2024 BGAJ photography award recipients announced
Winners of this year’s photography awards were announced at the 2024 British Guild of Agricultural Journalists (BGAJ) Harvest Lunch.
The three categories were judged by international commercial and editorial agricultural photographer, Katie Knapp, and the competition drew a wealth of high-quality entries.
2024 BGAJ Photography Award | Livestock: Nigel Akehurst
Livestock photography award
John Eveson was announced as runner-up of this category for a photograph entitled ‘sheep at golden hour’, published in Farmers Guardian. Katie said: “This is a lovely, lovely image. Light, colour and focus are great. I appreciate the photographer took time to level the horizon and get above the animals to fill the foreground.”
The winner of this category, for an image of a turkey barn which was used on the front cover of South East Farmer magazine, was Nigel Akehurst. The judge said this was a stand-out winner with the focus spot – not easy when you are photographing moving subjects.
2024 BGAJ Photography Award | Arable: Marcello Garbagnoli
Arable photography award
Runner up for a picture of a contractor loading manure on a dairy farm in Northern Ireland was freelancer Chris McCulloch.
Chris was commended for the unusual angle captured inside the barn and for the vibrant colours and well exposed details captured in the image.
Marcello Garbagnoli was announced at the winner for an image of a Kverneland Pudama drill in action. Katie said: “The exposure and depth of the field in this winning image is lovely.”
2024 BGAJ Photography Award | Environment: Wayne Hutchinson
Environment/sustainability photography award
The runner up for a photo published on the front cover of the Sugar Beet Review, was freelancer Kevin Milner. The judge shared that this image demonstrates the photographer has good command of their camera and can capture emotion and storytelling within the frame.
Wayne Hutchinson was announced as the winner of this category for a photo published in the JG Animal Health 2024 Calendar, showing a shepherd feeding his Dalesbred sheep during a winter storm.
Katie said: “White on white subjects with black accents are extremely hard to get right but the framing, exposure, colour, and moment captured in this image are all fantastic.”
Thank you to all those who took the time to enter these awards and to Katie for her time and detail in judging and providing feedback across all the categories.
