Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Sonel Breslav, and Anika Sabin in Conversation

Join Aperture and Printed Matter for an online conversation between Sasha Phyars-Burgess (winner of the 2021 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation First PhotoBook Award for Untitled), Sonel Breslav (2021 PhotoBook Awards shortlist juror and Director of Fairs and Editions at Printed Matter), and Anika Sabin (executive director and associate publisher at Capricious, publisher of Untitled), as they discuss Phyars-Burgess’s winning book. Untitled is a beautifully crafted exploration in three series that span various sites and spaces—from striking black-and-white photographs of daily life in Trinidad, to images of dance-hall crowds, to portraits of individuals taken in the US, Canada, and England. As a first-generation American born to Trinidadian parents, Phyars-Burgess explores her heritage and its complicated history through photography.

This conversation coincides with the 2021 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards exhibition, on view at Printed Matter in New York through February 27, 2022. Read more about the exhibition here.

Image: Sasha Phyars-Burgess, from Untitled. Courtesy the artist and Capricious Publishing