Paris Photo and Aperture Foundation are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 edition of the Paris Photo – Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the Paris Photo – Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography
“Each of the prizes have been awarded to very committed projects that show a dedication to and respect for the subject,” said final juror Krzysztof Candrowicz. “What I see in all of the books points to a change in traditional thinking about the photobook, blurring the boundaries and; expanding the scope what a photobook can be.”
Winner of Photography Catalogue of the Year
Mattie Boom, Hans Rooseboom
New Realities: Photography in the 19th Century
Publisher: Rijiksmuseum/Nai, Amsterdam, 2017
Designed by Irma Boom Office (Irma Boom/Tariq Heijboer)
“I appreciate that New Realities takes what might be considered ‘dusty’ material of the nineteenth century and brings new perspectives and fresh design to enliven this classical material. It’s important as an example of how to preserve and capture new interest in the history of photography.”—Nathalie Herschdorfer
Winner of PhotoBook of the Year
Dayanita Singh
Museum Bhavan
Publisher: Steidl, Göttingen, Germany, 2017
Designed by Dayanita Singh and Gerhard Steidl
“Dayanita Singh has extended the concept of what a book might be with Museum Bhavan: a book of books, each one exploring an Indian motif, from printing presses to the administrative archive. Her work is a sophisticated merger of East and West sensibilities, and celebrates the democratic possibilities of the offset multiple.”— Mitch Epstein
Read the whole article and discover the other awarded projects on Aperture.org
