost the wonderful Tom Stoddart. A great friend to those lucky to know him, an inspiration to photojournalists everywhere and a story teller to the world, through his thought provoking and moving work.
A selection of Tom’s photographs, 21 in all, have been carefully chosen from across more than 40-years of his unique work around the world and presents for the first time an opportunity to share a part of his legacy. Visit the specially set up Print Sales page on Tom’s website.
Each print is validated with a specially created Tom Stoddart Estate Archive certificate, embossed with his digital signature. It’s a unique opportunity to own a part of history, through this phenomenal archive of work.
Absolutely thrilled to share that three of my photographs have been shortlisted for the British Photography Awards 2022. The chosen images span my photojournalistic work as well as my creative product photography, specialising in writing instruments.
Alongside the judged categories, there is also a a public vote, which helps choose the separate People’s Choice Awards winners.
I’d appreciate it tremendously if you would pop over to the shortlisted images of 2022 and cast your votes. It’s one vote per category. As luck would have it, my three images are in different categories; Commercial: Product, Documentary and Macro. If you like the photographs, your support will as always, be deeply appreciated. You could even vote for all three images, if they appeal to your visual tastes of course! The public voting will close on November 4th.
My photojournalistic, portrait, commercial, corporate and street photography work can be seen on my main Instagram, Terakopian.
All images were shot in raw and processed on an Apple Mac Pro using calibrated Eizo CG screens, with LightRoom Classic and finished in Exposure Software’s X7.
Immensely proud, excited, honoured and delighted to share that my portfolio of five portraits, are a finalist in the prestigious UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards.
The portfolio is shortlisted in the DMGT Portrait Photographer of the Year category, alongside three folios from colleagues. My gratitude to the team of judges, made up of the UK’s picture editors for their stellar work.
Alongside the judged categories, there is also a public vote category. For the first time, photographs from the shortlisted finalists in the nine categories will be put to a public vote, so that you may choose your favourite, for the IMAGO Photograph of the Year. There is a prize of two tickets to New York, chosen at random from the public voters.
Once you have registered and confirmed your registration, you can access the voting page, you will see all selected entries, to vote. You can vote for one photograph only. If you like my highlighted portrait of the miner for the public vote, it is ID: 1105 in the DMGT Portrait Photographer of the Year section. The UK Picture Editors’ Guild will choose a name at random from those who voted and will receive two tickets to New York courtesy of Norse Atlantic Airways.
All images were shot in raw and processed on an Apple Mac Pro using calibrated Eizo CG screens, with LightRoom Classic and finished in Exposure Software’s X7.
Angelika Ghazaryan, a descendant of Genocide Survivors, at the 106th Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of April 24th, 1915. Members of the British Armenian community gather at the remembrance service for the 1.5 Million Armenians massacred by the Ottoman Empire. US President Joe Biden has become the first US president to issue a statement formally describing the 1915 massacre of Armenians as a genocide by the Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey) on the day that Armenian communities around the world marked the killing of 1.5 million Armenians. St Yeghiche Armenian Church, London, UK. April 25, 2021. Photo: Edmond Terakopian. Camera Gear: Lumix G9 and Voigtlander 29mm f0.8 MFT Super Nokton Lens.An XR protestor is seen through the broken window of a bus, which was broken when the Police stormed the bus as the Extinction Rebellion action began. Extinction Rebellion protestors block off the southern end of London Bridge. London, UK. August 31, 2021. Photo: Edmond Terakopian. Camera Gear: Panasonic Lumix G9 and Lumix G Vario 35-100mm f2.8II.A mourner commemorates the victims of the Genocide, during a church service, as candles lit in prayer illuminate the back of the church. Joe Biden has become the first US president to issue a statement formally describing the 1915 massacre of Armenians as a genocide by the Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey) on the day that Armenian communities around the world marked the killing of 1.5 million Armenians. (London, UK) 106th Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of April 24th. Members of the British Armenian community gather at the remembrance service for the 1.5 Million Armenians massacred by the Ottoman Empire. St Yeghiche Armenian Church, London, UK. April 25, 2021. Photo: Edmond Terakopian. Camera Gear: Lumix S1 and Lumix S Pro 70-200mm f2.8.Extinction Rebellion protestors block off the southern end of London Bridge. London, UK. August 31, 2021. Photo: Edmond Terakopian. Camera Gear: Leica M10-D and a 1960s Leica 50mm Rigid Summicron.
As the year comes to a close, I was truly humbled and moved when photography commentator Shira Shavit wrote a piece about my work on her extremely popular LinkedIn.
Shira chose a backstage photograph of opera singer extraordinaire, Ida Ränzlöv, as a leading image and very kindly wrote the following about my work.
“I usually write about photographers who are not among the living. For photographers who have left a priceless legacy. That influenced me. Who left a mark on me. I have written very little about photographers while they are still alive. But this Is one of the pulse-pounding photographers and I am very attached to his work. A brave connection of a viewer In front of the work of the photographer – It’s a special bond . Edmond Is one of them. The seam between photojournalist and artistic photography – He symbolizes for me. Beyond being a photographer of supreme grace he Is also a wonderful human . Photographers show us the world, through the lenses of their eyes. I have a real and sincere fondness for observing the subject Of the world through the lenses of Edmond’s special eye.”
“Photography as a language, of all visual languages, Is known to be the most intuitive, completely unmediated and speaks directly to the brain. There Is a factor In photography that evokes the almost physiological response of the word / sound – wow. The wow factor – I found In his work.” – Shira Shavit, December 2021.
The portrait was shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 and Leica DG 50-200mm. The raw file was processed in Adobe Lightroom Classic and finished in Exposure Software’s X7.
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As the year comes to a close, I was truly humbled and moved when photography commentator Shira Shavit wrote a piece about my work on her extremely popular LinkedIn.
Shira chose a backstage photograph of opera singer extraordinaire, Ida Ränzlöv, as a leading image and very kindly wrote the following about my work.
“I usually write about photographers who are not among the living. For photographers who have left a priceless legacy. That influenced me. Who left a mark on me. I have written very little about photographers while they are still alive. But this Is one of the pulse-pounding photographers and I am very attached to his work. A brave connection of a viewer In front of the work of the photographer – It’s a special bond . Edmond Is one of them. The seam between photojournalist and artistic photography – He symbolizes for me. Beyond being a photographer of supreme grace he Is also a wonderful human . Photographers show us the world, through the lenses of their eyes. I have a real and sincere fondness for observing the subject Of the world through the lenses of Edmond’s special eye.”
“Photography as a language, of all visual languages, Is known to be the most intuitive, completely unmediated and speaks directly to the brain. There Is a factor In photography that evokes the almost physiological response of the word / sound – wow. The wow factor – I found In his work.” – Shira Shavit, December 2021.
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