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Presenting the outstanding photography and multimedia of the 2018 PDN Photo Annual.
Featured in this gallery is the best work of the past year, as judged by our panel of 29 experts in the industry. Congratulations to each honoree for being part of this visual record, which features high-profile campaigns, editorial stories and news imagery, powerful personal projects and student work, video and multimedia pieces, photo books and much more. Many thanks to the jury, our sponsors, and the photographers and organizations who entered work this year.
Anna Goldwater Alexander is director of photography at WIRED. She’s been producing photo shoots and commissioning photographers for the publication for 20 years. During a two-year hiatus from WIRED, Alexander took on the role of photo director at Dwell. She has a BFA in Photography from the University of Arizona.
Aaron Amaro co-founded award-winning creative agency Doubleday & Cartwright, the publisher of sports and culture magazine Victory Journal, where he currently is the chief creative officer. Amaro previously worked at New York agencies Euro RSTG, Ogilvy, The Valentine Group and Wolff Olins. He is a graduate of ArtCenter College of Design.
Jacqueline Bates is the photography director of The California Sunday Magazine, which won the National Magazine Award for excellence in photography in 2016 and 2017. Previously, she was the senior photo editor of W and worked in the photo departments of ELLE, Interview and WIRED. Bates holds an MFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts.
Casey Bird is the creative lead for the popular female media company Refinery29, running all things branded content for the London office. She is also the former president of global organization SheSays and still runs their free mentoring program, which has a mission to help as many women as possible rise to the top of their careers.
Michelle Bogre is an associate professor at Parsons School of Design. She is also a documentary photographer, writer and lawyer specializing in copyright and media law. She helped select the winners for this year’s Marty Forscher Fellowship.
Clinton Cargill is the director of photography for Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Pursuits. Since he joined Businessweek in 2014, the magazine has been recognized by ASME, PDN, POYi and SPF, among others. He was previously a photo editor at The New York Times Magazine and he serves on the board of the Center for Photography at Woodstock.
David J. Carol is a photographer, writer, curator, editor, teacher, lecturer and publisher. He attended the School of Visual Arts and The New School for Social Research. He was the first assignment photographer for The Image Bank photo agency (now part of Getty Images) at the age of 26. After 25+ years as the director of photography at Outfront Media, he is now the editor-in-chief of Peanut Press Books.
Phil Coomes has worked at BBC for many years in a number of photographic roles, and is currently a picture editor and photographer at the BBC News website. As a photographer, he works closely with the online team, producing stories and slide shows from around the United Kingdom and abroad.
Anne Farrar is the director of photography at National Geographic Traveler. Previously she was a senior photo editor at The Washington Post and has worked at The Dallas Morning News, Minneapolis Star-Tribune and the Daily Southtown. Her work at National Geographic has received numerous awards from the Society of Publication Designers, the North American Travel Journalists Association and the Society of American Travel Writers.
Karen Frank is the senior director of photography at ESPN The Magazine. She began her career as director of photography at GQ and went on to work at O in its early days to help establish its visual identity. Frank has worked at numerous other publications, including More Magazine, Condé Nast Portfolio and Bloomberg Businessweek.
Genevieve Fussell is a senior photo editor at The New Yorker, where she commissions and produces a range of photography for the magazine as well as contributing to the curation of Photo Booth, The New Yorker’s photography blog. Previously she worked as archivist for VII Photo.
MaryAnne Golon is director of photography at The Washington Post. She is a key member of the senior management team overseeing all aspects of photography across platforms. Golon was formerly TIME magazine’s director of photography and co-managed the international newsweekly’s photography department for more than 15 years.
Kris Graves is an artist, publisher and director of +KGP (Kris Graves Projects). He collaborates with artists to create limited-edition publications and archival prints, focusing on current world issues including but not limited to race, policy, social awareness, feminism and culture. He teaches at The New School of Art and Design.
Shena Hickman is a freelance executive content producer and has spent 21 years determining visual identity, producing content and executing celebrity talent contracts in advertising, music, publishing and fashion. Hickman has managed productions for adidas, Bank of America, Got Milk?, Maybelline, Rolex and Samsung, among others. Hickman is a graduate of Drexel University.
W.M. Hunt is a photography collector, curator and consultant who lives and works in New York. Hunt has been looking at and talking about photography for over 40 years. An author of numerous books, Hunt was founding partner of the gallery Hasted Hunt; he teaches at the School of Visual Arts, Aperture and International Center of Photography; and he has served on the boards of Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS, AIPAD, The Center for Photography at Woodstock and the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund.
Caroline Hunter is a picture editor for The Guardian Weekend magazine. Caroline has over 20 years of experience commissioning photography and has acted as a jury member for a number of leading international photography competitions. She is regularly invited to do portfolio reviews at photo festivals and in 2017 she was a nominator for the Deutsche Börse prize.
David Korchin is a senior vice president creative director with Digitas, the global cross-disciplinary marketing and communications company. He has worked for a wide range of clients including IBM, Accenture, Sprite, Nikon, Vaseline and US ARMY, and has been recognized by The Clios, Cannes Lions, The London International Advertising Awards, The OneShow, D&AD and Communications Arts.
Jen Lamping is the director of art production at Rubin, Postaer and Associates (RPA) in Los Angeles. A graduate of the University of Michigan, she’s built her career around working with artists in different facets of the business—from her time spent at The Museum of Contemporary Art, to repping at Giant Artists, to production at TBWA\Chiat\Day and Saatchi & Saatchi.
Jason Lau is a senior integrated producer with Giant Spoon. He has collaborated with some of the world’s most talented artists, creative directors and agencies during his 14-year tenure in advertising.
Sacha Lecca is the deputy photo editor at Rolling Stone and has more than 20 years experience in magazine publishing. He previously worked as a photo researcher and photo editor for Newsweek and CMP Media.
Meaghan Looram is the deputy director of photography at The New York Times. She is a front-page editor and oversees the newspaper’s staff of over 40 photo editors as well as many of its most ambitious photography projects. Looram has been awarded two News & Documentary Emmy Awards and her work has been recognized by World Press Photo, Pictures of The Year International, and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards.
Leonor Mamanna is currently the senior photo editor at Bloomberg Pursuits. She began her career at The New York Times Magazine and has since worked at New York Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Men’s Vogue, Money and More Magazine.
Alison Morley is chair of the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism program at International Center of Photography. She also teaches workshops globally. Having been a magazine photo editor for 30 years, she continues to edit monographs for photographers such as Nancy Borowick, Sarah C. Butler, Jessica Dimmock, Ron Haviv and Andrea Star Reese.
Alex Pollack is the director of visuals at Condé Nast Creative Group. During her tenure as the director of photography for Bon Appétit, the title won the 2014 ASME award for photography. She was previously part of the award-winning photography department at New York, where she worked for more than six years.
Krista Prestek is the photo director of editorial photography at Apple Music and Apple TV, and commissions a wide range of original photography for the brand. She came to Apple after more than a decade with GQ. Krista currently serves on the board of Society of Publication Designers (SPD), is a guest lecturer for SPD and the Mastered photography school, and judges a number of annual photography competitions including SPD and American Photography.
Marcel Saba is the founder of the mid-sized agency Redux Pictures. Saba began his career with Gamma Liaison Agency and Picture Group Photo Agency before forming his first agency, SABA Press Photos, which was later sold to Corbis. He is currently on the faculty of the International Center of Photography and is the past president of the board of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund.
Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel has worked on visual media and fine art projects that probe socio-political issues for over 15 years. She is currently an associate photo editor at National Geographic magazine. Previously she worked with Photoville, Anastasia Photo, Hank Willis Thomas and was a co-founder and curator of the Brooklyn Photo Salon.
Patrice Speed is the executive creative director of Britelite Immersive and has spent much of her career as an art director creating campaigns and overseeing photo shoots for brands of all sizes. She started working in a darkroom at the age of ten and studied film photography before receiving a BFA in photography and design from San Francisco State University.
Ashly Stohl is a photographer based in Los Angeles and New York, and co-founder and publisher of Peanut Press, an independent photobook publisher. Stohl has lectured at institutions including School of Visual Arts, The Penumbra Foundation, Columbia University, George Washington University, and SPE National. In 2015, she published her first book, Charth Vader.
SPECIAL AWARDS
The PDN Photo Annual is proud to present the following special awards:
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THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD honors an image-maker who has created an outstanding image or body of work that reflects the year in photography, selected by the editors and publisher of PDN. Congratulations to Adam Ferguson, who will receive $10,000 and be profiled in an upcoming issue of PDN.
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THE MARTY FORSCHER FELLOWSHIP FUND is sponsored by Parsons School of Design and PDN. The awards recognize one professional and one student who have made outstanding achievements in humanistic photography. The awards are given in memory of the sought-after camera-repair technician who helped equip Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz and many other photographers. Congratulations to professional award winner Tariq Zaidi, who will receive $4,000, and student award winner Mushfiqul Alam, who will receive $2,000. They were chosen from the 2018 PDN Photo Annual winners by Michelle Bogre, Jennifer Samuel and Peter B. Kaplan. |
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THE SONY TASTEMAKER AWARD honors a photographer who creates compelling commercial work and leads as an influencer in the photography industry. Congratulations to Mamadi Doumbouya, who will receive a $1,500 cash prize.
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THE PDN PUBLISHER’S CHOICE AWARD recognizes exceptional work by a winner of the Photo Annual. Congratulations to this year’s recipient, Debi Cornwall, who will receive a $2,500 cash award.
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THE MARTY FORSCHER FELLOWSHIP FUND is sponsored by Parsons School of Design and PDN. The awards recognize one professional and one student who have made outstanding achievements in humanistic photography. The awards are given in memory of the sought-after camera-repair technician who helped equip Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz and many other photographers. Congratulations to student award winner Mushfiqul Alam, who will receive $2,000. Mushfiqul was chosen from the 2018 PDN Photo Annual winners by Michelle Bogre, Jennifer Samuel and Peter B. Kaplan.
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THE MARTY FORSCHER FELLOWSHIP FUND is sponsored by Parsons School of Design and PDN. The awards recognize one professional and one student who have made outstanding achievements in humanistic photography. The awards are given in memory of the sought-after camera-repair technician who helped equip Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz and many other photographers. Congratulations to professional award winner Tariq Zaidi, who will receive $4,000. Tariq was chosen from the 2018 PDN Photo Annual winners by Michelle Bogre, Jennifer Samuel and Peter B. Kaplan. |
THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD honors an image-maker who has created an outstanding image or body of work that reflects the year in photography, selected by the editors and publisher of PDN. Congratulations to Adam Ferguson, who will receive $10,000 and be profiled in an upcoming issue of PDN.
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THE PDN PUBLISHER’S CHOICE AWARD recognizes exceptional work by a winner of the Photo Annual. Congratulations to this year’s recipient, Debi Cornwall, who will receive a $2,500 cash award.
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The Sony Tastemaker Award honors a photographer who creates compelling commercial work and leads as an influencer in the photography industry. Congratulations to Mamadi Doumbouya, who will receive a $1,500 cash prize.
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ADVERTISING/CORPORATE WORK
MAGAZINE/EDITORIAL
PERSONAL WORK
PHOTO BOOKS
PHOTOJOURNALISM/DOCUMENTARY
SELF-PROMO/WEBSITES
SPORTS
STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
STUDENT WORK
VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA
SPECIAL AWARDS
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Aaron Hewitt
Creative Kristin Lane, stylist // Alisa Hopper Court, hair and makeup
Client Nike
An image used for the press release of the Nike Pro Hijab, the company’s first athletic hijab.
David Salafia
Agency MMB
Creatives Travis Robertson and Greg Almeida, creative directors
Client The Boston Bruins
A campaign for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs targeted toward fans of the Boston Bruins professional hockey team. The images do not feature any players, coaches or game footage, but instead show loyal fans and team memorabilia.
Eschliman Studio
Agency Elephant
Creative Evan Jones, creative director
Client Marcus by Goldman Sachs
An advertising campaign featuring various still-life lifestyle vignettes against a colorful background for Marcus, a personal loan and online savings platform by Goldman Sachs.
Gina Vasquez
Client 500px Studio
From a photo essay promoting 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an international campaign. The project was commissioned by 500px in collaboration with the United Nations as part of its UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign.
Jacob Niblett
Agency VCCP
Creatives Sophie Clark, creative director // Charlotte Trotman, producer
Client Avon
A female athlete in the Liverpool Ladies Football Club perspires while wearing Avon makeup. Captured for the brand’s Fiercely Feminine campaign.
Jill Greenberg
Agency Ignition Creative
Creative Heather Wines, photography manager
Client Hulu
A set of promotional posters shot for Hulu’s original TV series The Path.
Julia Fullerton-Batten
Agency Adam & Eve DDB
Creative Simon Lloyd, creative director
Client YoYoBear
A young girl forms a playful connection to an imaginary bear to promote the Bear brand, which offers nutritional snacks for kids.
The Wade Brothers
Client adidas
Agency Iris Worldwide
Production Making Pictures
Creative Eleanor Fitzgerald, senior creative shoot and production manager // Iain Robson, David Missen, creative directors // Lu Howlett, agency producer
A black-and-white series of portraits of soccer players photographed in London and Barcelona.
Nick Laham
Creative Jason Murphy, art director
Client Nike
A black-and-white series that focuses on basketball in Harlem.
Randal Ford
Ad Agency David Roth & Associates
Marketing Agency Hogarth Worldwide
Creative Shaun Bruce, art director // Sabine Rogers, art buyer/producer // Nora Krupitsky, assistant producer // Yuriy Mikhalevskiy, copywriter
Client Jdate
A comical series depicting older women, yentas, working tirelessly in Silicon Valley to code the best matches for the Jewish dating site Jdate.com.
Reuben Wu
Ad Agency MUH-TAY-ZIK HOF-FER
Creative MUH-TAY-ZIK HOF-FER
Client Audi USA
The new Audi A5 Cabriolet photographed in the otherworldy landscapes of Utah.
Sam Kaplan
Agency Arnold Worldwide
Creatives Eugene Jho, food stylist // Emily Mullin, prop stylist
Client Reese’s
Shot for a campaign that showcases food recipes made using Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
Simon Hurst
Agency Digital DK
Creatives Steve Jones, director // Brittany Cooke, design and communications associate
Client Invenergy LLC
A portrait of one of the pioneers of wind energy development on the High Plains region of the U.S.
Stephen Wilkes
Agency LA Associates
Creative David Ikeda, creative director // Andrew Witt, art director // Ashley LaCasse, finisher
Client Netflix
A poster promoting season 2 of the Netflix original show, Stranger Things.
Tadd Myers Photographer
Creative Jessica Gavit, art director
Client SH8 Merino, New Zealand
A flock of sheep at West Edge Station in the South Island of New Zealand captured for SH8, a co-op of family-owned sheep arms located in the area.
Todd Antony
Agency Krow Communications
Creative Tim Robertson, creative director // Matt Allen, art director
Client Royal National Lifeboat Institution
A woman is seen in distress in a body of water, shot for a “Float to Live” campaign for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which raises awareness of the dangers of cold water shock. The campaign also educates people, should they find themselves in this situation, to float rather than swim.
Adam Birkan
Publication The Sunday Times Magazine
Agent Michelle Bablitz, SAINT LUCY Represents
Creative Russ O’Connell, photo editor
A portrait of Rob Goldstone, the music publicist who gained international attention after he requested to set up a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Russian Lawyers. The Sunday Times Magazine profiled Goldstone in November 2017.
Alexander Anufriev
Publication Afisha Daily
Creative Nina Frolova, director of photography
Moscow’s Viennese Ball is recognized as the biggest ball in all of Russia with nearly 2,000 attendees. The style and theme of the event is reminiscent of Tsarist-era ballroom dancing.
Andrew Hetherington
Publication The Atlantic
Creative Paul Spella, art director
Alec Baldwin in the makeup chair before a Saturday Night Live performance where he performs as President Trump.
Brian Finke
Publication National Geographic
Creative Todd James, senior photo editor
A series captured for an article about the birthplaces of alcohol around the world.
Benjamin Rasmussen
Publication TIME
Creative Kira Pollack, director of photography Michelle Molloy, senior photo editor
A portrait of President Donald Trump as he walks into his private living room in the White House residence.
Elinor Carucci
Publication The New Yorker
Creative Joanna Milter, photography director // Thea Traff, photo editor
A real couple kissing, captured for a short story about a young woman who dates an older man.
Lia Clay
Publication Refinery29
Creative Toby Kaufmann, executive photography director // Amanda Gorence, photo editor
As part of Refinery29’s “Take Back the Beach” initiative, this series was created to explore what it’s like for the transgender community during the summer when they are at pools, beaches and other swim environments.
Giles Price
Publication The New York Times Magazine
Creative Kathy Ryan, director of photography // Jessica Dimson, photography editor & production // Deb Bishop, design
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is an iconic location that portrays the faces of four prominent former U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. These photos were captured for a story that asks: Why does Mount Rushmore exist?
Jamie Chung
Publication Departures
Creative Rebecca Stepler, deputy photo editor
Shot for a wellness feature that recommends petting a Silkie (a specific chicken breed) for relaxation.
Christopher Anderson
Publication New York
Creative Jody Quon, photography director
Former Late Show host David Letterman makes a brief return. Photographed for the magazine’s March 6, 2017, cover story.
Norman Jean Roy
Publication New York
Creative Jody Quon, photography director // Roxanne Behr, photo editor
A black-and-white portrait of actress Greta Gerwig.
Matt Black
Publication New York
Creative Jody Quon, photography director // Marvin Orellana, photo editor
Captured for a story called “Maria’s Bodies,” which details the aftermath of the September 2017 hurricane that hit Puerto Rico. The hurricane resulted in over 100 casualties and left a lingering trail of devastation on the island.
Holly Andres
Publication New York
Creative Jody Quon, photography director // Roxanne Behr and Sofia de Guzman, photo editors
As Andres spent roughly six weeks traveling from Portland, Oregon, to Missoula, Montana, she documented the unique women she encountered.
Joe Pugliese
Publication Billboard
Creative Jennifer Laski, photo & video director // Kate Pappa, senior photo producer // Shanti Marlar, design director // Carrie Smith, deputy photo director
A portrait of singer and actor Mary J. Blige captured at Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party on February 11, 2017.
Justin Fantl
Publication Palm Springs Life
Creative Robert Festino, creative director
Shot from a helicopter over the Coachella Valley, Fantl’s series explores the use of water in the desert.
Yuri Hasegawa
A newspaper-like promo featuring Hasegawa’s environmental portraiture.
Philip Montgomery
Publication Bloomberg Businessweek
Creative Clinton Cargill, director of photography
Shot for a story about calculating the damage to the wine industry after wildfires in Northern California shut down almost all of the local vineyards.
Jack Davison
Publication The New York Times Magazine
Creative Kathy Ryan, director of photography // Jessica Dimson, deputy photo editor
An unconventional portrait of singer-songwriter Lorde. Says the magazine’s editor, Jake Silverstein, “We wanted a picture that captured something else—her originality, her mysteriousness, her odd maturity.”
Joakim Eskildsen
Publication The New York Times Magazine
Creative Kathy Ryan, director of photography // Jessica Dimson, deputy photo editor // Stacey Baker, associate photo editor
The Liimal family at the Mooska Farm sauna in Vorumaa, a county in southern Estonia. Photographed for a feature in the magazine that explores how families around the world spend their vacations.
Mamadi Doumbouya
Publication The New York Times Magazine
Creative Kathy Ryan, director of photography // Jessica Dimson, deputy photo editor // Debbie Samuelson, contributing photo editor
Portraits of director Spike Lee captured for promotion of his latest projects.
Inez & Vinoodh
Publication The New York Times Magazine
Creative Kathy Ryan, director of photography // Jessica Dimson, deputy photo editor // Stacey Baker, associate photo editor
Chelsea Manning’s disclosure of classified documents in 2010 ushered in the age of leaks. These photos were taken for an interview Manning did with The New York Times Magazine after she was released from prison.
Pari Dukovic
Publication ESPN magazine
Creative Karen Frank, director of photography // Kristen Geisler, deputy photo editor
A portrait of Oklahoma City Thunder basketball player Russell Westbrook, shot for a profile in the magazine’s March 27, 2017, issue.
Sasha Arutyunova
Publication The New York Times
Creative Alana Celii, photo editor
Corps de ballet dancers, the lowest rank in a ballet company, are considered to be some of the hardest working. This series follows Claire Kretzschmar, a rising star of the corps, who performed in all seven performances during the first week of the winter season.
Sara Terry And Teun Van Der Heijden
Title War is Only Half the Story: Ten Years of the Aftermath Project
Publisher Dewi Lewis
Editors Sara Terry and Teun van der Heijden
Design/Layout Teun van der Heijden, Heijdens Karwei
Text Clare Cavanagh, Donald Weber, Sara Terry and poems by Wislawa Szymborska
War is Only Half the Story is a ten-year retrospective of the work of the documentary photography program The Aftermath Project, which has supported post-conflict storytelling by some of the world’s best photographers.
Nina Berman
Title An autobiography of Miss Wish
Publisher Kehrer Verlag
Editor Nina Berman, Teun van der Heijden, Kimberly Stevens
Drawings Kimberly Stevens
Design Teun van der Heijden
Berman’s book documents the haunting story of a survivor of sex trafficking and her struggle to craft a life while living in a state of flashbacks, trauma and addiction. Photographed over 25 years in London and then New York City, the story is told through multiple narrative elements including the protagonist’s vast personal archive, which Berman safeguarded over the years.
Paul D'Amato
Title here / still / now
Publisher Kehrer Verlag
Design Nanni Goebel
Text Paul D’Amato, Dawoud Bay, Camara Dia Holloway, Amy M. Mooney
For here / still / now, D’Amato documents people living on the west side of Chicago, a poverty-stricken area not known for anything in particular. D’Amato’s photos are a reminder of how these conditions are merely accepted by the rest of society, and that the individuals living in these communities are as important as anyone else.
Jonas Bendiksen
Title Jonas Bendiksen: The Last Testament
Publisher Aperture/GOST
Editor Chris Boot
Design SMITH
For The Last Testament, Bendiksen chronicled seven men who publicly claim to be the biblical Messiah. The project took him on a journey from England to Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Zambia, Japan and the Philippines to document these men, united in their faith that they themselves are the Chosen One, and have come to save the world.
Susan Bright
Title Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography
Publisher Aperture
Editor Denise Wolff
Design Atelier Dyakova
Text Susan Bright
Feast For The Eyes documents the rich history of food photography, from fine-art to commercial to scientific photography and photojournalism. Through imagery and text, the book traces the progression of the genre from photography’s beginnings to present day, exploring the important figures and movements.
Rinko Kawauchi
Title Halo
Publisher Aperture
Editor Lesley A. Martin
Design Hans Gremmen
Text Rinko Kawauchi
For Halo, Kawauchi travels to the southern coast of Japan, Hebei province in China and Brighton, England, to explore the spiritual, the viscerally physical and the wonder of the natural world through man-made celebrations or traditions and natural phenomena.
Peter Hujar
Title Peter Hujar: Speed of Life
Publisher Aperture and Fundación MAPFRE
Editor Joel Smith
Design Juan Antonio Moreno
Typesetting Justin Sloane
Text Joel Smith, Philip Gefter, Steve Turtell, Martha Scott Burton
Known for his black-and-white portraits of artists and musicians in the 1970s and ‘80s, Peter Hujar was a leading figure of the downtown New York scene. Though he died in 1987, Hujar’s work is the subject of the new book Peter Hujar: Speed of Life, which collects 160 of his famous and lesser-known photographs.
Stephen Shore
Title Stephen Shore: Selected Works,1973–1981
Publisher Aperture
Editor Lesley A. Martin
Design Murray & Sorrell FUEL
Text/image selections Wes Anderson, Quentin Bajac, David Campany, Paul Graham, Guido Guidi, Takashi Homma, An-My Lê, Michael Lesy, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Francine Prose, Ed Ruscha, Britt Salvesen, Stephen Shore, Taryn Simon, Thomas Struth, Lynne Tillman
In this unique retrospective, 15 photographers, curators, authors and cultural figures discuss their ten top image selections from a rarely seen cache of Shore’s photography created between 1973 and 1981.
Debi Cornwall
Title Welcome to Camp America
Publisher Radius Books / Yossi Milo Gallery
Design David Chickey, Montana Currie, Debi Cornwall
Text Moazzam Begg, Fred Ritchin
Cornwall’s photographs offer a glimpse into the U.S. Naval Station in Cuba, known as “Gitmo.” Welcome to Camp America combines three bodies of work: one that shows residential and leisure spaces of both prisoners and guards; one that includes photos of gift-shop souvenirs meant to represent the commodification of American military power; and one series that follows men once held as accused terrorists, now cleared and freed, living in nine countries, from Albania to Qatar.
Alison Rossiter
Title Expired Paper
Publisher Radius Books
Editor/Design David Chickey
Text Leah Ollman
Expired Paper is a comprehensive look at Rossiter’s body of work. Writes art critic Leah Ollman in the book’s accompanying text, “All of the works pay homage to the rich idiosyncrasies of photographic papers across history, and restore a sanctity to the photograph as object. Made without cameras, lenses or film, the works are nothing but process and materiality.”
William Eggleston
Title Election Eve
Publisher Steidl
Design Mai-Loan Gaudez, Duncan Whyte and Gerhard Steidl
Preface Lloyd Fonvielle
Text Caldecot Chubb
Election Eve collects images from Eggleston’s October 1976 visit to Plains, Georgia, the home of Jimmy Carter, who in November of that year would become the 39th President of the United States. Eggleston’s photographs show mostly empty roads, train tracks, cars, gas stations and houses, forming a portrait of Plains that contrasted with the idealized image promoted by the media at that time.
Dayanita Singh
Title Museum Bhavan
Publisher Steidl
Design Dayanita Singh, Gerhard Steidl
Text Gerhard Steidl, Dayanita Singh, Aveek Sen
Museum Bhavan is a set of books that encourages readers to make their own exhibitions of Singh’s work. Through a collection of nine individual “museums” in book form, Singh creates a new space between publishing and the museum, an experience where books have the same if not greater artistic value than prints hanging on a gallery wall.
Mitch Epstein
Title Rocks and Clouds
Publisher Steidl
Editors Susan Bell, Ryan Spencer
Design Naomi Mizusaki, Supermarket Studio
Text Mitch Epstein, Susan Bell
In Rocks and Clouds, Epstein investigates the meaning of time by photographing rocks that last millions of years and clouds that evaporate before our eyes. The black-and-white pictures were captured in New York City and examine society’s complex relationship to nature.
Lee Friedlander
Title Chain Link
Publisher Steidl
Production Gerhard Steidl, Bernard Fischer
Production Supervision Joshua Chuang
Design Katy Homans
Known for photographing the American social landscape, Friedlander focused his new book around the humble chain link fence. Chain Link collects 97 pictures of fences captured over Friedlander’s 40+-year career, an ode to the recurring object that is versatile, utilitarian and ubiquitous—not unlike the photographer himself.
Kaneko Ryuichi
Title The Japanese Photobook
Publisher Steidl
concept/design Manfred Heiting
Production Gerhard Steidl, Bernard Fischer
Text Duncan Forbes, Fujimura Satomi, Manfred Heiting, Iizawa Kotaro, Kaneko Ryuichi, Mitsuda Yuri, Shirayama Mari, Takeba Joe
Through over 400 illustrations of photo publications, The Japanese Photobook follows the development of photography as seen in photo publications in Japan—from the time of influence by European and American pictorialism to the more recent experimental styles that influence the imagery we know today.
Margaret Courtney-Clarke
Title Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain
Publisher Steidl
Design Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Holger Feroudj, Gerhard Steidl
Text David Goldblatt, Sean O’Toole
After living abroad for decades, Margaret Courtney-Clarke returned home to Namibia to find a changed country in the throes of unrestrained development, the desert desecrated and a mass migration from rural settlements to towns. Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain formed as a result of her exploration of the country after her return and serves as a visual ode to Namibia, describing the bare circumstances of its inhabitants.
Tymon Markowski
Title Flow
Publisher Tymon Markowski
Editor Joanna Kinowska
Design Katarzyna Kubicka
Text Tymon Markowski
A native of Bydgoszcz, Poland, Markowski has spent his life in close proximity to the Brda River, a 150-mile waterway that runs straight through the city. In Flow, Markowski photographs the picturesque small villages along the river, highlighting the unique culture of this region.
Weronika Gesicka
Title Traces
Publisher Jednostka & W. Gesicka, M. Sokalska
Editing/Design Weronika Gesicka, Katarzyna Sagatowska, Maga Sokalska
Traces is a selection of photomontages of family scenes, holiday memories and everyday life from the 1950s and ‘60s. The modified images are wrapped in a new context, creating a sometimes humorous result that is also a comment on identity, self-consciousness, relationships and imperfection.
Adam Ferguson
Publication The New York Times
Creative David Furst, photo editor
From a series of portraits of 18 girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, then strapped with explosives and deployed on suicide bombing missions. Each girl found help instead of blowing herself up. This body of work accompanies interviews with each girl.
Adrees Latif
Agency Reuters
Publications Reuters.com, TIME.com, Quartz
This series, photographed in Texas, combines ground and aerial coverage of the destruction left by Hurricane Harvey, a Category Four storm that hit the state on August 25, 2017.
Andrew Burton
Publication The New York Times
Creative Crista Chapman and Morrigan McCarthy, photo editors
On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in eastern Texas. The Category Four storm was unprecedented: Winds reached 130 miles per hour and more than 15 trillion gallons of rain fell, ultimately leading to the deaths of at least 89 people.
Anna Miroshnichenko
Publication Lenta.ru
The series title “Ana Loves You” references the anthropomorphized nickname of anorexia nervosa often used in online communities. The eating disorder is especially common among teenage girls. Though those afflicted are often aware of their problem, their fear of gaining weight keeps them from seeking help.
Hannah Mckay
Agency Reuters
Publications The Daily Beast, Standard.co.uk
Photographers help a Rohingya refugee out of Naf River as they cross the Myanmar-Bangladesh border in Palong Khali, near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on November 1, 2017.
Ilvy Njiokiktjien
Agency VII Photo Agency
Client Cordaid
Publication NRC Handelsblad
A 12-year-old boy named John Francis poses with a mask in an Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Wau, South Sudan.
Ivor Prickett
Publication The New York Times
Creative David Furst, international photo editor // Craig Allen, photo editor—international desk
The nine-month Battle of Mosul has been called the worst urban combat since World War II, and while leaders on the ground say there was no way to avoid the vast loss of life and destruction, for those who lost loved ones and homes, it is hard to know who to blame, Prickett says. For this body of work, Prickett spent months in and around Mosul, including well after the official Iraqi declaration of victory over ISIS last July.
Jorge Silva
Agency Reuters
Editors Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson and Ahmad Masood
Publications The Atlantic, MSN, USnews.com, ABCnews.com and others
Since August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have crossed the border into Bangladesh, trekking for days or weeks through forests and mountains, with many making a hazardous river or sea crossing on the last leg of their flight. Many of them survive, but are left with dangerous injuries.
Mads Nissen
Photo Agency Panos Pictures
Publication Politiken
Creative Thomas Borberg, photo editor-in-chief
Only seven years after gaining its independence, South Sudan is currently experiencing the third-largest refugee crisis in the world due to the ethnic civil war between the Dinka and Nuer tribes. The story of South Sudan is extremely complex, Nissen says, but in some ways it’s also simple: It’s about survival.
Marco Antonio Bello
Agency Reuters
Creative Claudia Daut, chief photographer Latin America Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson, senior editor/The Wider Image
Publications Reuters.com, TIME.com, The Guardian, The Washington Post and others
Demonstrators clash with security forces at the fence of an air base in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 31, 2017, while rallying against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Marcus Yam
Publication Los Angeles Times
Creative Robert St. John, senior picture editor
California’s largest wildfire on record started as a small brushfire near Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula on December 4, 2017, exploding in size to burn more than 280,000 acres across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and lead to a state of emergency. The milestone reaffirmed 2017 as the most destructive fire season ever in the state.
Pieter De Vos
While “Homelands” focuses on two brothers in Woodlane Village, an informal settlement in Pretoria, their stories are set against the larger social and historical forces that have shaped South Africa. The work speaks to the ways people make sense of home and belonging amidst dislocation, violence, racial divide, widening socio-economic disparities and mass migration.
Sarah Blesener
Agencies Redux Pictures, Anastasia Photo
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Publications 6Mois, National Geographic Proof, TheGuadian.com, The New York Times Lens Blog and others
“Beckon Us from Home” investigates how a nation instills patriotism and passes down military tradition to new generations. The message of “America First” can be found not only at the forefront of current political movements, but in camps and clubs across the United States, which enroll around 375,000 American youth annually.
Stephen Voss
Publication CNN.com
Creative Bernadette Tuazon, head of photography // Brett Roegiers, photo editor
Former FBI director James Comey arrives to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2017.
Tariq Zaidi
Publications BBC.co.uk
Creative Phil Coomes, picture editor Vanessa Buschschluter, Latin and Caribbean editor
In their bid to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, Brazilian authorities promised to improve life in Rio’s favelas, which consequently led to higher rents that have pushed their poorest residents out. In the Favela Mangueira, less than a mile from the Maracanã stadium, hundreds of families squat in empty buildings.
Tommy Trenchard
Agency Panos Pictures
Publications The Sunday Times, AlJazeera.com, BJP-online.com, NPR, , Newsweek
This project follows the course of the Battle of Mosul between February and May 2017, as Iraqi troops fought their way, street by street, into ISIS-held territory. The work focuses in particular on the civilians, both those who stayed and those who fled. The city was finally declared liberated in July 2017, but at a massive cost.
Natalie Keyssar
Client Lifetime
Creative Jessica Chermayeff, executive producer // Zara Katz, director of photography // Lisa Riordan Seville, lead writer/researcher // Hany Hawasly, lead photo technician
Shot for the Lifetime online project “Her America,” a photo essay about high school junior Angel “Chyna” Willis, who has gained nearly a million Instagram followers for her skits and dance videos that she has produced since the sixth grade under the handle @chythegreatest.
Adam Pintar
Pintar says this photograph embodies the tenacious spirit of minor leaguer Dan Runzler, who once contributed a 3-0 record to the San Francisco Giants' 2010 World Series run, but was relegated to independent league ball after a string of injuries. After five years in the minors, Runzler found his way back to the majors when he was called up by the Pittsburgh Pirates in September 2017.
Alain Schroeder
Main Jaran is a traditional horse race that takes place during festivals and holidays in Sumbawa, Indonesia. Its unique features are the notoriously small horses and the fearless child jockeys who ride bareback, barefoot and with little protective gear.
Brian Lowe
In this series, Lowe highlights the form of athletes in action through their shadows.
Clarke Tolton
Client A&E Networks
Creative Tracey Leeds, photo editor // Karl Bourke, creative director
American soccer player Carli Lloyd perfectly executes a bicycle kick in this image, used for a promotional campaign for the National Women’s Soccer League on Lifetime and DISH network.
Dan Root
Rep Deborah Ayerst Artists’ Agent
Portraits of youth boxers taken at a youth boxing tournament in Portland, Oregon.
David Ellis
Publication ESPN
Creative Rachel Weiss, director of photography
Two St. Paul Academy seniors react to a loss—and the subsequent end to their high school hockey careers—in the locker room at the section championship in the Minnesota High School Hockey playoffs.
David E. Klutho
Publication Sports Illustrated
Creative Marguerite Schropp Lucarelli, director of photography
University of Notre Dame running back Deon McIntosh is hit by Wake Forest University linebacker Ja'Cquez Williams with such force that the gold paint explodes off his helmet during a game on November 4, 2017.
Dustin Snipes
Client Red Bull Photography
Creative AJ Alfred Avrin, creative director
Multiple exposure of high diver Helena Merten as she dives into a pool in front of the Great American Eclipse in McMinnville, Oregon, on August 21, 2017.
Jesse Levine
Publication Mountain Life
Creative Connections Movement
Shot on assignment, this photograph is from a body of work that documents the making of a backcountry snowboarding film, Connections Film, in the Pamir Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
Mike Lawrence
Client All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
“Serene Wimbledon” focuses on the quiet solitude of the immaculate English tennis grounds before and after the rush of the crowd, and follows the people who help maintain them.
Joel Marklund
Photo Agency Bildbyran via ZUMA Press
Publication thepicturesoftheday.com
Creative Scott Mc Kiernan, photo editor
Greek synchronized swimmer Evangelia Platanioti, 22, at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest.
Adam Birkan
Rep SAINT LUCY Represents
A quiet contemplation on Hanoi, Vietnam, a 1,006-year-old city experiencing rapid growth. Globalization is an unstoppable force, but history is proving to be an immovable object, Birkan says, with the two forces transforming the city into an amalgamation of past and present.
Amber Shields
Shields’s series about her grandmother Johanne spans 15 years, documenting a phase of a woman’s life that is often invisible in Western culture. Johanne, who defied societal norms in her earlier years, wrestles with macular degeneration, breast cancer and, eventually, her own mortality.
Claire Rosen
Creative Becci Manson, post-production
“The Fantastical Feasts” hosts anthropomorphized animals at banquets, nodding to iconic paintings “The Last Supper” and “Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee,” as well as Dutch still-life tradition. Her work encourages viewers to consider her subjects as akin to humans, affording them more rights and status.
Dirk Krüll
Agency Laif
Creative David Beuse, post-production // Susanne Polzin, photography assistant/location scout
Krüll’s “Plastic Army: Invasion” series takes on the issue of plastic waste in a playful manner, creating esthetic depictions of artificial installations that serve as allegories of the unpleasant facts about environmental pollution.
Greg Kahn / Grain
Creative Mary Stanley, curator
When Ernestine Harris’s husband passed away, the bank tried to take their home in Brownwood Park, Atlanta, which they had shared since 1975. Kahn focuses on her story to paint a larger picture of gentrification in the city, and how, for financial institutions, the formula that determines what makes a property “desirable” fails to consider the lives of residents as part of the equation.
Jesse Rieser
Rep Sunday Afternoon
Creative Mary Virginia Swanson, editor
“The Changing Landscape of American Retail” captures the shift from traditional brick-and-mortar locations to the stark and generic structures that house shipping and server centers essential for e-commerce.
Jessica Antola
Agency Giant Artists
“My Mother” is rooted in Antola’s childhood memories of her mother’s closet, which housed everything from 1960s Iranian and Kashmiri garments to 1980s Neiman Marcus sale items, that defined her personal style. Antola photographs her mother, now in her 70s, in these vintage garments and only her hands show the passage of time.
Marc Mcandrews/institute
“American Ultraviolence” depicts the world of choreographed, violent “Death Matches,” an offshoot of professional wrestling, which McAndrews likens more to Shakespearean revenge plays than actual sport.
Nathan Cyprys
In “Cosmichronos,” Cyprys contrasts the mysticism of human existence with the pragmatism of the scientific method. Through photographs that capture light from distant stars, document the SETI Institute and depict a meteor-impact site, Cyprys implores viewers to consider deep time and our own planet on the cosmic scale.
