NME Music Photography Awards with Nikon – shortlist

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It’s time to check out the best in music photography with the annual NME Music Photography Awards. The ultimate winner will be announced on the 24th October, but until then you can click through the shortlist here; including this picture of Bobby Gillespie, of Primal Scream, taken by Tomas Correa Arce in 2011. Category: Professional

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This shot of Chris Georgiadis, of Bristol rock band Turbowolf, crowd-surfing was taken by Tom Bronowski. Category: Live

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Sally Rose McCormack captured this standard festival moment at 2000trees Festival. Category: Festivals

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This shot of American rapper and producer Tyler The Creator skateboarding down Oxford Street in Sydney was captured by Ken Leanfore. Category: Reportage

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Peter Dovgan captured the moment Left Brain of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (aka OFWGKTA), jumped into the crowd. Category: Festivals

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This photo is simple entitled BASEMENT and was taken by Jordan Compte in June, 2012. Category: Under 21

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Metal Fans is by professional Slovakian photographer, Dia Takacsova. Category: Under 21

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This action shot from Big Day Out Melbourne festival was captured by Scott Boelsen. Category: Festivals

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Andrew Hughes took this great shot of London indie band, Spector, as they performed at the HMV Institute in Birmingham. Category: Live

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This photograph of Sky White of Foxy Shazam performing at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City was taken by Matthew Eisman. Category: Professional

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This crowd close-up was taken at Soundwavw Festival in Perth by Mark Boyle. Category: Festivals

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This festival shot is called Skip The Use and was photographed by Gaelle Brunet. Category: Professional

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Katie Grogan was lucky enough to capture this colourful shot of Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips. Category: Professional

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This profile picture of Canadian indie folk band Tasseomancy was taken by Sebastien Dehesdin. Category: Professional

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Jen O’Neill took this shot of artist Languid flicking through records in Out of Time Records. Category: Reportage

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This eerie shot was taken by Ellie Swaffield. Category: Portrait

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Anastazija Vrzina took this photo of Bruce Springsteen talking to the crowd in Trieste, Italy, in 2012. Category: Live

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This profile shot of singer James Craise was taken by Joe Gascoigne. Category: Portrait

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Chiaki Karasawa captured rock band Pond performing at the Deaf Institute in Manchester, as part of the Dot To Dot Festival, 2012. Category: Live

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Matt Richardson took this picture of Johnny Lloyd of the Tribes during the 2012 NME Awards Tour at the Bournemouth O2 Academy. Category: Under 21

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This shot of Northlane performing at the YMCA HQ in Western Australia was taken by Jacob Cruden. Category: Under 21

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This photograph, entitled I Love Music, was taken at the Sziget Festival in 2012 by Balogh Zoltán. Category: Festivals

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This live shot of Eva Spence of Rolo Tomassi was taken at the Tramlines Festival 2012 by Tarquin Clark. Category: Live

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