Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, The PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of Photography.

THE 3 LAUREATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED NOV.9 AT 1PM AT PARIS PHOTO

Three prizes will be awarded in the following categories
• First PhotoBook,
• PhotoBook of the Year
• Photography Catalogue of the Year

The initial jury made the selection from nearly 1,000 titles and was made by Lucy Gallun, associate curator in the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, Kristen Lubben, executive director of the Magnum Foundation, Yasufumi Nakamori, former curator and head of the department of photography and new media at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), Lesley A. Martin, creative director of Aperture Foundation and publisher of The PhotoBook Review and Christoph Wiesner, artistic director of Paris Photo.

The final jury welcomes Federica Chiocchetti, Hervé Digne, president of Manifesto and the Odeon Circle, Kevin Moore, curator, Azu Nwagbogu, director of the Fondation des artistes africains (AAF), Batia Suter, artist.

The winner for the First PhotoBook category will receive a $10,000 prize.
The winners of the other two categories will each receive a commemorative award.

PhotoBook of the Year - Shortlist
Laia Abril On Abortion | Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport, England
Nina Berman and Kimberly Stevens | An autobiography of Miss Wish | Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
Dawoud Bey Seeing Deeply | University of Texas Press, Austin
Sophie Calle Parce que | Éditions Xavier Barral, Paris
Alexandra Catiere Behind the Glass | Chose Commune, Paris
Masahisa Fukase , Simon Baker, and Tomo Kosuga Masahisa Fukase | Éditions Xavier Barral, Paris
Sohrab Hura Look It’s Getting Sunny Outside!!! | Ugly Dog (Self-published), Delhi, India
Raymond Meeks Halfstory Halflife | Chose Commune, Paris
Carmen Winant My Birth | Self Publish, Be Happy Editions, London
Daisuke Yokota Inversion | Akio Nagasawa Publishing, Tokyo