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PhotoBook Awards
Announcing the 2026 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist
Here are the 35 shortlisted titles for the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards, which celebrate this year’s achievements by publishers and artists.
Paris Photo and Aperture are pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards—an annual celebration of the photobook’s enduring role within the narrative of photography. Now in its fourteenth year, the awards recognize excellence in three major categories of photobook publishing: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalog of the Year.
This year, Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards received a record number of books from fifty-six countries around the world, including standout entries from Armenia, Iran, Morocco, Venezuela, and more. On September 22–24, the 2026 shortlist jury met in New York for three concentrated days of review and deliberation by an international team: Alejandro Cartagena, artist; Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, director of design, Judd Foundation; Michael Famighetti, editor in chief, Aperture; Anna Planas, artistic director, Paris Photo; and Anshika Varma, curator and founder, Offset Projects.
“Reviewing the many submissions from around the globe underscores how photography books are a quietly powerful medium with endless possibilities for design, storytelling, and reflection on human experience,” says Michael Famighetti. Anna Planas adds, “The jury brings together different perspectives on photography and publishing. Through the selection presented at Paris Photo, we aim to highlight the photobook as a space for experimentation and to celebrate its importance within photography today.”
The shortlisted books will be exhibited at Paris Photo, open to the public from November 11 through November 15, followed by an international tour, including in Dublin at PhotoIreland, December 2026, New York at Printed Matter, January 2027, and other venues to be announced.
On Thursday, November 12, a final jury composed of five members will meet in Paris to select the winners for all three prizes, which will be revealed on Friday, November 13, at 3:00 p.m. (CET), at a ceremony at Paris Photo, and announced on Aperture.org and Parisphoto.com.
Below, see the thirty-five selected titles for the 2026 PhotoBook Awards shortlist.
First PhotoBook
Ivan Anisimov, Pants on Top of Shoes, Kult Books, Stockholm. Design by Janne Riikonen
Amparo Baquerizas, Gauchito Querido, Editorial RM, México and Barcelona. Design by Amparo Baquerizas
Miranda Barnes, Social Season, Important Flowers, London. Design by Anamaria Morris
Sara Bennett, Looking Inside: Women with Life Sentences, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. Design by Teun van der Heijden and Heijdens Karwei
Nata Drachinskaya, Binom, BLOW UP PRESS, Warsaw, and Rencontres d’Arles, France. Design by Nata Drachinskaya, Yumi Goto, Aneta Kowalczyk, and Jan Rosseel
Franco Dupuy, Cruising Diaries, Set Margins, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Design by Furio and Santiago Bogani
Jakob Ganslmeier and Ana Zibelnik, If a Flower Bloomed in a Dark Room, Would You Trust It?, Spector Books, Leipzig, Germany. Design by Hamid Sallali
Jesse Glazzard, The Sound of Dirt and Beauty, SPBH Editions, London. Design by Brian Paul Lamotte
Ma Hailun, Üruklyn , Jiazazhi, Ningbo, China. Design by Studio Pianpian He and Max Harvey
Moeko Ishiguro, Notation(s), Self-published, Tokyo. Design by Moeko Ishiguro
Adél Koleszár, Only Have Faith (Solamente Ten Fe), Art Paper Editions, Ghent, Belgium. Design by Jurgen Maelfeyt
Jeremy Liebman, Coincidence, Apartamento Publishing S.L., Barcelona. Design by Apartamento Studios and Laura Delgado
Augustin Lignier, Turning Point, Art Paper Editions, Ghent, Belgium. Design by Jurgen Maelfeyt
João Linneu, JJ VFF VV, Void, Athens. Design by Void
Yufan Lu, Make Me Beautiful, Editorial RM, México and Barcelona; Ediciones Posibles and Fundación Photographic Social Vision, Barcelona; Phree, Madrid. Design by Min Lyu
Swan Moon, Swan Moon’s Swan Moon, TBW Books, Oakland, California. Design by Paul Schiek
Peter Rauch, 2, 3, Perimeter Editions, Melbourne. Design by Žiga Testen
Allie Tsubota, Dead Letter Room: A Transhistorical Correspondence with Hara Tamiki, The Eriskay Connection, Breda, Netherlands. Design by Carel Fransen
Joël van Houdt, Afghanistanism, Self-published, London. Design by -SYB-
Farren van Wyk, Mixedness Is My Mythology, Fw:Books, Amsterdam, and Deadbeat Club, Los Angeles. Design by Hans Gremmen
Ivan Anisimov
Pants on Top of Shoes
Kult Books, Stockholm
Design by Janne Riikonen
Amparo Baquerizas
Gauchito Querido
Editorial RM, México and Barcelona
Design by Amparo Baquerizas
Miranda Barnes
Social Season
Important Flowers, London
Design by Anamaria Morris
Sara Bennett
Looking Inside: Women with Life Sentences
Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Design by Teun van der Heijden and Heijdens Karwei
Nata Drachinskaya
Binom
BLOW UP PRESS, Warsaw, and Rencontres d’Arles, France
Design by Nata Drachinskaya, Yumi Goto, Aneta Kowalczyk, and Jan Rosseel
Franco Dupuy
Cruising Diaries
Set Margins, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Design by Furio and Santiago Bogani
Jakob Ganslmeier and Ana Zibelnik
If a Flower Bloomed in a Dark Room, Would You Trust It?
Spector Books, Leipzig, Germany
Design by Hamid Sallali
Jesse Glazzard
The Sound of Dirt and Beauty
SPBH Editions, London
Design by Brian Paul Lamotte
Ma Hailun
Üruklyn
Jiazazhi, Ningbo, China
Design by Studio Pianpian He and Max Harvey
Moeko Ishiguro
Notation(s)
Self-published, Tokyo
Design by Moeko Ishiguro
Adél Koleszár
Only Have Faith (Solamente Ten Fe)
Art Paper Editions, Ghent, Belgium
Design by Jurgen Maelfeyt
Jeremy Liebman
Coincidence
Apartamento Publishing S.L., Barcelona
Design by Apartamento Studios and Laura Delgado
Augustin Lignier
Turning Point
Art Paper Editions, Ghent, Belgium
Design by Jurgen Maelfeyt
João Linneu
JJ VFF VV
Void, Athens
Design by Void
Yufan Lu
Make Me Beautiful
Editorial RM, México and Barcelona; Ediciones Posibles and Fundación Photographic Social Vision, Barcelona; Phree, Madrid
Design by Min Lyu
Swan Moon
Swan Moon’s Swan Moon
TBW Books, Oakland, California
Design by Paul Schiek
Peter Rauch
2, 3
Perimeter Editions, Melbourne
Design by Žiga Testen
Allie Tsubota
Dead Letter Room: A Transhistorical Correspondence with Hara Tamiki
The Eriskay Connection, Breda, Netherlands
Design by Carel Fransen
Joël van Houdt
Afghanistanism
Self-published, London
Design by -SYB-
Farren van Wyk
Mixedness Is My Mythology
Fw:Books, Amsterdam, and Deadbeat Club, Los Angeles
Design by Hans Gremmen
PhotoBook of the Year
Michele Borzoni and Rocco Rorandelli, Silent Springs, Loose Joints Publishing, Marseille, France / London. Design by Tommaso Tanini
Bieke Depoorter, The Beds I Slept In, Hannibal Books, Antwerp, Belgium. Design by Armand Mevis and Bieke Depoorter
Bérangère Fromont, République, Chose Commune, Marseille, France. Design by Cécile Poimbœuf-Koizumi and Perrine Serre
Roger Grasas, WALLS: A Visual Study on Border Geographies, Institut de les Desigualtats, Barcelona. Design by Studio Carles Murillo
Nick Haymes, Chronograph, SPBH Editions, London. Design by Lina Kutsovskaya and Brian Paul Lamotte
Takashi Homma, This Is Not My Cat, Nieves, Zurich, and Perimeter Editions, Melbourne. Design by Benjamin Sommerhalder
Sohrab Hura, Snow, MACK, London. Design by Sohrab Hura
Zhu Mo, Undercurrents, JZZP, Ningbo, China. Design by PAY2PLAY
Keisha Scarville, Passports, 2012–2025, MACK, London. Design by Keisha Scarville and Morgan Crowcroft-Brown
Newsha Tavakolian, And They Laughed at Me, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. Design by Kehrer Design, Laura Pecoroni
Michele Borzoni and Rocco Rorandelli
Silent Springs
Loose Joints Publishing, Marseille, France / London
Design by Tommaso Tanini
Bieke Depoorter
The Beds I Slept In
Hannibal Books, Antwerp, Belgium
Design by Armand Mevis and Bieke Depoorter
Bérangère Fromont
République
Chose Commune, Marseille, France
Design by Cécile Poimbœuf-Koizumi and Perrine Serre
Roger Grasas
WALLS: A Visual Study on Border Geographies
Institut de les Desigualtats, Barcelona
Design by Studio Carles Murillo
Nick Haymes
Chronograph
SPBH Editions, London
Design by Lina Kutsovskaya and Brian Paul Lamotte
Takashi Homma
This Is Not My Cat
Nieves, Zurich, and Perimeter Editions, Melbourne
Design by Benjamin Sommerhalder
Sohrab Hura
Snow
MACK, London
Design by Sohrab Hura
Zhu Mo
Undercurrents
JZZP, Ningbo, China
Design by PAY2PLAY
Keisha Scarville
Passports, 2012–2025
MACK, London
Design by Keisha Scarville and Morgan Crowcroft-Brown
Newsha Tavakolian
And They Laughed at Me
Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Design by Kehrer Design, Laura Pecoroni
Photography Catalog of the Year
A Kind of Paradise: Artistic Counter-Narratives to Colonial-Era Photography, Nanina Guyer, Spector Books, Leipzig, Germany. Design by NODE Berlin Oslo
Ecos de la Memoria (Echoes of Memory), Marta Martín Núñez, Editorial RM, México and Barcelona, and Campgràfic Editors, Valencia, Spain. Design by Underbau
Ghana! Rêver l’indépendance, 1957–1976, Damarice Amao, Atelier EXB, Paris. Design by Line Célo
L Is for Look: Children’s Photobooks, Anne Lacoste and Rose Durr, Spector Books, Leipzig, Germany. Design by Ina Kwon and Helmut Völter
More, Anuschka Blommers, Niels Schumm, and Julie Peeters, Blommers & Schumm, Roma Publications, Amsterdam. Design by Julie Peeters
A Kind of Paradise: Artistic Counter-Narratives to Colonial-Era Photography
Nanina Guyer
Spector Books, Leipzig, Germany
Design by NODE Berlin Oslo
Ecos de la Memoria (Echoes of Memory)
Marta Martín Núñez
Editorial RM, México and Barcelona, and Campgràfic Editors, Valencia, Spain
Design by Underbau
Ghana! Rêver l’indépendance, 1957–1976
Damarice Amao
Atelier EXB, Paris
Design by Line Célo
L Is for Look: Children’s Photobooks
Anne Lacoste and Rose Durr
Spector Books, Leipzig, Germany
Design by Ina Kwon and Helmut Völter
More
Anuschka Blommers, Niels Schumm, and Julie Peeters
Blommers & Schumm, Roma Publications, Amsterdam
Design by Julie Peeters
The 2026 PhotoBook Awards winners will be announced at Paris Photo on Friday, November 13.
