Announcing the Winners of the 2025 PhotoBook Awards

Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Aperture and Paris Photo present this year’s winning titles.

Anastasia Samoylova Maps a Decaying American Dream

In 2023, the photographer began a journey from Florida to Maine along the Atlantic Coast, tracing the ruins and resilience of postindustrial life on US Route 1.

Photobooks

Is Photography Yorgos Lanthimos’s True Calling?

The director, who recently announced a break from filmmaking, discusses his fledgling career as a maker of dreamy, category-defying photobooks.

Interviews

Daniel Arnold’s New Pleasure? Missing the Shot.

Interviews

What Is Gen Z’s Influence on Photography?

Essays

Korean History as Told Through Objects

Upcoming Events

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Special Event with Alejandro Cartagena

Thursday, November 20, 6:00 p.m. PST

Atlantic Coast: A Conversation with Anastasia Samoylova

Friday, November 21, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. EST

Artist Talk and Book Signing with Alejandro Cartagena

Saturday, November 22, 2:00 p.m. PST

Along the Eastern Seaboard: Anastasia Samoylova and Ricardo Mor at Miami Book Fair

Sunday, November 23, 12:30 p.m. EST

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A Look Inside the 2025 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

These 37 photobooks highlight excellence in publishing across a wide range of topics and photographic styles.

Alejandro Cartagena’s Prolific Career as a Photographer and Editor

For over two decades, the Mexico-based artist has produced a compelling network of inquiries about social, urban, and environmental issues in Latin America.

A Dutch Photographer Reimagines the Story of His Life

Dreamy and sun drenched, Sander Coers’s images are precociously self-assured and emotionally resonant, recalling the atmosphere of Éric Rohmer’s summer idylls.