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Photography awards – Premios de Fotografía

Edward Olive is an English professional photographer based in Madrid, specializing in artistic wedding photography, corporate portraits, and fine art projects. With a career spanning over 20 years, his work has been recognized globally for its cinematic style and emotional depth. The following list details the international photography awards and professional recognitions received by Edward Olive throughout his career.

Edward Olive es un fotógrafo profesional británico afincado en Madrid, especialista en fotografía artística de bodas, retratos corporativos y proyectos de bellas artes. Con una trayectoria de más de 20 años, su trabajo es reconocido internacionalmente por su estilo cinematográfico y profundidad emocional. La siguiente lista detalla los premios internacionales de fotografía y reconocimientos profesionales recibidos por Edward Olive a lo largo de su carrera.

2025 Photocrowd – “Summer Light” Contest – Expert Commended

2025 Art Room Gallery «Grey» Exhibition – Double Honourable Mention

2025 Photora Awards 2025 – Nine-Time Finalist – Categories: Portrait & Black and White, Fine Art, Abstract & Experimental, Macro & Open Theme

2025 Photocrowd – Various awards

2025 Union of Light (UOL) World Photography Contest – Shortlist Black and White category

2025 MyWed – Nominated among the Top 100 Portrait Photographers in the World

2025 MyWed – Nominated among the Top 100 Wedding Photographers in Spain

2025 Ten Moir Gallery – Color Void Competition – Honourable Mention

2025 FAME FRAME Gallery – Faces of Humanity – Honourable Mention

2025 ViewBug – People’s Choice Award in The People With Animals Photo Contest

2025 1st «Iulia Traducta» International Photography Competition – Honourable Mention

2025 Neutral Density ND Awards – Honourable Mention

2025 Top Photo Awards – “Expert Choice” Award in Family Lifestyle 2025

2025 Top Photo Awards – Top50 in Family Lifestyle 2025

2025 Top Photo Awards – Photo of the Day November 2025

2025 Color Awards – Finalist

2025 MyWed – Nominated Among the Top 5 Portrait Photographers in Spain

2025 Top Photo Awards – Featured Photo October 2025

2025 Viewbug Competition «In Good Hands» – Finalist

2022 Photocrowd – Various Awards

2016 Camera Comparison Review – Top Five Photo Contest – Winner

2014 The New Camera Best Portrait Image and Best Wedding Image

2013 Viewbug – Various awards in fine art, portrait and nude photography

2012 Winner of The New Camera Still Life Photo Contest

2012 Winner of The New Camera People & Portrait Photo Contest

2012 7th Annual Black & White Spider Awards – nominee in the category professional nude

2012 The Darkroom Gallery – The Human form – Honorable mention

2011 Global Photo Awards Advertising Photography 2nd Place – Merit of Excellence Advertising Photography 3rd Place – Honor of Distinction Fashion Photography 2011 Judges Choice – Honorable Mention Still Life Photography 2011 Judges Choice – Honorable Mention

2011 The New Camera Red Photo Contest Featured Image

2011 5th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee in the Professional category: Nude

2011 TeraBella Media photography contest “What Happens at Night” Merit Winner

2011 First Prize in Wedding Photography and Second Prize in Portrait Photography in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards WPGA August Contest/Pollux Awards

2011 The 2010 Project Photography Competition Runner up in the Still Life Things category and finalist in the Portraiture category

2011 International Photography Awards 2nd place in Fine Art – Nudes for the winning entry «Private Collection»

2011 International Photography Awards Honorable Mention in People : Wedding category for the winning entry “Young lady at wedding»

2011 International Photography Awards Honorable Mention in the Pets category for the winning entry “Le chat film noir»

2011 The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards May Contest Pollux Awards Portfolio Section – Professional Photographers Figure and Nude: 1st Prize

2011 The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2nd Edition of the Black & White Competition Second Prize & Special Mention of the Jury in the category Nude & Figure.

2011 Chasing The Light Juried Photography Pet photography Who’s your best friend? Competition Runner Up

2011 Nominated Prix de Paris Px3 Official Selection in the categories Portraiture/Wedding, Portraiture/Personality, Portraiture/Children, Press/People/Personality, Fine Art/Nudes, Nature, Advertising/Book Cover, Advertising/Annual Reports

2011 Prix de Paris Px3 People’s Choice First Prize in the category Advertising/Annual Reports

2011 Prix de Paris Px3 Silver award in the category Advertising

2011 Prix de Paris Px3 Silver award in the category Nature

2011 Prix de Paris Px3 Honourable mention in the category Fine art nude «PX3 is Europe’s biggest and most prestigious photography competition» CamerArts Magazine

2011 2nd Prize and 3rd Prize in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards April Pollux Awards Contest in the category Figure and Nude

2011 Honorable Mention in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards Best Shot Competition

2011 3rd place winner in the ephotoawards.com art photography competition “Color Awards 2011”

2011 Special Mention of the Juror in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards (WPGA) The Beauty Around Us Contest

2011 Gold Award In the The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards (WPGA) Portrait & People 2011

2011 Runner Up in the Chasing the light – Landscapes – Beyond The Mundane Photo Competition with his picture «Summer evening 1″

2011 Featured image of thenewcamera.com photo contest “Your best shot”

2010 winner of the telegraph.co.uk The Daily Telegraph Photo competition: Forgotten

2010 Third place finalist in the photography competition V Concurso fotográfico FOTO DNG 2010 magazine with the picture “Young lady goes through door”.

2010 – First prize in the WPGA 2010 World Photography Gala Awards / The Pollux Awards – professional wedding category

2010 – Finalist in the WPGA 2010 World Photography Gala Awards / The Pollux Awards in the Professional Photographers categories: Children, Figure & nude, Macro & Micro, Still Life, Wedding,

2010 – PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris honorable mention in the category Fine Art/Nudes for the entry entitled, » ^ «

2010 nominated for the Premios Gràffica 2010 “The work of Edward is an important evolution in social reportage photography. To see weddings from a cinematic point of view, to try to transmit the different atmospheres and their attributes, as well as the characters of those attending is a declaration of intentions. To see where no-one sees, to observe what the rest of us don’t see or to see it in a different way.”

2010 1st prize as Fantasy Photographer of the Year by the Global Photo Awards

1st Place – Fantasy Outstanding Achievement award and the title of Fantasy Photographer of the Year is given to the photographer whose single image is judged to be the most striking photo entered.

2010 Finalist and Gold Honorable Mention in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards – The Dominant Colour Contest with the picture «Young Lady goes thru door».

2010 Finalist and Bronze honorable mention in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards – Urban & country landscape contest with his “Hotel swimming pool”

2010 International Photography Awards. 3rd place Advertising: Book Cover pro category with the cover for Italian novel by Lucia Tilde Ingrosso – “Io so tutto di lei». Honorable Mention in Fine Art – Nudes category for the winning entry «Private collection» Honorable Mention in Fine Art – Still Life category for the winning entry «Light on tables« Honorable Mention in People – Other category for the winning entry «People – Honorable Mention in Nature – Flowers category for the winning entry «Poppies» Honorable Mention in People – Lifestyle category for the winning entry «Winter surfer» Honorable Mention in Travel / Tourism category for the winning entry «Man orders another beer» Honorable Mention in Advertising – Annual Report category for the winning entry «GFMS Annual Platinum Survey 2010»

2010 Selection of the Hasselblad Masters in the category Beauty & fashion with a series of fine art analog erotica

2010 – Fourth Place Award in the ARTROM Gallery, Rome, Italy’s TOPTEN Split Second Impulse International Photography Competition.

2010 – Telegraph.co.uk Daily Telegraph Photo competition: Sunshine was won by Edward Olive with his picture of poppies in Tuscany entitled “Composition in reds and browns” taken from his book of flower photography entitled “Seasons” edited by Citypulse in Santiago de Chile

2009 – One of ten finalists in the Wedding Social category of the Hasselblad Masters Competition. The Hasselblad Masters Award is the most prestigious awards in the industry.

2009 – First prize of the Jury of PHE PHotoEspaña in their competition «Otoño al aire libre»

2009 – Honorable Mention in People – Wedding category for the winning entry «Real wedding photos.»

2008 – First prize in the analog photography competition “Mi mejor positivado” de La Fotografía / Kodak Spain

Photography Exhibitions – Exposiciones de Fotografía

Edward Olive has participated in numerous solo and collective photography exhibitions in international galleries across Europe, Asia, and America, showcasing his unique vision of fine art and social photography.

Edward Olive ha participado en numerosas exposiciones de fotografía individuales y colectivas en galerías internacionales de Europa, Asia y América, mostrando su visión única de las bellas artes y la fotografía social.2026 Colours 2 – Carlotta Gallery – collective virtual gallery exhibition

2026 City Lights – Carlotta Gallery – collective virtual gallery exhibition

2012 The Human form – The Darkroom Gallery, Vermont USA collective exhibition

2011 Collective art photography exhibition Third edition of Fotox1000, the biggest collective photo exhibition in FotoGrafia 42, the International Festival of Photography of Rome 2011

2011 Collective contemporary photography exhibition “Shut up and shoot” at the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon USA.

2011 Kid Stuff collective exhibition of child portraits and photojournalism in the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles California USA.

2010 – III EXPO ESREC «El agua despertando a la primavera» in the nature museum Valle del Alberche, el Barraco Ávila Spain – Collective exhibition – nature and landscape photography

2010- FOTOX1000 II Futurspectives Rome Italy Collective exhibition – fine art photography

2010 – Citypulse por Chile Citypulse for Chile – Galería Moro – Santiago de Chile – Collective exhibition – fine art photography

2009 – Hasselblad Masters 2009 – Copenhagen, London, New York, Hong Kong,– Collective exhibition – wedding photography

2009 – Citypulse Stop making sense (lomography) – Galería Moro – Santiago de Chile – Collective exhibition – lomographic photography

2009 – Citypulse Biosphere Biosfera – Galería Moro – Santiago de Chile – Collective exhibition – Urban Photography

2009 – Photoespaña PHE “El agua de Madrid” – Madrid – Collective exhibition – fine art photography

2008 – “Rioja en los Sexto Sentidos” – Bodegas Franco Españolas – La Rioja – Collective exhibition – social photography

Publications by Edward Olive

2010 – Seasons (Citypulse Chile) – a collection of fine art analog flora and fauna photography.

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/seasons/13621908

Preview: http://cargocollective.com/citypulse#784079/seasons-new-book-by-edward-olive

2009 – Private Collection – Self published fine art nude photography book.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1096026

Book Covers – Portadas de Libros

2018: How To Begin Spanking: Upgrade your relationship (Domestic Discipline) by Constance Summers.

2018: Zwischen Kirche und Kneipe by Manfred Entrich.

2018: The Lonely Witness (Hardcover) by William Boyle.

2018: Missing: Germany by Don Winslow.

2018: Initiation: Amsterdam, ’83: Henk van der Pol by Daniel Pembrey.

2017: Survival Game by Susan Mac Nicol.

2017: Winning On Appeal: Better Briefs and Oral Argument by Leslie H. Southwick and Tessa L. Dysart.

2017: How to Start a Voiceover Career by Kellian.

2017: Cicatrice by Sara Mesa.

2016: Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes.

2016: Voyeur’s Motel by Gay Talese. (Film rights acquired by Steven Spielberg / Dreamworks).

2015: Settling Day by Kate Howarth.

2014: Baby Jane by Sofi Oksanen.

2014: Item Girl (Thriller) by Richa Lakhera.

2014: Torn in the depths of night (ちぎれた夜 de Kusanagiyu.

2012: Alchemy: The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories 2 edited by Sheba Karim.

2012: Dubbelexponering by Suzanna Dilber.

2012: L’amour sans le faire by Serge Joncour.

2012: Book of Poetry (South Korea).

2011: Mediator (Crime Thriller) by Peter Temple. (Winner of The Golden Dagger prize).

2009: Io so tutto di lei by Lucia Tilde Ingrosso.

Music Album Sleeves – Portadas de Disco

2018: VIII – Nachtblume – Qntal.

2017: Intimate Italy – Traditional Music of the Italian Coffee Shop.

2017: Relax with Jazz Volume 3.

2017: Ibiza Electro 30 Club Vibes.

2017: Period Jazz – Jazz Perspectives from Westar Music.

2017: House Progression – DJ Paul Velocity.

2012: After Party The Night Out – mixed by DJ Komori.

Series: Decap – Hardcore – DJ Album Covers.

2006-2011: Various record and CD covers for Dro Atlantic Records and other labels, including Los Zodiacs.

Publications featuring Edward Olive’s pictures – Publicaciones con Fotos de Edward Olive

Edward Olive’s photography has been featured in major international newspapers, specialized art magazines, and professional photography books, highlighting his influence in the global photographic community.

La fotografía de Edward Olive ha sido publicada en los principales periódicos internacionales, revistas de arte especializadas y libros de fotografía profesional, destacando su influencia en la comunidad fotográfica global.

2025 20 Minutos (Spanish newspaper)

2025 YoDona (women’s magazine from Spanish newspaper El Mundo)

2025 Charity Calendar – Por dos Pulgares de Nada

2025 Litmind (Photographers, Models and Makeup Artists Web/ Social Networks) – Featured Photo

2025 Colors Book by Dodho Magazine

2024 Boom Art Community – Photographic reportage – El Lado Oscuro Enay Ferrer

2018 Elle à Table

2017 Juxtapoz Magazine

2017 Lintern@ote

2017 Expansión (Spanish newspaper)

2017 The Sun (UK newspaper)

2016 National Review (US Magazine)

2016 Camera Comparison Review – Photography magazine – Article «5 Tips For Composing a Perfect Portrait by Edward Olive»

2015 Men’s Health (magazine for men)

2015 Tribuna Sanitaria (nursing magazine from Spain)

2015 My San Antonio (news magazine)

2015 Zankyou Magazine (wedding magazine from Columbia)

2015 Pianeta Donna (women’s magazine from Italy)

2014 About.com Style Weddings

2014 The Huffington Post (newspaper)

2014 Cosmo Girl! (Hong Kong) (teenage magazine)

2014 Unquote Magazine

2013 The Huffington Post (newspaper)

2013 World Wedding Traditions (bridal magazine)

2012 Paragraph Me (magazine of short stories)

2012 El Mundo Magazine (Spanish newspaper’s Sunday magazine)

2012 The photography book «El desnudo artístico en blanco y negro» published by Artual Ediciones

2012 HESO Magazine (photography & cinema review)

2012 Life is a Bed of Roses – The 2010 project with Macmillan Cancer Support – foreword by Tony Benn

2009-2011 CFYE (photography and street art magazine)

2011 DOF (photography magazine)

2011 Anormalmag (photography & visual arts magazine from Chile)

2011 IPA Lucie Foundation Annual book

2011 Hyde Park Photography Magazine (photography magazine)

2011 Citypulse Fine art photography book City of women

2011 UNLIMITED GRAIN / PORTRAITS/ from THIAPS, fine art portrait photography book

2011 Year-Book UNLIMITED GRAIN 2011 by THIAPS also known as «Film is not dead it just smells funny»

2011 Snapixel Magazine

2011 Le Negatif Mag

2010 “Urban & country landscape” – international artists published by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards

2010 IPA Lucie Foundation Annual book – International Photography Awards

2010 – Strongbox magazine (photography, art, graffiti culture, music, film)

2010 – Carne Visual Arts Magazine

2010 Aire Libre (Spanish travel magazine)

2010 YoDona (women’s magazine from Spanish newspaper El Mundo)

2010 Outside magazine

2010 The book “Everyman’s Marx” by Roger Gatham & Jake Davis

2010 GFMS Annual Gold Survey & Annual Platinum Survey

2010 Citypulse (fine art photography magazines)

2009 Oui magazine (French bridal magazine)

2009 La Fotografía Digital y Actual – Spanish photography magazine – 5 page feature – fine art erotica

2008 La Fotografía Social – Spanish photography magazine – 5 page feature – wedding photography

2006-7 various Spanish music, rap, hiphop & urban culture magazines including Serie B, Hip Hop Nation & Hipflow.

2006-7 Urban Fit (Spanish sports magazine)

2007 Gear Patrol (men’s magazine)

Television programs – Programas de Televisión

2010-2008 Explorers (Spanish TV travel program – Canal Nou & Punt 2)