Winners of The Eiger Foundation African Photobook of the Year Awards
The Eiger Foundation is thrilled to announce the winner and runners-up of its first African Photobook of the Year Awards. Seventeen shortlisted book were chosen by the international jury from a total of 4000 submissions. Out of this, one winner and three runner-ups were selected.
Winner: The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women
Curator Catherine E. McKinley draws on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos to present a visual history spanning a hundred-year arc (1870–1970) of what is among the earliest photography on the continent.
Runners-Up
Runner-Up 1: A City on a Hill
Potšišo Phasha
Runner-Up 2: NGUECOKH
Tom Huber
Runner-Up 3: Nsenene
Michele Sibiloni