German Photo Book Prize 2013

 

January 12 – February 10

 

As part of the Stuttgart Book Week in mid-November 2012, a jury awarded the German Photo Book Prize 2013 “Gold” and “Silver” distinctions to 22 photo books, and recognized another 173 titles with the “Nominated 2013” designation. The traveling exhibition German Photo Book Prize 2013 comprises the award-winning and nominated titles; the Forum für Fotografie, Köln, will be a stop on its tour this year as in years past.

 

Winners of the unendowed Photo Book Prize given out by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Landesverband Baden-Württemberg [Association of German Book Dealers, Baden-Württemberg National Association] are photographers, authors, and editors who have engaged with and/or presented a photographic challenge especially well. The title “German Photo Book Prize Winner 2013” (Gold and Silver) honors stunning photographic quality, overall strong aesthetic impression, and outstanding photo-techical and photo-historical achievement. The prize is awarded in the categories of illustrated photo books, photography history/theory, and photography textbooks.

 

The jury: Werner Götze (Lindemanns Fotobuchhandlung, Stuttgart), Claudio Hils (Professor of Photography and Design; FH Vorarlberg, Austria), Andreas Langen (Photographer, Stuttgart), Bettina Michel (raum für fotografie, Stuttgart), Friedrich Müller (Managing Director of the Graphischer Klub, Stuttgart), Ute Noll (On-Photography.com, Stuttgart), Jürgen Scriba (media art, Elmshorn), Dr. Claude W. Sui (Department Head of Art and Cultural-Historical Collections; rem | Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim), Norbert Waning (BFF Association Freelance Photo Designer, Stuttgart), Wolfgang Zurborn (Photographer, Köln)

 

Gold Distinction (5)

 

Illustrated Photo Books Category

 

Hatje Cantz Verlag

Poppy

Photography/Text: Robert Knoth; Antoinette de Jong

Design: Kummer & Herrman, Utrecht

ISBN: 9783775733373, Preis: 39,80 €

 

Kehrer Verlag

Hier weit entfernt

Photography: Pentti Sammallahti

Text: Finn Thrane; Kristoffer Albrecht; Pekka Sammallahti

Design: Pentti Sammallahti

ISBN: 9783862823549, Preis: 55,00 €

 

Steidl

Darkroom

Photography: Adam Bartos

Text: Nicholas Negroponte

Design: Pascal Dangin

ISBN: 9783869303321, Preis: 65,00 €

 

 

Photography History/Theory Category

 

Gestalten - Die Gestalten Verlag GmbH & Co. KG

NOSTALGIA

Photography: Sergej Michailowitsch Prokudin-Gorski

Text: Dr. Estelle Blaschke

Design: Birga Meyer; Floyd E. Schulze

ISBN: 9783899554595, Preis: 49,90 €

 

 

Steidl

Documenting Science

Photography: Berenice Abbott

Text: Ron Kurtz; Julia Van Haaften; John Durant

Design: Ron Kurtz; Duncan Whyte; Gerhard Steidl

ISBN: 9783869304311

Preis: 48,00 €

 

 

Silver Distinction (17)

 

Illustrated Photo Books Category

 

Edition Braus

Herzau. Moscow Moskau Street

Photography: Andreas Herzau

Text: Viktor Jerofejew

Design: Bianca Elmer

ISBN: 9783862280285, Preis: 34,95 €

 

Hatje Cantz Verlag

Wilhelm Schürmann. Wegweiser zum Glück

Bilder einer Straße 1979-1981

Photography: Wilhelm Schürmann

Text: Gabriele Conrath-Scholl

Design: Jutta Herden

ISBN: 9783775733090, Preis: 49,80 €

 

HQ-i GmbH

Michael Schnabel 2001-2010

Photography: Michael Schnabel

Text: Dr. Tayfun Belgin; Andrew Cowin

Design: Kirsten Dietz, Strichpunkt

ISBN: 9783943367003, Preis: 80,00 €

 

Kehrer Verlag

Gärtners Reise

Photography: Sibylle Fendt

Text: Sibylle Fendt; Zoltán Jókay

Design: Julia-Sophie Kuon

ISBN: 9783868283044, Preis: 30,00 €

 

Kehrer Verlag

Der Tod kommt später, vielleicht

Photography: Jörg Gläscher

Text: Holger Witzel u.a.

Design: Tom Unverzagt

ISBN: 9783868282665, Preis: 36,00 €

 

Kehrer Verlag

Einheit, Arbeit, Wachsamkeit

Die DDR in Mosambik

Photography: Malte Wandel

Text: Malte Wandel

Design: Malte Wandel

ISBN: 9783868282986, Preis: 38,00 €

 

Niggli Verlag

Out of Focus

Lochkameras und ihre Bilder

Photography: Various

Text: Various

Design: Peter Olpe

Editor: Musée suisse de l’appareil photographique Vevey

ISBN: 9783721208511, Preis: 62,00 €

 

Prestel Verlag

Viviane Sassen

Parasomnia

Photography: Viviane Sassen

Text: Moses Isegawa

Design: SYB in Kooperation mit Viviane Sassen

ISBN: 9783791345215, Preis: 39,95 €

 

Steidl

Mikhael Subotzky Retinal Shift

Photography: Mikhael Subotzky

Text: Anthea Buys; Sean O’Toole

Design: Michael Abermann; Emmet Byrne

ISBN: 9783869305394, Preis: 38,00 €

 

Steidl / Edition Folkwang

arbeit/work

Photography: Chris Killip

Text: David Campany

Design: Steidl Design

ISBN: 9783869304571, Preis: 38,00 €

 

Steidl

Alber Elbaz – LANVIN

Photography: Various

Design: Pascal Dangin

ISBN: 9783869304472, Preis: 244,90 €

 

 

Photography History/Theory Category

 

Hatje Cantz Verlag

Japanese Dream

Photography: Various

Text: Monica Maffioli

Design: Maurizio Bartomioli

ISBN: 9783775734370, Preis: 98,00 €

 

Kerber Verlag

Geschlossene Gesellschaft

Künstlerische Fotografie in der DDR 1949-1989

Photography: Various

Text: Various

Design: Müller & Wesse, Berlin

ISBN: 9783866786882, Preis: 59,50 €

 

Hatje Cantz

Berlin, Fruchtstraße am 27. März 1952 / on March 27, 1952

Editors: Annett Gröschner; Arwed Messmer

Photography: Arwed Messmer; Fritz Tiedemann

Text: Florian Ebner; Annett Gröschner; Uwe Tiedemann

Design: Carsten Eisfeld

ISBN: 9783775734721, Preis: 38,00 €

 

Steidl

Autopsie

Deutschsprachige Fotobücher 1918 bis 1945

Volume 1

Editors: Manfred Heiting; Roland Jaeger

Design: Steidl Design

ISBN: 9783869304120, Preis: 88,00 €

 

 

Photography Textbooks Category

 

fotoforum-Verlag

Audiovisuelle Shows gestalten und präsentieren

Das HDAV-Buch für die Praxis

Photography: Dieter Hartmann

Text: Dieter Hartmann

Design: fotoforum-Verlag

ISBN: 9783980504836, Preis: 44,80 €

 

Pearson

Sketching Light

Über die Möglichkeit der Blitzfotografie

Photography: Joe McNally

Text: Joe McNally

Design: Pearson Deutschland GmbH

ISBN: 9783827331229, Preis: 39,95 €

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