Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation' "I was burnt in a house fire at the age of 18 months.... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Rear view of man wearing a shtreimel, a traditional hat for Hasidic Jewish people. © Linda Wride/shotbywomen

Asian male happy © Allie Crewe/shotbywomen

Davina Sowers sings into a microphone as she and the Vagabonds make a memorable first appearance at The Cambridge Folk Festival. Cambridge, UK on 28 July 2022. Credit: Celia Bartlett / shotbywomen © Celia Bartlett/shotbywomen

Young girl holding a winter scene in her hands © Sara Porter/shotbywomen

Lianne La Havas performs live on the Other Stage at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset. UK on 25 June 2022. Credit: Tabatha Fireman / shotbywomen © Tabatha Fireman/shotbywomen

Lianne La Havas performs live on the Other Stage at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset. UK on 25 June 2022. Credit: Tabatha Fireman / shotbywomen © Tabatha Fireman/shotbywomen

Roisin Murphy performs live on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset. UK on 25 June 2022. Credit: Tabatha Fireman / shotbywomen © Tabatha Fireman/shotbywomen

Roisin Murphy performs live on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset. UK on 25 June 2022. Credit: Tabatha Fireman / shotbywomen © Tabatha Fireman/shotbywomen

A portrait taken of a classic venetian carnival costume created from a beautiful gold & red painted volta mask & giant lace & flower covered hat, all in bright red with a green version in the backgrou... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

Portrait against the green wall, woman beautifully dressed up in a green & blue feathered headdress & black patterned tunic for the monthly colour walk in April. Inspired by Sue Kreitzmann, the first... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

Natural light portrait of a lady wearing a beautiful green & blue feathered headdress & black patterned tunic, taken at the Colourwalk in Old Spitalfields Market. Inspired by Sue Kreitzmann, the fir... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

In Saint Mark's Square as part of the Venice Carnival celebration the lady is dressed in spotted half mask & cloak, carrying a stuffed toy dalmation, her outfit based on the Disney character from the... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

A young woman is wearing a flower wreath for the head at Tempelhof Sounds, 10 June 2022. © Svenja Block/shotbywomen

Female sergeant of the Irish Guard photographed in London © Sara Porter/shotbywomen

Female sergeant of the Irish Guard photographed in London © Sara Porter/shotbywomen

Female sergeant of the Irish Guard photographed in London © Sara Porter/shotbywomen

A black and white image of a damaged top hat on a wooden background © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Man wearing tweeds and a trilby hat sitting in front of Union Jack flags in a vintage railway carriage at the East Lancs Railway 1940s Platinum Jubilee celebration in Bury on 04 June 2022 Credit: L... © Linda Wride/shotbywomen

London, UK. 5th June 2022. A man waring a Union Jack hat reads the newspaper ahead of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant which is held in central London to mark her Majesty's 70 years on the throne. The 3k... © Kiki Streitberger/shotbywomen

London, UK. 5th June 2022. A 7-thousand-people strong Platinum Jubilee Pageant was held in central London to mark her Majesty's 70 years on the throne. The colourful parade made its way along Whiteha... © Kiki Streitberger/shotbywomen

Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation' "I was burnt in a house fire at the age of 18 months.... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

A portrait of a young girl wearing colourful clothes and braided hair © Kicca Tommasi/shotbywomen

A man with hat and trench coat reading a book next to a window, light streaming in and into the wall with 2 frames © Kicca Tommasi/shotbywomen

People in dressed up to participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Held on April 4, 2021, The official parade was canceled for Covid safety preca... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

People in dressed up to participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Held on April 4, 2021, the official parade was canceled for Covid safety preca... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

People in dressed up to participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Held on April 4, 2021, the official parade was canceled for Covid safety preca... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

People in dressed up to participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Held on April 4, 2021, The official parade was cancelled for Covid safety prec... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

People in dressed up to participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Held on April 4, 2021, The official parade was cancelled for Covid safety prec... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

People in dressed up to participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Held on April 4, 2021, the official parade was canceled for Covid safety preca... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

People in dressed up to participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Held on April 4, 2021, the official parade was canceled for Covid safety preca... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

Preparing the outer leaf of the tobacco plant for the creation of a cigar in Cuba © Madeleine Winston/shotbywomen

Sihouette profile of a woman wearing a hat and beckoning towards her with both hands © Madeleine Winston/shotbywomen

Abstract Artist Sir Frank Bowling poses in his studio © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Abstract Artist Sir Frank Bowling poses in his studio © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Abstract Artist Sir Frank Bowling poses in his studio © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Portrait of a young woman outside © Tracy Smith/shotbywomen

A man wearing traditional Jewish clothing holds our his arms with a shtreimel in hand while dancing in the street in celebration of Purim in London © Linda Wride/shotbywomen

Black and white portrait of 1970's pioneer Jamaican born producer and singer Lee Scratch Perry ends his show in The Factory, in North Devon. 25th March 2013, North Devon, UK © Natasha Quarmby/shotbywomen

One woman wearing yellow hat walking up the public stairs in sunlight and shadows, and a bike wheel detail , on a worm autumn day © Aleksandra Prlincevic Milovic/shotbywomen

Three female agricultural bamboo cutters working in a rural area near Hsipaw, Shan State. © Chiara Luxardo/shotbywomen

A young female farmer in a village in the Dry Zone of Myanmar © Chiara Luxardo/shotbywomen

Portrait of two young girls in a plant nursery growing Zalea and Mahawgany in Thandwe District. © Chiara Luxardo/shotbywomen

A young female farmer at work near a village in Southern Rakhine. © Chiara Luxardo/shotbywomen

Glastonbury, Pilton, Somerset, UK. 28th June 2019. Skye Edwards, Morcheeba performs on the Avalon stage at Glastonbury Festival on Friday 28th June 2019. © Tina Korhonen/shotbywomen

A woman wearing a yellow dress and hat waits to cross the street while standing under an elevated train line in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

WomenClimb trip to Catalonia Spain, November 2018. Natasha Hirst Photography © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

14. December 2020, England, London: A woman takes part in an anti-Brexit protest in Parliament Square. © Kiki Streitberger/shotbywomen

Erykah Badu performing live at Primavera Sound 2019 © Francesca Sara Cauli/shotbywomen

FKA Twigs performing live at Primavera Sound 2019 © Francesca Sara Cauli/shotbywomen

FKA Twigs performing live at Primavera Sound 2019 © Francesca Sara Cauli/shotbywomen

A woman adjusts her headscarf in a mirror before going to church in Rivne, Ukraine in January, 1992 shortly after Ukraine gained independence from Russia. © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

People shop at a market near the main football stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine. This was taken months after Ukraine gained independence from Russia. © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

A man fills jars with petrol on the road just outside Kyiv, Ukraine. This was taken months after Ukraine gained independence from Russia. © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

A man, who was selling apples by the side of the road gestures, along the road out of Kyiv, Ukraine in January 1992, shortly after Ukraine became independence from Russia. © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

"Cobras " special police anti-gang units train for special operations on a police campus in Tegucigalpa. They cover their faces so they can't be identified later and targeted by the gangs. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

"Cobras " special police anti-gang units holding pointed guns during training for special operations on a police campus in Tegucigalpa. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A male model wearing a brown and black suit and hat by designer Demon Zhang's MITHRIDATE during the 2022 London Fashion Week. © Lensi Photography/shotbywomen

A portrait of a jubilant Eliza Tynalieva, after she placed 2nd women's traditional archery, Hungarian style. © Eleanor Moseman/shotbywomen

Lanset Genel speaks with her coach before competing in the finals for mounted archery. © Eleanor Moseman/shotbywomen

A portrait of Nazima Salleh takes a shot at the World Nomad Games. © Eleanor Moseman/shotbywomen

Dalí Theatre and Museum in Figueres, Spain. July 2018. Tourists engage with Dalí's works in his museum which contains the largest collection of his major works presented in one single location. © Jana Ašenbrennerová/shotbywomen

Will.i.am in the Paddock at the British Grand Prix in 2019 © Stella Scordellis/shotbywomen

Mick Schumacher during an interview at the British Grand Prix 2019 © Stella Scordellis/shotbywomen

Valtteri Bottas victorious on qualifying day at the British Grand Prix 2019 © Stella Scordellis/shotbywomen

Artist Frank Bowling in his studio in London, U.K., Wednesday, April 7, 2021. © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Abstract artist Frank Bowling in his studio in London, U.K., Wednesday, April 7, 2021. © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Model posing on a stool with striped trousers and floppy hat © Sian Tyrrell/shotbywomen

Cabaret style circus image of a woman in a hoop © Sian Tyrrell/shotbywomen

Model wearing black and white striped cropped top and trousers in a vintage fashion style © Sian Tyrrell/shotbywomen

Steampunk boy with falcon at Lincoln Steampunk festival © Sian Tyrrell/shotbywomen

Bill Murray poses at the "The French Dispatch" Photocall on Tuesday 13 July 2021 at Palais des Festivals, Cannes. © Julie Edwards/shotbywomen

Amy, singer with London alternative duo Nova Twins performing at The Monarch in Camden. Nova Twins have since become established within the British live music and festival circuit. © Svenja Block/shotbywomen

Man in vintage tweeds © Sian Tyrrell/shotbywomen

Fantasy plague doctor © Sian Tyrrell/shotbywomen