01/20/2022
Now on view! First Photobook Winner Sasha Phyars-Burgess’ “Untitled” and PhotoBook of the Year Shortlist Recipient Farah Al Qasimi’s “Hello Future” ✨📚✨
Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Exhibition - on view January 20 through February 27, 2022
Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the 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.
“This year’s submissions faced more than eighteen months of unprecedented production challenges in scheduling and labor, access to material, and the uncertainty of another important element in bookmaking—the ability of artists, publishers, and their collaborators to come together,” observed 2021 shortlist juror Sonel Breslav. “It’s inspiring to witness the resilience of these artists, subjects, and communities. We’ve all had to learn to adapt in order to continue our work, finding new directions along the way.”
In shortlist juror and Aperture creative director Lesley A. Martin’s assessment: “The impact of the pandemic and of the other difficulties of the past year made themselves known in the notable number of very strong, introspective projects that brought forth material grounded in the studio, as well as those drawn from archives and older bodies of work.”
