Last night, at the New York Art Book Fair, Todd Hido announced the thirty-five outstanding photobooks short listed for the 2014 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. There are three categories, namely Photobook of the Year (10 books), First Photobook (20 books), and a new one, Photography Catalogue (5 books). Here are the nominations:
Photobook of the Year:
The Big Book Photographer: W. Eugene Smith. Publisher: University of Texas Press
Rich and Poor Photographer: Jim Goldberg. Publisher: Steidl
Disco Night Sept. 11 Photographer: Peter van Agtmael. Publisher: Red Hook Editions
Marrakech Photographer: Daido Moriyama. Publisher: SUPER LABO
Photographs for Documents Photographer(s): Vytautas V. Stanionis. Publisher: Kaunas Photography Gallery
Ponte City Photographers: Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse. Publisher: Steidl
Vertigo Photographer(s): Daisuke Yokota. Publisher: Newfave
Imaginary Club Photographer(s): Oliver Sieber. Publisher: Editions GwinZegal/BöhmKobayashi
The Winners Photographer(s): Rafal Milach. Publisher: GOST
The Arrangement Photographer(s): Ruth van Beek. Publisher: RVB Books
First Photobook:
everything will be ok Photographer: Alberto Lizaralde. Publisher: Self-published
Synonym Study Photographer: Nico Krijno. Publisher: Self-published
The Meteorite Hunter Photographer: Alexandra Lethbridge. Publisher: Self-published
Father Figure: Exploring Alternative Notions of Black Fatherhood Photographer: Zun Lee. Publisher: Ceiba
19.06_26.08.1945 Photographer: Andrea Botto. Publisher: Danilo Montanari
Miklós Klaus Rózsa Photographer: Christof Nüssli and Christoph Oeschger. Publisher: Cpress/Spectorbooks
ED IT. Authors: Ola Lanko, Brigiet van den Berg, Nikki Brörmann, Simone Engelen, Sterre Sprengers. Publisher: Self-published
Back to the Future Photographer: Irina Werning. Publisher: Self-published
Inventio Photographer(s): Yann Haeberlin. Publisher: Self-published
Euromaidan Photographer(s): Vladyslav Krasnoshchok and Sergiy Lebedynskyy. Publisher: Riot Books
Silent Histories Photographer: Kazuma Obara. Publisher: Self-published
Hidden Islam Photographer: Nicoló Degiorgis. Publisher: Rorhof
Sequester Photographer: Awoiska van der Molen. Publisher: Fw: Books
The American Series Photographer: Oskar Schmidt. Publisher: Distanz
Fractal State of Being Photographer: Sara Skorgan Teigen. Publisher: Journal
Spasibo Photographer: Davide Monteleone. Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Red String Photographer: Yoshikatsu Fujii. Publisher: Self-published
War Porn Photographer: Christoph Bangert. Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Jannis Photographer: Alma Cecilia Suarez. Publisher: Self-published
Photograph Photographer: Yuji Hamada. Publisher: Lemon Books
Photography Catalogue of the Year:
Photobooks: Spain 1905–1977 Photographers: Multiple. Publisher: Editorial RM
Christopher Williams: Printed in Germany. Photographer: Christopher Williams Publisher: Walther König/David Zwirner. Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness Photographer: Christopher Williams. Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
Dark Knees Photographer: Mark Cohen. Publisher: Le Bal/Éditions Xavier Barral
Tsunami, Photographs, and Then: Lost and Found Project Photographer: Munemasa Takahashi. Publisher: AKAAKA
The Catalogue Box Photographers: Multiple. Publisher: Verlag Kettler/The PhotoBook Museum
This year’s short list selection was made by Julien Frydman, director of Paris Photo; Lesley A. Martin, publisher of the Aperture book program and of The PhotoBook Review; Mutsuko Ota, editorial director of IMA magazine; and Anne Wilkes Tucker, photography curator. The thirty-five selected photobooks will be exhibited at Paris Photo in the Publishers Space. A final jury in Paris will select the winners for all three prizes, which will be revealed on November 14, 2013. The winner of First PhotoBook will be awarded $10,000.
Follow the story and find out about past editions at the Paris Photo website.
We expected more images shared online of the ceremony, but could only follow the story via @photoliax, so kudos to her! See below her tweets on the night. Incidentally, check her Tumblr on the New York Art Book Fair too.
Photobook of the year prize: short list pic.twitter.com/XptcPQPuG3
— Olga Yatskevich (@photoliax) September 27, 2014
Photography catalogue of the year.
Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/dKjPJb090k— Olga Yatskevich (@photoliax) September 27, 2014
It's been almost like #photobook Oscars… Spanish,wake up, @lizaralde! MT @photoliax: PhotobookAwards 2014 shortlist pic.twitter.com/8Q0dpzpDuN
— white gloves (@gloves4dummies) September 26, 2014
— Olga Yatskevich (@photoliax) September 26, 2014
— Olga Yatskevich (@photoliax) September 26, 2014
— Olga Yatskevich (@photoliax) September 26, 2014
"The Photobook community is super cool".
Todd Hido #NYABF— Olga Yatskevich (@photoliax) September 26, 2014
Todd Hido talks about @The_PBM pic.twitter.com/cRoHynLkOr
— Olga Yatskevich (@photoliax) September 26, 2014
— Olga Yatskevich (@photoliax) September 26, 2014
