The thirty books shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards were officially announced at the New York Art Book Fair, where Aperture presented the third issue of The PhotoBook Review. The shortlist was selected by Julien Frydman, Chris Boot, Phillip Block, Lesley A. Martin and James Wellford. The prize and quarterly publication of the journal confirm the Aperture Foundation’s commitment to photography publishing. The diversity of the contributors, from Joan Fontcuberta and Ken Schles to Leandro Villaro, reflects that approach. The Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards is one more step in its commitment to supporting projects that only have in common their high quality.
Here is the complete list of shortlisted books, sorted by category.
The 10 works shortlisted for PhotoBook of the year are:
“History Repeating”
Photographer : Ori Gersht
Publisher : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Retinal Shift”
Photographer : Mikhael Subotzky
Publisher : Steidl
“Rachael, Monique”
Photographer : Sophie Calle
Publisher : Xavier Barral
“ (based on a true story) ”
Photographer : David Alan Harvey
Publisher : BurnBooks
“City Diary”
Photographer : Anders Petersen
Publisher : Steidl
“Book of Books”
Photographer : Stephen Shore
Publisher : Phaidon
“Two Thousand Light Years From Home”
Photographer : Pietro Mattioli
Publisher : Kodoji Press
“Table of Power 2”
Photographer : Jacqueline Hassink
Publisher : Hatje Cantz
“She”
Photographer : Lise Sarfati
Publisher : Twin Palms
“A Head with Wings”
Photographer : Anouk Kruithof
Publisher : Little Brown Mushroom
The 20 works shortlisted for First PhotoBook are:
“Uncle Charlie”
Photographer : Marc Asnin
Publisher : Contrasto
“Afronauts”
Photographer : Cristina De Middel
Publisher : Cristina De Middel
“Concresco”
Photographer : David Galjaard
Texte : Slavenka Drakulić and Jaap Scholten
Publisher : David Galjaard
“Summer Weather”
Photographer : Michael Jang
Publisher : Owl and Tiger
“Watching”
Photographer : N&D
Publisher : Random Number 11
“Jeddah Diary”
Photographer : Olivia Arthur
Publisher : Fishbar
“Metsästä (From the Woods) ”
Photographer : Anne Golaz
Publisher : Kehrer Verlag
“Sans titre, M. Bertillon”
Photographer : Stéphanie Solinas
Publisher : RVB Books
“Cette Montagne, C’est Moi”
Photographer : Witho Worms
Publisher : Fw:
“The Wrong Side: Living on the Mexican Border”
Photographer : Jérôme Sessini
Publisher : Contrasto
“Hired Hand”
Photographers : Stuart Bailes, Bea Fremderman, Ingo Mittelstaedt, Athena Torri
Publisher : Vandret Publications
“Celebrity”
Photographer : Kenji Hirasawa
Publisher : Bemojake
“Cruising”
Photographer : Chad States
Publisher : powerHouse Books
“C.E.N.S.U.R.A. ”
Photographer : Julián Barón
Publisher : Editorial RM
“Singular Beauty”
Photographer : Cara Phillips
Publisher : Fw:
“Dive Dark, Dream Slow”
Photographer : Melissa Catanese
Publisher : The Ice Plant
“A Natural Order”
Photographer : Lucas Foglia
Publisher : Nazraeli Press
“Interrogations”
Photographer : Donald Weber
Publisher : Schilt
“7 Rooms”
Photographer : Rafal Milach
Publisher : Kehrer Verlag, Treemedia
“Ama”
Photographer : Nina Poppe
Publisher : Kehrer Verlag
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