{"id":917801,"date":"2026-07-06T06:13:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/abbey-road-studios-announces-fifth-edition-of-music-photography-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T06:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:13:33","slug":"abbey-road-studios-announces-fifth-edition-of-music-photography-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/abbey-road-studios-announces-fifth-edition-of-music-photography-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbey Road Studios Announces Fifth Edition Of Music Photography Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div id=\"page\">\n<p>\n                                            19 \u00b7 05 \u00b7 2026                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"article-full\" about=\"\/news\/track-of-the-day-284-lexie-carroll\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\">\n<div property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p>The fifth edition of the Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards have been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The illustrious studio complex has built a reputation for celebrating music photography, with its annual awards ceremony profiling new names and long-time legends.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth edition is now open \u2013 the MPAs is free to enter and open to all levels of experience.<\/p>\n<p>The final ceremony takes place at Abbey Road Studios in London on September 24th, with judges including legendary photographer <strong>Rankin<\/strong>, disco king <strong>Nile Rodgers<\/strong>, and <strong>RAYE<\/strong>, alongside <strong>M\u00e5neskin<\/strong> frontman<strong>\u00a0Damiano David<\/strong>, Abbey Road\u2019s multi award-winning Producer In Residence\u00a0<strong>Kid Harpoon<\/strong>\u00a0(Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, Kings of Leon), and more.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the open categories, California native and New York City resident\u00a0<strong>Roberta Bayley<\/strong>\u00a0(Iggy Pop, Blondie\/Debbie Harry, The Ramones) has been confirmed as the recipient of this year\u2019s\u00a0<strong>ICON<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>award<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The iconic photographer took the snap for Ramones\u2019 debut album \u2013 find it up top \u2013 amongst many other influential images.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about receiving this year\u2019s ICON award,\u00a0<strong>Roberta<\/strong>\u00a0says:\u00a0<em>\u201cI am very honoured to be receiving the Abbey Road ICON award, especially to be in the company of such great photographers as David Bailey, Anton Corbijn and Jill Furmanovsky. This New York punk has come a long way!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>This year\u2019s open categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Festivals \u2013 supported by DHL (Headline Partner)<\/li>\n<li>Emerging Photographer of the Year \u2013 supported by adidas\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Music Moment of the Year \u2013 supported by Outernet London<\/li>\n<li>Live Music \u2013 supported by Hydro Flask\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Behind The Scenes (BTS) \u2013 supported by Abbey Road\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Portrait\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Underground Scenes\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Guest Category \u2013 50 Years of Punk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This year\u2019s Invited Categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Judges Choice<\/li>\n<li>ICON\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            &#8211;\n                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                Join the Clash mailing list for up to the minute music, fashion and film news.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/news\/abbey-road-studios-announces-fifth-edition-of-music-photography-awards\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music 19 \u00b7 05 \u00b7 2026 The fifth edition of the Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards have been confirmed. The illustrious studio complex has built a reputation for celebrating music photography, with its annual awards ceremony profiling new names and long-time legends. The fifth edition is now open \u2013 the MPAs is free to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":["post-917801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-podcast-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}