New York –
Todd Hido, photographer and photobook maker greeted an eager crowd at the New York Art Book Fair to announce the thirty-five outstanding photobooks short listed for the 2014 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.
THE TEN SHORT LISTED FOR PHOTOBOOK OF THE YEAR ARE:
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
THE TWENTY SHORTLISTED TITLES FOR FIRST PHOTOBOOK ARE:
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 Alternate 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: The Substantial System for Photographic Archive Maintenance
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
THE FIVE SHORT LISTED TITLES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY CATALOGUE OF THE YEAR ARE:
Photobooks: Spain 1905–1977
Photographers: Multiple
Publisher: Editorial RM
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.
