Around 1,200 people attended the gala presentation evening where Greg White was announced as the inaugural winner of the AOP Photographer of the Year Award, in association with Epson.

The crowds flocked to the event to see the Photographers' Awards exhibition in full and to find out who had won the coveted Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards. This year was a bumper year for the Awards with 2 Gold, 4 Silver, and 17 Bronze winners announced. This year's entrants had the opportunity to enter 18 different categories across commissioned and personal work.