Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture and Paris Photo, the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography, with three major categories: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalogue of the Year.

The winners will be announced at Paris Photo on November 10th at 3pm.

PHOTOBOOK OF THE YEAR
Vince Aletti» The Drawer SPBH Editions, London
Frédérique Bangerter, ed.» Archivo Nómada Vol. 1: 1975-1981 Alberto García-Alix Editorial Cabeza de Chorlito, Madrid
Felipe Romero Beltrán» Dialect Loose Joints, Marseille, France
Lynne Cohen and Marina Gadonneix» Observatories/Laboratories and Laboratories/Observatories Atelier EXB / Centre Pompidou, Paris
Samuel Gratacap» Bilateral Poursuite, Arles, France
Mikiko Hara» Small Myths Chose Commune, Marseille, France
Thomas Locke Hobbs» L.A. Vedute The Eriskay Connection, Breda, Netherlands
Bharat Sikka» The Sapper Fw:Books, Amsterdam
Hristina Tasheva» Far Away from Home: The Voices, the Body and the Periphery Self-published, Bodegraven, Netherlands
Ruth van Beek» The Oldest Thing Van Zoetendaal Publishers, Amsterdam

FIRST PHOTOBOOK
Thaddé Comar » How was your dream? Mörel Books, London
Luis Corzo » Pasaco, 1996 » Kult Books, Stockholm
Star Feliz » When Eye Land Printed Matter Inc., New York
Liss Fenwick » Humpty Doom Bad News Books, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Christopher Gregory-Rivera » El Gobierno Te Odia Self-published, Penumbra Foundation, New York
Steve Harries » RVB Books, Paris
Samuel James » Nightairs; Fw:Books, Amsterdam
Clifford Prince King » Orange Grove; TIS Books, New York
Anu Kumar » Ghar; Perimeter Editions, Melbourne
Jan Mammey and Falk Messerschmidt » Statues Also Die; Kodoji Press, Baden, Switzerland
Alejandro "Luperca" Morales » El Retrato De Tu Ausencia (The Portrait of Your Absence); Kult Books, Stockholm, and Los Sumergidos, New York/ Mexico
Ronit Porat » Hunting In Time; Sternthal Books, Montreal, Quebec
Lúa Ribeira » Subida al Cielo; Dalpine, Madrid
César Rodríguez » Montaña Roja; KWY, Lima, Peru
Keisha Scarville » lick of tongue, rub of finger, on soft wound; MACK, London
Kristof Titeca, ed. » Nasser Road / Political Posters in Uganda The Eriskay Connection, Breda, Netherlands
Bindi Vora » Mountain of Salt Perimeter Editions, Melbourne
Carla Williams » Tender TBW Books, Oakland, California
Alice Wong » Painting Photographs TBW Books, Oakland, California
Yao Yuan » 1 2 3 2 1 Self-published, Antwerp, Belgium

Photography Catalogue of the Year
Casa Susanna: L’histoire du premier réseau transgenre américain, 1959–1968
Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett, Editions Textuel, Paris
Japanese Photography Magazines: 1880s to 1980s
Ryuichi Kaneko, Masako Toda, Ivan Vartanian; Goliga, Tokyo
Källström-Fäldt; Klara Källström and Thobias Fäldt; Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Hasselblad Foundation, B-B-B-Books, Gothenburg, Sweden
Recaptioning Congo: African Stories and Colonial Pictures; Sandrine Colard
Lannoo Publishers, Tielt, Belgium, and Fotomuseum FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium
The Public Life of Women: A Feminist Memory Project; Diwas Raja Kc and NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati
Nepal Picture Library / photo.circle, Kathmandu, Nepal