The competition is now CLOSED (March 15th, 2023).

At SO.CO, music photographers are the heartbeat of everything we do, your images are the fuel that makes the SO.CO engine purr, your content is what makes SO.CO the best image-led music experience anywhere online, so we decided it was time to celebrate you!

Introducing the inaugural “SO.CO Music Photographer of the Year Award 2023” a new, exciting, national, and international competition, sponsored this year by Affinity Photo to unearth and celebrate the best music photographers. It’s our way to give back and spotlight the latest, greatest and historic creative talent that shapes the image of music.

As photographers you can enter 2 categories:

• The SO.CO Photographer of the Year Award 2023, sponsored by Affinity Photo, a public vote open until March 15th 2023, the winners are chosen from the public vote leaderboard by a panel of industry heavyweights and legends.
• The SO.CO Image of Music Award 2023, sponsored by LD Comms PR, chosen by a panel of industry heavyweights and legends.

We will officially announce all of the finalists over the next few days and look forward to welcoming all of the entrants to the awards finale in London on the 27th March.

The competition is now CLOSED (March 15th, 2023).