German Photobook Prize 20/21

The German Photo Book Award is a competition in which a jury selects the best photo books in the German-speaking world. It was founded in 1975 as the Kodak Photo Book Prize in cooperation with the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and the Landesgewerbeamt Stuttgart and was held annually under this name until 2003. Since 2003 and after the withdrawal of Kodak AG as sponsor and name giver, the prize has continued under the name "Deutscher Fotobuchpreis". 

Prizes are awarded for special achievements by authors, photographers and publishers in the field of photo books. In addition to publishers, the competition is also open to photographers and photo designers. Eligible are photo books from publishers in the German-speaking countries (i.e. also from Switzerland, Austria) and titles that have been published for the first time in a certain period of time and have never participated in the "German Photo Book Award" before. The participating books must be deliverable and available in stores.

The Categories of the German Photo Book Award and their winners:

Conceptual and Artistic Photo Books
DI_GI_TA_LIS – A Plant Scan Project by Achim Mohné
Photographer: Achim Mohné
Writer: Clemens Krümmel, Eicke Latz / Anette Christ, Daniel Tyradellis, Judith Elisabeth Weiss, Harald Welzer, Siegfried Zielinski
Design: Uta Kopp
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
ISBN 978-3-7757-4769-1

Documentary and journalistic Photo Books
Silence is the Sound of Fear – Moritz Küstner
Photographer: Moritz Küstner
Writer: Diana Laarz
Design: Sven Lindhorst-Emme
Publisher: Verlag Kettler
ISBN: 978-3-86206-830-2

Coffee Table Books
A M O R – Kate Bellm
Photographer: Kate Bellm
Writer: Nadine Barth
Design: Steve & George Gorrow
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
ISBN: 978-3-7757-4660-1

Photo Technique and History
Aenne Biermann. Fotografin
Photographer: Aenne Biermann
Writer: Edited by Simone Förster und Thomas Seelig. Texts by Simone Förster, Peter Groschlüter, Olivier Lugon, Bernhard Maaz, Stefanie Odenthal, Rainer Stamm, Katharina Täschner and Anna Volz
Design: Nicola Reiter
Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess
ISBN: 978-3-85881-673-3

Photographer (Monograph)
Mit vier Augen – Das Fotoatelier Michael und Luzzi Wolgensinger
Photographer: Michael und Luzzi Wolgensinger
Writer: Edited by Lea Wolgensinger und Balz Strasser. Texts by Katharina Lang, Guido Magnaguagno and Lea Wolgensinger
Design: Bonbon, Zürich
Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess
ISBN: 978-3-85881-479-1

Student Projects
ANKOMMEN – Über die Architektur von Flüchtlingsunterkünften in Deutschland
Photographer: Malte Uchtmann
Writer: Malte Uchtmann

Self Publishing
Hôtel Noir
Photographer: J. Konrad Schmidt
Writer: J. Konrad Schmidt
Design: Johannes Arndt
Publisher: J. Konrad Schmidt
ISBN: 978-3-00-059121-1

The Jury:
Prof. Michael Danner (Berlin, UAS Europe)
Sarah Dulay (Stuttgart – Fotografin und BFF-Mitglied)
Dr. Petra Kiedaisch (Stuttgart, Verlag av edition)
Karima Klasen (Stuttgart, Künstlerin)
Hans-Michael Koetzle (München, Journalist)
Dr. Nobert Moos (Köln, Forum für Fotografie)

Accompanying Program

Pinhole Camera Workshop
Date: 16.01.2022 (Sun)
Time: 14 Uhr - 16 Uhr
Venue: Black Box Studio, Goethe-Institut Hongkong
Tutor: Siu Wai Hang
Fee: HKD 80 (to be paid via Art-mate.net)
Participants should bring along a hard cardboard box size between A6 to A4 with thickness around 5mm-10mm.