2024 Lucie Photo Book Prize

Deadline: September 15, 2024

The Lucie Foundation is dedicated to celebrating all forms of photography, in print and online and is pleased to introduce the Lucie Photo Book Prize. This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of book submissions- from traditionally published to prototypes, hand-made books to zines.  The awards are presented to photographers, editors, curators or publishers.

 

The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer two cash prizes to the top two finalists for their outstanding work.

 

Traditional $3,000 Cash Prize
Independent $2,000 Cash Prize

 

Winners and finalists will be part of a group exhibition in Los Angeles at Los Angeles Center of Photography in November.
More information regarding the exhibition to come.

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ABOUT THE LUCIE PHOTO BOOK PRIZE

The Lucie Photo Book Prize is a juried competition open to a diversity of submissions – from published to prototype to hand-made books. The awards will be presented to photographers, editors, curators or publishers who have created such projects anywhere in the world within March 2022 – October 2024.

The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer two cash prizes to the top two finalists for their outstanding work – one Traditional $3,000 cash prize and one Independent $2,000 cash prize. The Traditional Prize will be awarded to a photographer, editor, curator or publisher whose book is commercially produced and distributed. The Independent Prize will be awarded to a photographer, editor, curator or publisher whose book is published and distributed independently.

 

ABOUT LUCIE FOUNDATION
Lucie Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization whose three-tiered mission is to honor master photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography, worldwide. Lucie Foundation presents a variety of programs throughout the year, including its signature program, The Lucie Awards.

 

SUBMISSION  PROCESS
Photographers, editors, and curators are all welcome to submit their books. Eligible books include exhibition catalogues, proposals, self-published, limited edition, multi-artist, single-author, intersectional, zine, reissue, and more!

 

JURY
The Lucie Photo Book Jury – consisting of visual directors, curators, creative directors, editors, publishers and photography critics – will take part in recognizing and rewarding deserving photographers, editors, curators, and publishers who share the passion of making incredible imagery through the photo book medium. The Jury is responsible for choosing the top finalists, as well as the top two cash prize winners. Finalists will be chosen from a mix of the categories, all categories might not be represented.

Jury

The Lucie Photo Book Jury – consisting of visual directors, curators, creative directors, editors, publishers and photography critics – will take part in recognizing and rewarding deserving photographers, editors, curators, and publishers who share the passion of making incredible imagery through the photo book medium.

We are pleased to announce this years esteemed jury for the Lucie Photo Book Prize. The Jury is responsible for choosing the finalists, as well as the top two cash prize winners.

JiaJia Fei

Digital Strategist for the Art World

JiaJia Fei is a digital strategist and founder of the first digital agency for art. Through her work with museums, galleries, and artists, she holds more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of art, culture, and technology. From 2016-2020, she served as the first Director of Digital at The Jewish Museum in New York. From 2010-2015, she served as Associate Director of Digital Marketing at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. JiaJia received her BA in the History of Art from Bryn Mawr College and has lectured on the impact of art and technology worldwide.

Photo by Andy Boyle

Chaya Howell

Creative Advisor

Chaya Howell is the Founder and Director of Marginalized in Mind, a full-service global creative advisory that stands for equity and community within the photography, art, and design industries. Within the entity, she advises for Wonderful Machine, Friends of Commore Barry Park, Snap Collective, NeueHouse, and more. She has also previously been on the board for Free Juice. As a passionate advocate for storytelling, Chaya possesses a keen eye for detail, and a deep understanding of the unique voice of each artist she works with.

Photo Credit: Self Portrait

Sacha Lecca

Deputy Photo Editor, Rolling Stone

Sacha Lecca is a photographer and a photo editor. He is currently the Deputy Photo Editor at Rolling Stone magazine, working with the storied magazine since 2007, preceded by stints at CMP Media, the Guggenheim Museum and Newsweek magazine.

His photography has been featured in Rolling Stone magazine, Huck magazine, Whalebone magazine, Alt Citizen, The Photographic Journal, American Photography 36, and on various album covers. He has appeared on Icon: Music Through The Lens, a six-part television series on the history and cultural impact of music photography, on Sky Arts in the UK (and PBS in the US) and released The Opposite of Boredom: a photo book put together pre-COVID that has taken on new meaning in life during lockdown, reflecting the longing for live performance and moments in small dark spaces; published by Peanut Press.

Photo by Tim Soter

Karen Williams

Visual Creative Director

Karen Williams is a dedicated mentor to aspiring photographers, advocating for equitable access to information within the industry. With more than 10 years of experience in photography, Karen is a visual creative director, keynote speaker, and founder of Black Visual Queen a photography consulting firm. An industry insider, she’s had a hand in visual stories for iconic brands like Netflix, Masterclass, Square, Wired, AARP, and San Francisco. In her free time, she loves marathon training and all things pop culture.

Karen lives in Los Angeles, California.

Photo by Katie Thompson

Nicole Motta

Art Director, Meta

Nicole Motta (she/her/hers) is an Art Director based in NYC with over 9+ years of experience in art direction and creative production in the photo, design, tech, music, and publishing industries. She is an Art Director at Meta/Facebook App and was previously at Apple and Selman. She is a Peruvian-American creative, passionate about the intersectionality between photo, tech, design, visual communications, and the future of the photographic medium.

Nicole has a BFA in Photography & Imaging from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she is currently an adjunct instructor and holds a minor in Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology from NYU Stern School of Business, and certifications from Droga5’s D5in10 advertising program and Yale’s Business School of Management. She is currently the Programming Lead for the AIGANY. She focuses on pushing the boundaries of visual literacy by amplifying voices for creatives and communities from historically marginalized communities and groups.

Holly Fischer

Director of Photography

Holly Fischer is a New York City-based photographer and cinematographer. A storyteller at heart, she has created documentary, narrative and commercial work in the US and internationally.

As in-house Director of Photography for Refinery29 (2017 to 2020) she crafted the visual style of several ground-breaking editorial series — including the online phenomena ‘Hair Me Out’ and ‘Beauty with Mi’ — along with content for global brands such as Adidas, Chanel, Porsche and Target.

In 2021 she joined VICE Media Group as Director of Photography, working across a broad palette of globally renown content, including ‘Overlooked’, ‘I Was There’, ‘The Story Of’, ‘Street Food Icons’, ‘Munchies’, ‘Side Hustles’ and ‘Local Legends’.

Holly also DOP’s independent narratives and feature documentaries. ‘Black As U R’ (2022, directed by Micheal Rice) received the highly prestigious ‘Panavision Award: Outstanding Feature’ and was named ‘Most Outstanding Documentary Feature’ at the 4th Micheaux Film Festival. The 46th Frameline International Film Festival awarded ‘Black As U R’ its inaugural ‘Out in the Silence Award’, conferred on “outstanding film projects that highlight brave acts of visibility, especially in places where such acts are rare and unexpected.”

In addition to her work as a cinematographer, Holly has begun film directing, having worked as field director for Refinery29, BBC4, The Gates Foundation and Instagram. In 2020 she directed her first branded content film for Ritz, ‘Our Table: Why I Am Proud to Celebrate My Disability’. Holly was raised on O’ahu, Hawai’i and is a graduate of Hofstra University.

Kat Kiernan

Manager of Public Programs, The Morgan Library & Museum

Kat Kiernan is an artist and writer in Brooklyn, NY. Often using herself as her subject, her photographs explore mythologies of womanhood and feelings of uncertainty. She has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the United States and been featured in publications including China Life, Lenscratch, and The Woven Tale Press. In 2012, she was named one of Artpil’s “30 under 30” women photographers to watch.

From 2013 to 2021 Kat published and served as Editor-in-Chief of the photography magazine, Don’t Take Pictures. In 2015, she received the Griffin Museum’s Rising Star Award for her contributions to the photographic community. Kat’s writings on photography have been published in journals and blogs including Photograph, Art New England, Feature Shoot, and Big, Red, and Shiny, as well as in books, including Agnieszka Sosnowska: Myth of a Woman (The National Museum of Iceland, 2019), and The Artist as Culture Producer: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life (Intellect, 2017). She holds a BFA in photography from Lesley University College of Art and Design and an MA in Art Market Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Ann Jastrab

Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art

Ann M. Jastrab is the Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel, California. CPA strives to advance photography through education, exhibition and publication. These regional traditions—including mastery of craft, the concept of mentorship, and dedication to the photographic arts—evolved out of CPA’s predecessor, the renowned Friends of Photography established in 1967. While respecting these West Coast traditions, CPA is also at the vanguard of the future of photographic imagery.

Before coming onboard at CPA, Ann worked as the gallery director at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco for 10 years until their closure in 2017. While being a champion of artists, she created a thriving artist-in-residence program at RayKo where multiple residents, including Meghann Riepenhoff, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Kathya Marie Landeros, Klea McKenna, and McNair Evans, all received Guggenheim Fellowships. Ann was also the gallery manager at Scott Nichols Gallery in San Francisco where she incorporated contemporary artists with the legends photography.

Cengiz Yar

Deputy Editor, Rest of World

Cengiz is a documentary photographer and editor based in El Paso, Texas. He is a deputy editor at Rest of World, overseeing visuals and editorial production. His documentary photography focuses on mass displacement, religious and ethnic minorities, and the repercussions of the Islamic State.

Photo by Scott Heins

Brent Lewis

Photo Editor, The New York Times

Brent Lewis is a Photo Editor based out of New York City, co-founder of Diversify.Photo and from the greatest city in the world Chicago. South Side to be exact.

Brent is a photo editor at The New York Times working on the Home Page and breaking news desk.

Brent was a Photo Editor at The Washington Post. Formerly, he was the Senior Photo Editor of ESPN’s The Undefeated, where he drove the visual language of the website that is based around the intersection of sports, race, and culture. Before joining the turning his life over to photo editing, he was a staff photojournalist with stints at The Denver Post, The Rockford Register Star and the Chillicothe Gazette. Through the years his photos have been used by the Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, Associated Press, Forbes, and Yahoo! News.

SUBMIT

ELIGIBILITY: The awards will be presented to photographers, editors, curators, or publishers who have created such projects anywhere in the world within March 2022 – October 2024.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: 20% discount until March 31, 2024 discount applied at checkout

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: September 15, 2024 Cut off time – 12midnight ET (USA)

APPLICATION PROCESS: Complete Submission Form and upload PDF File of Book. Click the button below.

Winners will be announced: November 2024 

* Due to the volume of submissions, the Lucie Foundation accepts online submissions only. Please do not ship books to the foundation. Thank you.

SUBMIT

FAQ

IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS?

No, you may submit as many applications as you would like.

HOW SHOULD I PREPARE MY FILES?

Please prepare your files according to the specifications below.
• JPG only. (NO TIF, GIF, PNG, PDF files will be accepted.)
• 72 DPI
• No file should exceed 4mb
• PDF of complete book (cover to cover) Max 60mb (*Please make sure your pages in the PDF are layout form of the book, not individual pages)

 

HOW WILL I KNOW IF I WAS SELECTED?

If you were selected for the shortlist or as a recipient, you will be contacted directly through the email which you provided in the submission form. The shortlist and recipients will also be announced via the Lucie Foundation newsletter, website, and social media. Due to the volume of submissions, we are not able to notify if you were not selected.

SUBMISSION FEES:

Traditional – $55 for first submission, 20% discount for each additional category of the same book submission.
The Traditional Prize will be awarded to a photographer, editor, curator or publisher whose book is commercially produced and distributed.
Independent – $35 for first submission, 20% discount for each additional category of the same book submission.
The Independent Prize will be awarded to a photographer, editor, curator or publisher whose book is published and distributed independently.

 

CATEGORIES:

1. Exhibition Catalogue: Printed publication made to accompany a temporary exhibition or installation at a gallery or alternative space.

2. First: Open to photographers, authors, and publishers who have not previously had a book published by a third party publishing house.

3. Intersectional: Publication that mixes photography with another medium. This can include text, music, painting, graphic design, poetry, and more.

4. Limited Edition: A book that is released in a limited quantity print run.

5. Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher: More than one artist, author, and/or publisher is featured in the publication.

6. Other: Publication that does not fit within in any of the other ten categories.

7. Proposal: Plan or scheme of a publication, including visual and text which outlines book idea. / Prototype: Mock-up of a proposed publication.

8. Reissue: A book that has not been available for a period of time, but is now being published or produced again.

9. Self- Published: Publication of any book or other media by its author without the involvement of an established publisher. / Handmade: Self-published book made by hand.

10. Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher: Publication composed by one artist, author, and/or publisher.

11.  Zine: A small-circulation, self-published work.

SUBCATEGORIES: 
Culture / Nature / Landscape, Fashion / Portrait, Documentary / Photojournalism, Fine Art / Contemporary, Single Subject, and Other.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR

Los Angeles Center of Photography

The Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) is a crucible that forges creative vision, insight, and experimentation into a vibrant photographic community that expresses the cultural and artistic crosscurrents that are the essence of Los Angeles. LACP is committed to remove any barriers for entry, and it supports, mentors and promotes visual storytellers and their creative journeys, at all stages of life and career.

PAST WINNERS

2023 Winner and Finalists / Traditional Category

Winners:

Exhibition Catalogue
Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I’ll Run On / Joshua Rashaad McFadden
George Eastman Museum and Yale University Press

First
Bedfellow / Caroline Tompkins
Palm* Studios

 

Finalists:

Exhibition Catalogue
Shirin Neshat: Land of Dreams / Shirin Neshat
Radius Books and Site Santa Fe

First
About the Days ahead / Ingmar Björn Nolting
Verlag Kettler

First
Renegades: San Francisco, The 1990s / Chloe Sherman
Hatje Cantz

First
Absentee / Sayuri Ichida
IBASHO and the(M) éditions

First
Binh Danh: The Enigma of Belonging / Binh Danh
Radius Books

First
I Can Feel You Dreaming / Taylor Galloway
Deadbeat Club

First
Meeting Sofie / Snezhana von Büdingen-Dyba
Le Bec en l’air

Limited Edition
Hidden: Life with California’s Roma Families / Cristina Salvador Klenz
Brown Paper Press

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Countdown / Jeanine Michna-Bales & Adam Reynolds, Fred Kaplan (opening essay)
Yoffy Press

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Women Photograph What We See: Women and Nonbinary Perspectives Through the Lens / 100 photographs from women and nonbinary visual storytellers
White Lion Publishing

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Reclaim the Street: Street Photography’s Moment / Stephen McLaren and Matt Stuart
Thames & Hudson

Other
The Kabuler / Cristina de Middel and Lorenzo Meloni
This Book is True

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Star Struck / Ave Pildas
Deadbeat Club

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Jamel Shabazz: Albums / Jamel Shabazz
Steidl

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Gloryland / Robert LeBlanc
Setanta Books

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Proof of Work / Danny Franzreb
Hartmann Books

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Loisaida New York Street Work 1984 – 1990 / Tria Giovan
Damiani

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Gli Isolani (The Islanders) / Alys Tomlinson
GOST Books

2023 Winner and Finalists / Independent Category

Winner:

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
We Cry In Silence / Smita Sharma
FotoEvidence

 

Finalists:

First
Potato head / Rosa Isabel Vázquez López
Muertedero

First
Playboys / Robert Yager
550BC

First
Cousins / Kristen Joy Emack
L’Artiere

First
Ghar / Anu Kumar
Perimeter Editions

First
Car Culture / Jonathan Castillo
SKYLARK Editions

First
Do svidaniya mama / Anastasia Shvachko

First
Not Surrendering / Mariusz Śmiejek

First
Moemoea / Brendan George Ko
Conveyor Editions

First
The North Fork / Trent Davis Bailey
Trespasser

First
Rao’s Newsstand / Takuya Ishikawa
Kaze

Intersectional
Where They Still Remain / Austin Bryant
Self-published via Conveyor Studios

Limited Edition
In Their Own Light: Photographs from Chicago Public Schools / Melissa Ann Pinney
Skylark

Limited Edition
The Evidence Project / 24 leading photojournalists
Photographers Against Wildlife

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Ukraine: A War Crime / 93 photojournalists from 29 countries
FotoEvidence

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Lens and Landscape / Maleonn Ma and Tonje Bøe Birkeland
Northing

Proposal / Prototype
Field Book / Jordan Putt

Proposal / Prototype
Tierra Sin Agua / Ana Rodríguez Heinlein

Proposal / Prototype
Mirage Hotel / Francesco Villa

Self-Published
Don’t Forget to Wave / Tommy Keith
Self-Published

Self-Published
Dark Garden / Jackson Porter Hardin
Self-Published

Self-Published
Like Dust Settling in a Dim-Lit Room (Or Starless Forest) / Jake Benzinger
Self-Published

Self-Published
Instagrampier / Pierfrancesco Celada
Self-Published

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
This Is War: A Decade of Conflict: Photographs
G Editions

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Desire Lines / Lara Shipley
Overlapse

2022 Winner and Finalists / Traditional Category

Winner:

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Maryam Ashrafi: Rising Among Ruins, Dancing Amid Bullets
Hemeria

 

Finalists:

Exhibition Catalogue
Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London

Exhibition Catalogue
Speaking with Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography
Radius Books

Exhibition Catalogue
Boris Mikhailov From “Blau Horse” till now days
Morel / Mep

First
Sapeurs Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo / Tariq Zaidi
KEHRER

First
The Truth is in the Soil / Ioanna Sakellaraki
GOST Books

First
sonora / Scott B. Davis
Radius Books

Limited Edition
Division Street / Robert Gumpert
Dewi Lewis Publishing

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Rising among ruins, Dancing amid bullets / Maryam Ashrafi
Hemeria

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Waves / Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb
Radius Books

Other
Midwest Materials / Julie Blackmon
Radius Books

Other
Goran Tomaševic
Edition Lammerhuber

Single Subject
SPIN / Yusuke Takagi
L’Artiere

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Personal Ties — Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn / Amy Touchette
Schilt Publishing & Gallery

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Sin Salida (No Way Out) / Tariq Zaidi
GOST Books

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Sognarium / Helô Mello
Foto Editorial

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Mika Sperling: Mother Tongue / Mika Sperling
KERBER

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
The New Black West: Photographs from America’s Only Touring Black Rodeo / Gabriela Hasbun
Chronicle Books

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Big Fence / Pitcairn Island / Rhiannon Adam
BLOW UP PRESS

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Media Archaeology / Jennifer West
Radius Books

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Spin Club Stories / Astrid Reischwitz
KEHRER

2022 Winner and Finalists / Independent Category

Winner:

First
Diego Ibarra Sánchez: The Phoenician Collapse
FotoEvidence Press and Ediciones Universidad de San Jorge

 

Finalists:

First
Puberty / Laurence Philomene
Yoffy Press

First
Out of Place / Bas Losekoot
KEHRER

First
GINGANIUMERU -Release into the galaxy- / Kenta Nakamura
Gap4 Publishing

First
The Phoenician Collapse / Diego Ibarra Sánchez
FotoEvidence Press

First
PREDIO / Javier Álvarez
Buen Lugar

First
INSURRECTION / Nate Gowdy
Pigeon Editions

Intersectional
Impermanence / Kenro Izu
Veritas Editions

Limited Editions
LIFEWORK / George Tice
Veritas Editions

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
NORTH LINE / Fyodor Telkov and Sergey Poteryaev
Snowfox Works

Other
Summer’s Almost Gone / Summer’s Almost Gone
Ediciones Posibles

Other
Shooting the Tiger / Xiaoxiao Xu
The Eriskay Connection

Proposal / Prototype
, te quiere, mamá / Bárbara Traver

Proposal / Prototype
BULLET / Marco Marzocchi

Self-Published / Handmade
Samizdat / Roberto Aguirrezabala

Self-Published / Handmade
A Wounded Landscape – bearing witness to the Holocaust / Marc Wilson
Twotwo Press

Self-Published / Handmade
SACRED NILE / Chester Higgins
March Forth Imprint

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
In-A-Gadda-Da-England / Edward Thompson
Flying Camera Publishing

Self-Published / Handmade
I Have Been Here Before / Laila Nahar

Self-Published / Handmade
Loss / Katerina Motylova

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Eclipse / Rose Marie Cromwell

2021 Winner and Finalists / Traditional Category

Winner:

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
William Eggleston: The Outlands
Steidl

 

Finalists:

Exhibition Catalogue
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Paris Revisited
Thames & Hudson

Exhibition Catalogue
Edited by Omar Kholeif: Art in the Age of Anxiety
MOREL / Sharjah Art Foundation

First
Yukari Chikura: ZAIDO
Steidl

First
Stefen Chow and Huiyi Lin: The Poverty Line
Lars Müller Publishers/Actes Sud

First
Tomas Van Houtryve: Lines And Lineage
Radius Books

First
David Billet and Ian Kline: Rabbit / Hare
Deadbeat Club Press

First
Michael Sherwin: Vanishing Points
Kehrer Verlag

First
Anja Engelke: Room 125
Kerber

Intersectional
Antoine d’Agata: Francis Bacon
The Eyes Publishing

Intersectional
Debi Cornwall: Necessary Fictions
Radius Books

Limited Edition
Thana Faroq: I don’t recognize me in The Shadows
Lecturis

Limited Edition
Thomas Kellner: The Big Picture
Seltmann Publishers

Reissue
John Willis: Views from the Reservation: A New Edition
George F. Thompson Publishing

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
William Eggleston: The Outlands
Steidl

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Jo Ractliffe: Photographs 1980s – now
The Walther Collection and Steidl Verlag

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Anastasia Samoylova: Flood Zone
Steidl

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Matt Black: American Geography: A Reckoning with a Dream
Thames & Hudson

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Ed Kashi: Abandoned Moments: A Love Letter To Photography
Kehrer Verlag

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Mona Kuhn: Works
Thames & Hudson

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Rebecca Norris Webb: Night Calls
Radius Books

2021 Winner and Finalists / Independent Category

Winner:

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Donna Ferrato: Holy
powerHouse Books

 

Finalists:

First
“Becoming Sisters; Women Photography Collectives & Organizations” / This collective manifesto features 40 international women and non-binary collectives and 98 women-identified and non-binary photographers.
Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA)

First
Will Harris: You can call me Nana
Overlapse

First
Antone Dolezal & Lara Shipley: Devil’s Promenade
Overlapse

First
Federico Rios Escobar: VERDE
Raya Editorial

First
Kanta Nomura: The Yoshida Dormitory Students’ History
REMINDERS PHOTOGRAPHY STRONGHOLD

First
Sarah Pabst: Morning Song
Raya Editorial

Intersectional
Nicola Lo Calzo: Binidittu
L’Artiere

Intersectional
Muhammad Fadli: The Banda Journal
Jordan, jordan Édition

Intersectional
Roger Ballen: The Earth Will Come to Laugh and Feast
powerHouse Books

Multi Artist / Multi Author / Multi Publisher
Primal Sight / Edited by Efrem Zelony-Mindell. This collection includes the work of 146 different artists.
Gnomic Book

Other
Heleen Peeters: Horse
The Eriskay Connection

Proposal / Prototype
Kelsey Sucena: Paralytic States
Self-Published

Self-Published / Handmade
Two Thousand Words / Anonymous, Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 during the Prague Spring
Roberto Aguirrezabala (Self-Published)

Self-Published / Handmade
Kirsty Mackay: The Fish That Never Swam
Self-Published

Self-Published / Handmade
Soumya Sankar Bose: Where the Birds never sing
Red Turtle Photobook / Self-Published

Self-Published / Handmade
Miki Hasegawa: YOU AND ME everyday everywhere everytime
Self-Published

Self-Published / Handmade
Rafael Fabres: Cafuné
Self-Published

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Theo Elias: Red / January 2021
Self-Published

Single Artist / Single Author / Single Publisher
Donna Ferrato: Holy
powerHouse Books

Zine
Gil Rigoulet, Jean-Marc Armani, Laurence Kourcia, Wilfrid Esteve, Carole Bellaiche, Marvin Bonheur, Gilles Larvor, Pablo Baquedano, and Alexa Brunet: REVERS éditions zines
REVERS éditions

2020 Winner and Finalists / Traditional Category

Winner:

Intersectional
Antwaun Sargent: The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art And Fashion
Aperture

 

Finalists:

Exhibition Catalogue
Imagining Everyday Life: Engagements with Vernacular Photography
The Walther Collection and Steidl

Exhibition Catalogue
Aenne Biermann. Photographer
Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess AG, Zürich, Schweiz

Exhibition Catalogue
Henri Cartier-Bresson: China 1948-1949, 1958
Thames & Hudson

Exhibition Catalogue
Viewpoints: Photographs from the Howard Greenberg Collection
MFA Publications

First
East of Nowhere
Thames & Hudson

First
Ming Smith: An Aperture Monograph
Aperture and Documentary Arts

First
Sleep Creek
Void Photo

Intersectional
The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion
Aperture

Intersectional
Aya
Editorial RM

Limited Edition
Before . Easter . After
Taschen

Multi Artist
Africa State of Mind: Contemporary Photography Reimagines a Continent
Thames & Hudson

Multi Artist
Imagine: Reflections on Peace
Spark/Hemeria

Multi Author
To Make Their Own Way in the World: The Enduring Legacy of the Zealy Daguerreotypes
Aperture and Peabody Museum Press

Other
AUTOPORTRAIT
The Walther Collection and Steidl

Single Author
Girl Pictures
Aperture

Single Author
Ilmatar
MANDARKE

Single Author
Woman Go No’Gree
RM / Images Vevey

Single Author
The Tourist
André Frère Éditions

Single Author
The Trap
Hatje Cantz

Single Author
Side Walk
Hatje Cantz Verlag

2020 Winner and Finalists / Independent Category

Winner:

Exhibition Catalogue
Michael Jang, Sandra Phillips, Erik Kessels, Kingston Trinder: Who Is Michael Jang?
Atelier Éditions

 

Finalists:

Exhibition Catalogue
Who Is Michael Jang?
Atelier Éditions

Exhibition Catalogue
Trine Søndergaard: 203 Works
The Gothenburg Museum of Art & Fabrikbooks

Exhibition Catalogue
Chechnya. War. Daily life.
Krista Photogallery, The Lumiere brothers Center for Photography, Maxim Marmur

Exhibition Catalogue
African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other
Schilt Publishing and FotoFest Inc.

First
Knit Club
TBW Books

First
Performance Review
Minor Matters

First
Attention Servicemember
Red Hook Editions

First
Some Kind Of Heavenly Fire
Setanta Books

First
He Threw the Last Punch Too Hard
FotoEvidence Press

Handmade
Este Lado / This Side
Self-Published

Intersectional
LIKE
Gnomic Book

Intersectional
John Cage: A Mycological Foray
Atelier Éditions

Limited Edition
Rave
Skylark Editions

Other
Omen. Phantasmagoria at the Farm Security Administration Archive. 1935-1944
Gato Negro Ediciones

Other
Watering my horse by a spring at the foot of the Long Wall
The Eriskay Connection

Prototype
The Quickening
Self-Published

Self Published
Lost Summer
Self-Published

Self Published
Midnight at the Crossroads
This Book Is True

Self Published
The Black Yearbook
Self-Published

Self Published
DOUBLEPAGES_1 and 2, 2019 Two issues in a grey cardboard box
UND EINS

2019 Winner and Finalists / Traditional Category

Winner:

Single Author
Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply
University of Texas Press

 

Finalists:

Exhibition Catalogue
Diane Arbus A Box of Ten Photographs
Smithsonian American Art Museum and Aperture

First
CAESURA the duration of a sigh
KEHRER Verlag

Intersectional
Be Hers Be Mine
Kehrer Publishing Heidelberg

Limited Edition
67/11
EWS Press

Multi-Author
MAGNUM CHINA
Thames & Hudson

Other
Lifestyle
Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH

Other
Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train – The People’s View
Fw-Books

Other
RongRong’s Diary – Beijing East Village
The Walther Collection and Steidl

Reissue
Kohei Yoshiyuki: The Park
Radius Books and Yossi Milo

Single Author
Cimarron: Freedom and Masquerade
Thames & Hudson

Single Author
Christopher Street 1976
STANLEY/BARKER

Single Author
The Heights
Aperture

Single Author
Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply
University of Texas Press

Single Author
Arnold Newman: One Hundred
Radius Books and Howard Greenberg Gallery

2019 Winner and Finalists / Independent Category

Winner:

Limited Edition
Zora J Murff: At No Point In Between
Dais Books

 

Finalists:

Exhibition Catalogue
Go Down Moses
Candor Arts / Museum of Contemporary Photography

First
El Libro Supremo de la Suerte (The Supremo Book of Luck)
TIS Books and Light Work

Handmade
what Shod I Be?!!!!
Self-Published

Intersectional
Sealegs
Joshua Tarplin and GHP

Limited Edition
Zora J Murff: At No Point In Between
Dais Books

Multi-Artist
Women of Kuwait
DayLight Book

Multi-Artist
Tamar, Where Are You?
bt:st verlag, Andreas Oetker-Kast

Multi-Author
Unique: Making Photographs in the Age of Ubiquity
House of Oktober

Other
East Harlem: The Postwar Years
powerHouse Books

Proposal
Oil & Moss
igortereshkov

Prototype
3804 Days
Patrick Junker

Self-Published
M.O.O.N Mysterious Orbital Object Non-identified
Self-Published

Self-Published
Cicatriz Blanca
Guilherme Pucci

Single Author
Landfall
TBW Books

Zine
Charlotte by Sunny
Self-Published

Zine
Seasonal Blues, V1
Little Oak Press

Zine
Beyond the Darkness
Ion Printing

2018 Winner and Finalists / Traditional Category

Winner:

Paul D’Amato 
Here/Still/Now, Kehrer Verlag

Finalists:

Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs 
Aperture and the Smithsonian American Art Museum

66 photographers 
Iran, année 38, Textuel, Arte Editions

Debi Cornwall 
Welcome to Camp America, Radius Books

Victoria Will 
Borne Back, Peanut Press

João Pina 
46750, FotoEvidence (For the english edition)

JH Engström 
Revoir, Akio Nagasawa Publishing

Juergen Teller, Ute und Werner Mahler, Pari Dukovic, Brigitte Lacombe, and Paolo Pellegrin 
Juergen Teller, Ute und Werner Mahler, Pari Dukovic, Brigitte Lacombe, Paolo Pellegrin, Kerber

Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe 
Drowned River: The Death and Rebirth of Glen Canyon on the Colorado, Radius Books

Paul Child 
France is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child, Thames & Hudson

David Granick 
The East End in Colour 1960-1980, Hoxton Mini Press

Jérôme Brunet
Into The Light: The Music Photography of Jérôme Brunet, Insight Editions

Harry Benson 
RFK: A PhotographersJournal,  powerHouse

Paul D’Amato 
Here/Still/Now, Kehrer Verlag

2018 Winner and Finalists / Independent Category

Winner:

Adriana Monsalve and Arlene Mejorado 
Femme Frontera, Homie House Press

Finalists:

Ali Arkady, Aram Karim, Bnar Sardar, SeivanM. Salim, Rawsht Twana, Hawre Khalid, Twana Abdullah, Dario Bosio, and Sebastian Meyer 
Over My Eyes, DARST PROJECTS

Daniel Castro Garcia 
FOREIGNER: Collected Writings 2017, John Radcliffe Studio

Mariah Karson
AMERICAN LEGION, Self-Published

Shawn Bush 
Between Gods and Animals, Self-Published

Pascale Georgiev 
An Atlas of Rare & Familiar Colour, Atelier Éditions

Emi Anrakuji 
MISHO, SHINTO

Guido Guidi, Jason Fulford, Gregory Halpern, and Viviane Sassen 
TBW Books Annual Series No. 6, TBW Books

Adriana Monsalve and Arlene Mejorado 
Femme Frontera, Homie House Press

Ingo Rasp
Alpine Strukturen – Edition Two, Self-Published

Larry Fink 
The Polarities, L’Artiere

Mike Osborne 
Federal Triangle

James Rodriguez 
Land of Trees

Mike Osborne 
Monopoly

Eduard J. Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Gertrude Käsebier, James Craig Annan,and etc.  
Camera Work Numbers 1 to 50, Pierre Vreyen

Ksenia Sidorova 
Simplex, Self-Published

David Magee 
Outside, Concentric Editions

Res 
Towers of Thanks, Loose Joints

Joachim Hildebrand 
Wild West, KEHRER Verlag

2017 Winner and Finalists / Traditional Category

 

Winner:

Single Author
Mark Peterson
Political Theatre, Steidl

 

 

Finalists: 

Exhibition Catalogue
Magnum Manifesto

Thames & Hudson

Exhibition Catalogue

Slides. The History of Projected Photography

Musée de l’Elysée & Editions Noir sur Blanc, Lausanne

First

Zackary Canepari 
REX, Contrasto
First
Paula Bronstein
Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear

University of Texas Press

Intersectional

Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb

Slant Rhymes, La Fabrica

Limited Edition

KINO Seido
Touch the forest, touched by the forest.

Akaaka Art Publishing Inc.

Multi-Artist

Photographers of Dronestagram

Dronescapes, Thames & Hudson

Multi-Author

Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers

Abrams Books

Other

Tom Atwood, Kings & Queens in Their Castles

Damiani

Proposal

Chi-Kwon Choi, The Truth
Prototype
Peter Steinhauer, Cocoons

Powerhouse Books

Self-Published

Ellen Korth, Charkow

Single Author

Peter Bauza, Copacabana Palace 
Edition Lammerhuber
Single Author
Mark Peterson
Political Theatre, Steidl

2017 Winners and Finalists / Independent Category

 

Winners:

Self-Published
Tianqiutao Chen
The Last Post  (tied) Self-Published
Amy Elkins
Black is the Day, Black is the Night (tied)
Finalists:
Exhibition Catalogue
Jo Ann Chaus, Sweetie & Hansom

Self-Published

First

Zora Murff, Corrections

Aint-Bad Editions

Handmade

Shawn Bush, A Golden State

Self-Published

Intersectional

Barry Stone, Daily, In A Nimble Sea

Silas Finch

Limited Edition

Matt Eich, I Love You, I’m Leaving

ceiba editions

Multi-Artist

TBW Books Series No. 5

TBW Books

Multi-Author

Frank Cancian, Lacedonia: An Italian Town, 1957

Self-Published

Proposal

Alex Oliver, WILDE DOGS – The rules of life according to Oscar Wilde

Prototype

Kris Vervaeke, House Full of Gold

Reissue

Nicolo´ Degiorgis, PEAK

Rorhof

Self-Published
Amy Elkins
Black is the Day, Black is the Night

Self-Published

Kyrre Lien, The Internet Warriors

Self-Published

Tianqiutao Chen
The Last Post

Single Author

Sascha Kraus, Forthright – Stronger than a weapon

Forthright Publishing

Single Author

Fran Antmann, Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams

Nirala Publications

Zine

Zackary Canepari, When I step in the light, I shine.