The 2016 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards: PhotoBook of the Year Shortlist

Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards

Established in 2013, the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography, with three major categories: First PhotoBook, Photography Catalogue of the Year, and PhotoBook of the Year.

The shortlist selection was made by Ann-Christin Bertrand, Curator, C/O Berlin; David Campany, independent curator and writer; Lesley A. Martin, Creative Director, Aperture Foundation and Publisher, The PhotoBook Review; Becky Senf, Phoenix Art Museum and Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; and Christoph Wiesner, Artistic Director, Paris Photo.

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PhotoBook of the Year Shortlist:

The Meadow
Barbara Bosworth
Publisher: Radius Books

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2015 by: Melanie McWhorter

Looking for Alice
Sian Davey
Publisher: Trolley Books

End.
Eamonn Doyle
Publisher: D1

Read the review by Colin Pantall on photo-eye Blog

The Democratic Forest
William Eggleston
Publisher: Steidl

Selected as Book of the Week by Jeff Mermelstein

Taking Stock of Power: An Other View of the Berlin Wall.
Arwed Messmer and Annett Gröschner
Publisher: Hatje Cantz

ZZYZX
Gregory Halpern
Publisher: MACK

Read the review by Adam Bell on photo-eye Blog

Berenice Abbott: Paris Portraits 1925–1930.
Berenice Abbott
Publisher: Steidl

The Epic Love Story of a Warrior.
Peter Puklus
Publisher: SPBH Editions

Parallel Encyclopedia #2
Batia Suter
Publisher: Roma Publications

Little North Road: Africa in China
Daniel Traub
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag

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The 2016 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards: PhotoBook of the Year Shortlist