http://hub.the-aop.org/ Welcome to the AOP The AOP brings professional photographers together, protecting their rights and promoting photography.We campaign for all photographers and our awards promote the best in photography. We also provide information services, education programmes, exhibitions and publications to support these activities.As image-makers respond to globalisation, the AOP is building an effective network of communications with photographers from around the world. History: Bringing Photographers Together Since 1968 The AOP was formed in 1968 as the Association of Fashion and Advertising Photographers by a small group of photographers (later joined by editorial photographers to become AFAEP). United by a common aim to challenge the then unreasonable demands of model agencies, it brought together professional photographers, to protect their rights and promote photography.Constituted as a non-profit distributing trade association, today its membership exceeds 1,800 photographers and photographic assistants. It is supported by photographers´ agents, printers, manufacturers and suppliers of photographic equipment. ........