If you’re an aspiring or up-and-coming Music Photographer, you’ll want to know about The Abbey Road Music Photography Accelerator.
What exactly is the MPA and how can you get involved? Well, swipe to find out...
📸 Tom Pallant @tmpllnt
📸 Christaan Felber @christaanfelber
📸 Diogo Lopes @ddddiogo
📸 Izzy Nuzzo @izzynuzzophoto
📸 Nicole Fara Silver @nicolefara
Introducing The Abbey Road Music Photography Festival 2026 in NYC.
Join us for a weeklong celebration of music photography, including exhibitions, conversations with legendary photographers & artists, advice & workshops, plus much more.
More details on the full program of events, and how you can RSVP and participate to follow next week.
#MPANYC26
Calling all London bands and musical artists. We want you to be a part of our pop-up portrait photography studio.
As part of Abbey Road Studio Four at @sxswlondon 2026, we are giving 50 bands or artists the opportunity to have their photo captured by Bristol-based photographer, @khaliphotography .
For your chance to win a free portrait and receive one professionally edited image from the shoot, visit the link in bio + stories. Applications close Thursday 21 May at 23:59 BST!
#STUDIOFOUR
#SXSWLONDON
Sacha Lecca (@sachalecca ) is a photographer and Deputy Photo Editor at Rolling Stone whose career has been defined by a deep commitment to visual storytelling in music and culture. Sacha is also the Chief Shortlister & Global Ambassador for the Abbey Road Music Photography Accelerator and Awards, helping to spotlight exceptional talent in music photography.
In our latest Skills Hub blog, Sacha shares top tips on building and developing your portfolio, highlighting the importance of having a professional site beyond social media.
Building your portfolio and not sure how to present your work to potential clients? This one’s for you.
👉 Read more on the Skills Hub at mpa.photo
Some of our finalists, winners and judges share their experiences of how being part of the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards has and continues to impact them.
A big shoutout to our friends over at Auckland Festival of Photography, whose music photography competition has now launched.
We believe in opportunities that support all music photographers, so if you’re based in NZ, head over to @aklphotofestival and @imageauckland to explore how you can get involved.
Lead image by MPA alumni and judge of this year’s Aotearoa Music Photography Award, Frances Carter.
📸 Frances Carter
📸 Azrie Azizi
📸 Yuki Wada
📸 Aaron Christiansen
📸 Xavier Christiansen
For International Jazz Day, we’re celebrating the Golden Age of Jazz through the lens of Herman Leonard (1923 - 2010).
For over five decades, Leonard immersed himself in the Jazz world, trading prints for entry into clubs in the 1940s. His atmospheric portraits captured legends like Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra. With his work appearing on more than 200 album covers he is widely regarded as the most genre defining Jazz Photographer of his time and through his photography he immortalised both the artists and the spirit of Jazz.
Who is your favourite Jazz Photographer?
We asked you to share your favourite photographers and here they are!
We are constantly looking to spotlight new photograhpers. Who you would like us to spotlight next?
📸 Christian Sarkine @christian.x
📸 Wanda Martin @wanda_martin
📸 Terence Rushin @photorushin
📸 Patrick Gunning @bufola
📸 Chea Mc Ardle @chea_mcardle
📸 Jackie Lee Young @jackieleeyoung
3 top tips from Jada Parrish, one half of the creative duo Jada & David (@jadaanddavid ). They combine photography and set design to create conceptual images full of bold colour, big emotion, and wild in-camera effects. Working work with musicians, celebrities, and creative brands to produce surreal visuals for album covers, promo photos, and music videos.
If you are an upcoming photographer looking for tips on finding your style and identity as a photographer, you need to check this out.
👉 Read more on the Skills Hub at mpa.photo
