The BPPA have announced that Reuters photographer Hannah McKay has been named as The BPPA’s Press Photographer of the Year for 2022. They say more than 2000 photographs taken throughout the year were entered into the 10 categories by photographers working in the UK and abroad. Members of the association were then invited to vote for they favourite entries in each category with members of the board then choosing the overall winning portfolio from the category winners.
CATEGORY WINNERS
- Arts & Entertainment- Robert Perry
- Business – Simon Hulme
- Essay – Simon Townsley
- Essay (death of a monarch) Victoria Jones
- News – Hannah McKay
- Portrait – Joann Randles
- Royal – Max Mumby
- Sport (action) – Ben Stansall
- Sport (away from the action) – Eddie Keogh
- Young Photographer – George Cracknell-Wright
HIGHLY COMMENDED
- Arts & Entertainment – Julian Simmonds
- Business – Danny Lawson
- Essay – Kiran Ridley
- Essay (death of a monarch) – Ben Stansall
- News – Chris Furlong
- Portrait – Chris Furlong
- Royal – James Whatling
- Sport (action) – Shaun Botterill
- Sport (away from the action) – Justin Setterfield, Michael Steele and Neil Hall
- Young Photographer – Molly Darlington
Comment from Paul Ellis, BPPA chair: “It’s been another great year for The BPPA’s competition with an increase in the number of entries on last year and also the number of members of our association having their say as to who should be named as winners of each category. The quality of the images is absolutely first class.
“It felt that 2022 provided more breaking news and sporting events to focus on than ever before. With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in the summer and then the time following her passing later in the year, I feel that the galleries of photographs in the ‘Royal’ and ‘Photo Essay – Death of a monarch’ categories show how incredibly high the standard of press photography is in this country.
“The war in Ukraine has demonstrated the skill and bravery of photographers and many of their images are displayed in our ‘News’ and ‘Essay’ categories. On the sporting front, The Commonwealth Games, World Gymnastics as well as The World Cup and Premier League provided just a few of the subjects on show in the sporting categories.
“The Arts, Business and Portraits really do show how creative photographers can be. Also, I’m delighted that once again we have a winner from the regional press as well as freelance winners based in Scotland and Wales representing press photography across the country.
I’d like to thank everyone for entering, judging and to the team at The BPPA for their hard work to run this competition on behalf of press photographers.”
Images by some of the winners can be seen here.
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