Submissions and the preliminary selection for the inaugural Pixel Photobook Awards were completed this month. A total of 13 books and six creators have been shortlisted. The books will proceed to the final judging at the end of the month and will be included in future exhibitions as part of the book collection at 798 Photo Gallery. The shortlist is as follows:
Annual Photobook Award
Five shortlisted books
An Jiu, A Panorama of the Stars (2023)
Lu Yuanmin, Suzhou River (2023)
Shang Junyi, Everyday Life in the Hutongs (2023)
Wu Wei, I Was Raised by My Maternal Grandparents (2023)
Yang Yankang, Star and Moon (2023)
Annual Independent Photobook Award
Five shortlisted books
Bai Shan, Yong Zhen (Second Edition) (2023)
Kiiss Shao (Xiao Shao), Beijing Rave 2020–2023 (2023)
Wei Jinchun, Tangshan (2023)
Yan Jialin, Fissure of a Sweetdream (2023)
Zou Yongjun, Like Running Water (2023)
Annual Photography Theory and History Book Award
Three shortlisted books
Li Xin and Xu Kuangzhi (eds.), Reshaping Photography: October and Contemporary Photography Theory (2023)
Wu Jingying (author), Faces of the Great Depression (2022)
Lin Dajiang (translator), Robert Frank’s ‘The Americans’: The Art of Documentary Photography (2023)
Annual Commissioning Editor Award
Three shortlisted creators
Huang Liping, Chinese Cubans (2022)
Wang Shaoli, Before Boom! (2023)
Yang Lei, The Vitality of Life: Twenty Years of Biodiversity Photography in China (2023)
Annual Photobook Design Award
Three shortlisted creators
Cao Yi, Archive of “As Far as the Eye Can See 2022: A Community Photography Project for Middle-Aged and Older Adults” (2023)
Love Letters, Fireworks, and Time Travel (2023); Zu (2023)
He Miao (Hamai), Wish 2 (2023)
Miao Qian, I Was Raised by My Maternal Grandparents (2023)
Congratulations to all shortlisted entrants!
Thank you to all the creators who submitted work, followed the awards, and supported the Pixel Photobook Awards.
Reprinted from 798 Photo Gallery