2026 Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize
The Lucie Foundation is dedicated to celebrating all forms of photography. This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of book submissions- from traditionally published to hand-made books and zines. The awards are presented to photographers and publishers.
The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer three cash prizes.
Book of the Year – $3,000 cash prize
The Book of the Year Prize will be awarded to the publisher, this category represents the best overall book of the year.
First Book – $2,000 cash prize
The First Book Prize will be awarded to a photographer; entries for this category must be the first iteration of a photographer’s work in the book medium.
Self-published – $2,000 cash prize
The Self-Published Prize will be awarded to the photographer. This category is solely for self-published and handmade books.
SUBMIT
ELIGIBILITY: The awards will be presented to photographers and publishers who have created such projects anywhere in the world between September 2024 and September 2026.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: 20% discount until March 26th, 2026; 10% discount until April 9th, 2026; Discount applied at checkout.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT EXTENDED: September 15, 2026 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: Fall 2026
* 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. Winners and finalists will be announced in mid-September.
SUBMISSION FEES:
Publisher – $75 for the first submission, 20% discount for each additional category of the same book submission.
The Book of the Year Prize will be awarded to the publisher, this category represents the best overall book of the year.
Photographer – $50 for the first submission, 20% discount for each additional category of the same book submission.
The First Book Prize will be awarded to a photographer; entries for this category must be the first iteration of a photographer’s work in the book medium.
The Self-Published Prize will be awarded to the photographer. This category is solely for self-published and handmade books.
The Self-Published Prize will be awarded to the photographer. This category is solely for self-published and handmade books.
CATEGORIES:
Book of the Year
1. Exhibition Catalogue: Printed publication made to accompany an exhibition or installation at a gallery or alternative space.
2. Photography +: Publication that mixes photography with another medium. This can include text, music, painting, graphic design, poetry, and more.
3. Multi Artist / Multi Publisher: A publication featuring the work of multiple photographers and/or publishers.
4. Single Artist / Single Publisher: A publication featuring the work of a singular photographer and/or publisher.
5. Limited Edition: A book that is released in a limited quantity print run.
6. Other: A publication that does not fit within the bounds of more traditional categories.
First Book
1. Photography +: Publication that mixes photography with another medium. This can include text, music, painting, graphic design, poetry, and more.
2. Single Artist: A publication featuring the work of a singular photographer and/or publisher.
3. Limited Edition: A book that is released in a limited quantity print run.
4. Other: A publication that does not fit within the bounds of more traditional categories.
self-published
1. Photography +: Publication that mixes photography with another medium. This can include text, music, painting, graphic design, poetry, and more.
2. Single Artist: A publication featuring the work of a singular photographer and/or publisher.
3. Limited Edition: A book that is released in a limited quantity print run.
4. Other: A publication that does not fit within the bounds of more traditional categories.
5. Zine: A small-circulation, self-published work.
SUBCATEGORIES:
Culture
Landscape
Fashion / Advertising
People / Portrait
Documentary / Photojournalism
Fine Art / Contemporary
Other
Landscape
Fashion / Advertising
People / Portrait
Documentary / Photojournalism
Fine Art / Contemporary
Other
2025 Winners & Finalists Announced
2025 TRADITIONAL CATEGORY WINNER:
Single Artist / Single Publisher
The Anthropocene Illusion / Zed Nelson
Guest Editions
2025 TRADITIONAL CATEGORY FINALISTS:
Exhibition Catalogue
Queer Lens: A History of Photography
Multi Artist
Getty Publications
First
The Unruly Archive
Stephanie Syjuco
Radius Books
First
Vrin – Home through an Emigrant’s Lens | Flüchtige Heimat | Bandunar e mai schar dar
Verner Soler
Chasa Editura Rumantscha
First
Extreme Pain, Extreme Joy
Maggie Shannon
Mother Tongue
2025 INDEPENDENT CATEGORY WINNER:
Intersectional
It’s Hard to Stop Rebels That Time Travel / Raymond Thompson Jr
Void
2025 INDEPENDENT CATEGORY FINALISTS:
Exhibition Catalogue
Hey Lover
Marcus Maddox
Pomegranate Press
Exhibition Catalogue
Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits
Alan Adler
Perimeter Editions
Exhibition Catalogue
BINDE.100-10
Gunars Binde
Gunārs Binde Foundation
Exhibition Catalogue
On Country: Photography from Australia
PHOTO Australia and Perimeter Editions
about
ABOUT THE LUCIE PHOTO BOOK PRIZE
The Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize is a juried competition dedicated to celebrating the most innovative and compelling photographic books published in a given year. This program is open to a diverse range of book submissions, from major publishing houses, to an artist’s first hand made zine, all forms and representations of photography books are welcome. Chosen by industry leaders and professionals, the Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize can be awarded to both photographers and publishers.
The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer three cash prizes to the top three finalists for their outstanding work:
1. BOOK OF THE YEAR – $3,000 CASH PRIZE
The Book of the Year Prize will be awarded to the publisher, this category represents the best overall book of the year.
2. FIRST BOOK – $2,000 CASH PRIZE
The First Book Prize will be awarded to a photographer; entries for this category must be the first iteration of a photographer’s work in the book medium.
3. SELF-PUBLISHED – $2,000 CASH PRIZE
The Self-Published Prize will be awarded to the photographer. This category is solely for self-published and handmade books.
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, self-published, limited edition, multi-artist, single-author, zine, reissue, and more!
JURY
The Lucie Foundation Photo Book Jury – consisting of visual directors, curators, creative directors, editors, and photography critics – will take part in recognizing and rewarding deserving photographers, 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 three 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, and photography critics – will take part in recognizing and rewarding deserving photographers, and publishers who share the passion of making incredible imagery through the photo book medium.
We are pleased to announce this year’s esteemed jury for the Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize. The Jury is responsible for choosing the finalists, as well as the top three cash prize winners.
Merve Arkunlar
Editor-in-Chief, 212 Magazine
Merve Arkunlar is an Istanbul-based writer, editor, and creative professional working across visual culture, storytelling, and publishing. She has contributed to publications such as British Journal of Photography, ArtReview, ArtUnlimited, Time Out Istanbul, Vogue, GQ, and Condé Nast Traveler. She has also served as a visiting lecturer, teaching Visual Communication Design Workshop and Interdisciplinary Communication Design Practices.
Since 2019, she has been the Editor-in-Chief of 212 Magazine, an international biannual culture and arts publication reaching readers in 42 countries. Its POSITOPIA issue received the Photography Content of the Year award at the Lucie Awards. She also serves as Director of the 212 creative agency and contributes to the curatorial programme of the international photography festival 212 Photography Istanbul, which presents exhibitions and public programmes across the city and welcomed more than 150,000 visitors in its 2025 edition.
Growing up in an artistic environment influenced by her grandfather, the painter Fahrettin Arkunlar — associated with Müstakiller, one of the first groups that sought to establish modern foundations for Turkish painting — she worked with the Sakıp Sabancı Museum earlier in her career on major exhibitions, including Joseph Beuys and Salvador Dalí, contributing to exhibition content, public programmes, and exhibition tours.
Her work continues to explore visual culture through publishing, curatorial work, and collaborations with artists and cultural institutions.
Martin Schoeller
Photographer
Martin Schoeller (b. 1968, Germany) is one of the world’s preeminent contemporary portrait photographers. He is most known for his extreme close-up portraits, a series in which familiar faces are treated with the same scrutiny as the un-famous. The stylistic consistency of this work creates a democratic platform for comparison between his subjects, challenging a viewer’s existing notions of celebrity, value and honesty.
Growing up in Germany, Schoeller was deeply influenced by August Sander’s countless portraits of the poor, the working class and the bourgeoisie, as well as Bernd and Hilla Becher, who spawned a school of photographic typology known as the Becher-Schüler. Schoeller’s close-up portraits emphasize, in equal measure, facial features, of his subjects — world leaders and indigenous groups, movie stars and the homeless, athletes and artists — leveling them in an inherently democratic fashion.
Schoeller studied photography at the Lette Verein and moved to New York in the mid-1990s where he began his career. Producing portraits of people he met on the street, his work soon gained recognition for its strong visual impact and since 1998 he has contributed to publications such as National Geographic, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, TIME, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone and GQ, among others.
Martin’s print and motion work has appeared in many major advertising campaigns. His work has won multiple awards, notably receiving praise for his Colin Kaepernick image in Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign. This image went along to win the prestigious D&AD Black Pencil and the Outdoor Grand Prix at Cannes.
Schoeller’s portraits are exhibited and collected internationally, as well as part of the permanent collection of the Museo Jumex, Mexico, the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, the National Portrait Gallery, Australia and the National Museum, Sweden. Martin lives and works in New York City.
Paul Baldonado
Street and Documentary Photographer, Host of Walkie Talkie
Paul Baldonado is a New York based street and documentary photographer and the creator of the YouTube series Walkie Talkie, where he walks and photographs alongside photographers around the world while discussing craft, process, and creative philosophy. His work explores everyday life, human connection, and the tension between observation and participation. Through both his photography and long form interviews, he is deeply engaged in conversations about contemporary street photography and visual storytelling.
Elizabeth Krist
Independent Visual Editor
Elizabeth Krist was a photography editor at National Geographic magazine for over 20 years, and is now on the board of Women Photograph, advises the Eddie Adams Workshop, and is a contributing editor for Virginia Quarterly Review. She curated National Geographic’s Women of Vision exhibition and book, the latest Women Photograph annual, and five Photoville installations. Elizabeth is a member of the curators group Oracle and recently edited two 2026 books with Michael Yamashita. She teaches for ICP, and collaborates with the New York Portfolio Review, Joop Swart Masterclass, Leica, Alexia, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. NPPA recognized her with their 2025 Outstanding Leader Award.
Photo Credit: Lynn Johnson
Jamel Shabazz
Photographer and Author
Jamel Shabazz is known for his photographs of New York City during the 1980s & 1990s. He has authored numerous photography books. Shabazz’s photographs have been exhibited worldwide, and his work is housed within the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Dean Collection, the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, the Brooklyn Museum, the Getty Museum and the Chicago Institute of Art. Shabazz is the 2018 recipient of the Gordon Parks award for excellence in the arts and humanitarianism, and the 2023 recipient of the Lucie Award for documentary photography. Shabazz’s goal is to contribute to the preservation of world history and culture.
Photo Credit: Greg Adams
Mónica Aguilar Villamarín
Visual Artist, Researcher, and Photo Educator
Mónica Aguilar Villamarín / Saokma is a visual artist, researcher, and photo educator from Quito, Ecuador, whose practice redefines photography as a bridge between ancestral memory, political ecology, and holistic well-being. A pioneer in the “Photophilia” methodology, her work not only captures images but also activates processes of integration and territorial awareness. Her ability to articulate the artistic language of botany with participatory community processes earned her the prestigious international recognition of Photo Educator of the Year 2025 by The Lucie Foundation in Ostuni, Italy, after being nominated by UNESCO Ecuador.
Eleni Mouzakiti
Curator and Artistic Director
Eleni Mouzakiti (PhD) is an Athens based photographer, professor, researcher and curator.
Eleni is co-founder and artistic director of the Women’s Photo Festival and the Photopolis festival.
Her photographic work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions internationally. Her works belong to the collection of the Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, USA, the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the State Museum of Contemporary Art in Greece, the ACG Art Collection and other private collections including the Zeppos & Yannopoulos collection.
As a curator she coordinated the production and curated numerous solo and group photography exhibitions.
In 2019 she co-founded The Provinces, a platform that collects and promotes photographic projects that deal with the Greek periphery.
Committed to long term projects, in her work she focuses on human ecology issues, behaviour in the public realm and leisure time geography.
Emmanuel Iduma
Co-Founder, Tender Photos
Emmanuel Iduma is the co-founder of Tender Photos, a platform for photography and visual storytelling. A writer and critic, he is the author of A Stranger’s Pose, a travelogue, and I Am Still With You, a memoir and has contributed to dozens of magazines, journals and books in works that span journalism, criticism, memoir and fiction. His honours include the Irving Sandler Award for New Voices in Criticism by AICA-USA, the C/O Berlin Prize for Theory, and the Windham-Campbell Prize in the category of nonfiction. In 2020, he was named on Apollo Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Africa list, for the broad social impact of his work.
Photo Credit: Ayobami Adebayo
Yumi Goto
Independent Curator, Editor, and Educator
Yumi Goto is an independent curator, editor, researcher, educator, consultant, and publisher based in Japan. Her work centers on photography and photobooks as spaces for critical reflection, cultural exchange, and transnational dialogue.
She has long collaborated with emerging and established photographers on sustained documentary and artistic practices, with a particular focus on projects shaped by conflict, displacement, human rights, gender, social justice, and the lived realities of communities facing political and environmental instability. Her work often unfolds through close exchange with artists, human rights advocates, NGOs, and humanitarian organizations, supporting the development of photographic projects with both social resonance and formal depth.
Goto is also deeply engaged in building platforms that connect local and international practices across borders. In addition to her curatorial and editorial work, she has served as a nominator, juror, mentor, and advisor for international photography organizations, festivals, and awards, contributing to broader conversations around contemporary photography and visual culture.
She is based in Tokyo and is the co-founder and curator of Reminders Photography Stronghold (RPS), a curated membership gallery and platform dedicated to diverse photographic practices and dialogue. She also founded RPS KYOTO PAPEROLES, the Kyoto branch of RPS, which has been active since 2020.
Lele Saveri
Photographer and 8-Ball Community Co-Founder
Lele Saveri is an Italian-born photographer, community organizer, and EMT based in New York City. Primarily working as a documentarian through photography, video, and self-published works, he draws most of his inspiration from counterculture, city life, human interaction, and social uprisings.
Saveri’s work has been exhibited in various institutions, including MoMA (New York), FOAM (Amsterdam), La Triennale (Milan), the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
In 2012, Saveri co-founded 8-Ball Community, an art collective and non-hierarchical organization that supports independent art and publishing through events, radio and TV shows, a publishing house, and a zine library, fostering DIY culture and creativity in New York and beyond.
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Picto was founded in Paris in 1950 by Pierre Gassmann, a photography pioneer. Over time, Picto has evolved into a prominent collaborator with some of the world’s most renowned photographers, galleries, museums, and prestigious fashion, luxury, and beauty brands.
In 2015, Picto New York was established as part of its global expansion. Picto New York caters to the requirements of professional photographers and visual artists, ranging from studio services to image retouching, printing, and framing, as well as providing image production, prepress, and traffic services to global luxury brands.
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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
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.