Abbey Road to Honor David Bailey With Lifetime Achievement Award

Abbey Road Studios will award British photographer David Bailey the Lifetime Achievement Award at their annual Music Photography Awards this week. The particular one-off award acknowledges Bailey’s contribution to music images over the previous six a long time.

Bailey is thought for capturing artists like Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, David Bowie, and Patti Smith all through his profession. “Everyone is going to take one great picture in their life and hopefully I’ll do two so I’ll have the edge,” Bailey mentioned in an announcement.

“Bailey’s photography broke boundaries with a dynamic, visceral and spontaneous style that was both defiant and pioneering,” Mark Robertson, Abbey Road’s Director of Marketing & Creative, mentioned in an announcement. “He turned his subjects into icons with era-defining pictures forever imprinted in the minds of fans, and yet somehow made them relatable and accessible by revealing their true personality. That his work has remained relevant and inspirational for over six decades is extraordinary, and that’s why we wanted to celebrate his continuing contribution to popular culture with this one-off special award.”

The Abbey Road Music Photography Awards shall be held at Abbey Road Studios in London on Oct. 2. The awards had been based in 2022 and span quite a few classes, most of that are open for public entry. Last yr, the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards attracted greater than 22,000 entries from 30 totally different nations. This yr’s awards will function two new classes: Portrait and Festivals. The nominees had been introduced earlier this month.

As beforehand introduced, Abbey Road will honor Dutch photographer, filmmaker, and music video director Anton Corbijn with the Icon Award throughout the ceremony. Previous winners of the Icon Award, chosen by the Music Photography Awards’ judging panel, embody Jill Furmanovsky in 2024, Henry Diltz in 2023, and Eric Johnson in 2022. This yr’s judging panel embody Rankin, Nile Rodgers, Eric Burton, Joe Keery, Scarlet Page, Dimitri From Paris, Julia Cumming, and Simon Wheatley.