D&AD Next Awards 2017 / Next Photographer Award

Sophie Chapman-Andrews
Having spent 15 years in the fashion and advertising industries in London, Sophie has worked on brands such as Sony, L’Oréal, Harrods, P&G (Oil of Olay, Head & Shoulders), Nestlé, MasterCard, Coca-Cola, London Olympics 2012 (LOCOG), American Airlines and Barclays, amongst others. Her specialism is photography and illustration, so she has unparalleled experience of working with some of the world’s greatest practitioners in those fields like Miles Aldridge, Jeff Mermelstein, Noma Bar, Peter Marlow, Robert Wyatt, Finlay MacKay, Cedric Buchet, Michel Comte, Rankin and Vincent Peters. After graduating from UCL (French & German joint hons), Sophie spent some time helping to establish The Industry, a fashion artist management agency representing some of the most prolific stylists and hair and make-up artists in London. She then began her advertising career at Saatchi & Saatchi before moving on to boutique ground-breaking agency St Luke’s before joining McCann. In recent years Sophie has judged on D&AD panels, been a guest speaker for renowned photographers’ collective Magnum, mentored young photographers on the YPA programme, and curated Think Print featuring Stefan Sagmeister and David Shrigley and Untapped featuring work by agency staff.

Emma Bowkett
Emma Bowkett is Director of Photography at the Financial Times FT Weekend Magazine. Joining in 2009, she was integral to the small creative team who reworked the visual language of the magazine ready for the 2010 re-launch. More recently she was Director of Photography on the AW16 issue of PORT, a biannual style magazine. Emma is the co-curator for a Financial Times special supplement and day of events as part of Photo London.

Emma is a visiting university lecturer, and regularly participates at international portfolio reviews, festivals, art fairs and awards, including Unseen, Foam Paul Huf, and the Kraszner-Krausz Foundation Book Award. She has been a Master at both Foam and Fabrica Masterclasses and is part of Magnum Photos Professional Practice, which supports young and emerging photographers. She recently won the inaugural Firecracker Contributors Award, which recognises women who have had a substantial impact on the photography industry and is voted for by professional photographers.

Kate Edwards
Kate Edwards has been picture editor of the Guardian Weekend magazine for over 12 years. She has been a judge on a variety of photography awards, including World Press Photo, and been a reviewer at national and international photography festivals.

Rebecca McClelland
Rebecca McClelland is a Director of Photography, Art Buyer and Producer. She began her career over sixteen years ago commissioning covers, editorial features, special photographic issues and brand visual content for the Sunday Times magazine. As a passionate visual storyteller, she has most recently produced OOH campaigns for BBH and Airbnb as part of their award winning creative team. She has enjoyed creative roles at Wallpaper*, Art World magazine, NewStatesman, Avaunt & PORT magazine where she & the team won a D&AD award for Magazine & Newspaper Design Front Covers for her commission of artist Pieter Hugo. She is contributing Photography Director for the newly relaunched Times LUXX quarterly magazine.

Additionally, Rebecca is the long standing Creative Director & Curator of the Ian Parry Scholarship, an international award for visual journalism. She is an associate lecturer on photographic professional practise at University for the Creative Arts, Coventry University & the University of South Wales, Newport. She is a D&AD Next Photographer Judge, nominator for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass and the Prix Pictet Award.

Katy Niker
Katy is the owner/director of Burnham Niker. Whilst in the final year of her degree at Blackpool, she realised that rather than being a photographer she wanted to work with them. After work experience with David Burnham, he offered her a job as his PA straight from finishing her degree. She took over his business in 2000 when he retired, which means that over 20 years later Katy is effectively still in her first job!

Andy Saunders
Andy Saunders is the Senior Vice President, Creative, at Getty Images. He and his team direct the creation of imagery and footage that is used in award-winning advertising, design and editorial around the world. Working closely with photographers, filmmakers and his global team of art directors he aims to provide content that engages and inspires communicators around the globe.
While he trained as a photographer, Andrew's particular expertise lies in being able to apply the trends that he and his team see in culture, society and advertising to the forging of the next generation of photography.

Dan Smith
Dan Tobin Smith has over a decade of experience working as a photographer specialising in installation and still life photography. His work has been commissioned by clients across the fields of fashion, music, publishing and advertising — from Numéro, Wallpaper*, Acne Paper and Document Journal; to Absolut, Alexander McQueen, Nike, Louis Vuitton and Johnnie Walker.