Helen Bartlett — Awards, Press, Publications and Speaking

Helen Bartlett on the stage for Canon at The Photography Show in 2024

Canon Ambassador, awards, and my family photography work published around the world

I’m Helen Bartlett, an award-winning newborn, baby and family photographer based in London, and the only family photographer among the 82 photographers selected across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the Canon Ambassador programme, a role I’ve held since 2018.

Since founding Helen Bartlett Photography in 2003, my recent awards include:

First and Second Place, Berlin Photo Awards, Family Photography category, 2026
Best Black and White Family Photographer London, Top 100 Awards, 2026
Best Family Photographer 2025 UK, LuxLife Creative and Visual Arts Awards
Family Photographer of the Year 2026, London and South East England Prestige Awards

My work is widely published in the photographic press nationally and internationally, including a seven-page feature in Digital Camera Magazine (Issue 297, August 2025), an eight-page article in Profi Foto Magazine, Hungary (May 2018), and coverage in Photoworld China (June 2013).

Here, you can browse a selection of magazine spreads, guest blogs, event pictures and book extracts featuring my work.

To read what my clients say about working with me, visit my reviews page.

Helen Bartlett on her Canon camera equipment for newborn, baby and family photography — Amateur Photographer magazine, November 2023

Winner of LuxLife Magazine’s Parent & Baby Awards 2024 ‘Most Evocative Family Photographer 2024’

Helen Bartlett on stage speaking on the Canon Stand at Photokina in October 2018. Her talk ‘Great Family Photos and How to Take Them’ was very popular with an international audience of professional photographers.

One of Helen Bartlett’s children’s portrait images used in a Canon Advert October 2025.

Article by Helen Bartlett for Canon Europe about the link between family photography and memories – Where Memories Grow published online in November 2021.

Canon using the 1DX Mark III for family portraits

A review piece by Helen Bartlett for Canon Europe on Ready for anything: family photography with the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III in November 2021.

Double page spread from article on Helen Bartlett in Click Magazine USA. November/December 2025 issue 25.

Canon Europe tips for displaying family photographs at home

An article by Helen Bartlett for Canon Europe offering ‘Top Tips for Displaying Family Photographs’, published in November 2021.

Ten page feature article on Helen Bartlett and her family photography work in ProFi Foto Video Magazine, May 2018, in Hungary.

Article about Helen Bartlett on the London Camera Exchange website discussing the Canon equipment she uses for her family photography and how Canon Mirrorless cameras are the best for family photographers.

Inside pages from a feature on Helen Bartlett: Sow Happiness through Children Photography in Photoworld China, Volume 378 June 2013.

Feature article about Helen Bartlett on Canon Europe’s blog ‘Behind the lens: Helen Bartlett – Turning a photographic passion into a career’. Published June 2023.

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