Nicola Tree featured in AOPf22 Behind The Scenes

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These images were taken at the Labour Party Conference October 2023 whilst working for Getty Images. Another member of the Getty team Ian Forsyth kindly took a moment to photograph me at work

Labour Conference - Day Three And Leader's Speech

Sir Keir Starmer the leader of the Labour Party is interrupted by a protester while delivering his speech to conference on October 10, 2023 in Liverpool, England. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer address's delegates and party members at the annual Labour Party Conference in the Liverpool Conference Centre

This leaders speech is always the biggest event of the conference, by this point you have kneeled couched and sat at the front of the stage for four days amongst your fellow photographers. For the final speech the press were allowed only in the front aisle area which put everyone closer together. There were three other female photographers and about forty male colleagues We were given strict instructions on what height we could be as the television cameras were behind us. The delegates were packed closely in next to us and disabled participants in their wheel chairs on the end of the rows This tight bundle of hot tired photographers waited

Sir Keir was Introduced by a delegate and then everything changed. As Sir Keir began to address the conference a young man came on to the stage and all photographers were shooting, we had no idea what was happening or how long it would last. The standing rule went out the window and everyone was on their feet trying to capture the moment which seemed to go on forever. When security finally arrived and the protester was dragged away, I had managed to position myself at the front from being right at the back of the pack. For the rest of the speech we were all left unsure whether there would be more protesters or if we should be filing our images.

Celebrating 30 Years of the f22 on International Women's Day 2024

AOPf22 Behind The Scenes is an exhibition shot by women photographers which shows in parallel each of the photographers in action behind the lens. See it, be it. By increasing the visibility of women photographers, AOPf22 hope to inspire and encourage the next generation of female image makers rise up and help achieve that magic 50/50 representation in the industry.

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