Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award 2023

Winners & Shortlisted Photobooks

As one of the key activities of the 2nd Hong Kong Photo Book Festival (HKPBF), Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award 2023 aims to support emerging photographers and artists by providing a local and international platform for photographic works displaying. This year, we are honoured to have renowned local and overseas photographers and artists serve as judges. Including Andreas Müller Pohle, the founder and editor-in-chief of “European Photography” magazine; Kurt Tong, a famous contemporary artist; Lau Ching-ping, the former chairman of the Hong Kong International Photography Festival; Yanyou Yuan Di, the founder of Jiazazhi Press, and Zhuang Wubin, a Singapore independent curator.

Thanks to the success of the 1st HKPBF, the competition caught more overseas photographers’ and artists’ eyeballs and submitted their works. We have received more than 130 entries from local and overseas, and the judging stage is in full swing. The judges had selected 15 shortlisted works, 4 works in the midst have been awarded the Gold Medal, Silver Medal, Bronze Metal, and Special Mention!

WINNERS

*Gold Medal*

**Photography Firmly Enters The Everyday**

by Anna Pylypyuk [UA] & Volodymyr Shypotilnykov [UA]

SHORTLIST

Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award 2023 —— Winners Announcement

Photobook Dummy Award 2023 has received a considerable number of submissions. We express our gratitude to all participants for providing us with exceptional works, which have allowed us to indulge in a visual and artistic feast of photography. We would also like to extend our appreciation to our esteemed judging panel for their diligent efforts in selecting the winning works. Attributed to all the endeavour and support, we are pleased to announce the list of winners for this year’s award:

𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿
Anna Pylypyuk [UA] & Volodymyr Shypotilnykov [UA] – Photography Firmly Enters The Everyday

𝗦𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿
Yoshikatsu Fujii [JP] – Hiroshima Graph – Everlasting Flow

𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿
Victoria Li [HK] – Origin

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Rafael Roncato [BR] – Tropical Trauma Misery Tour

Sponsor of Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award:

Photobook Awards Exhibition —— Kassel Dummy Award 2023

Since 2010, the Kassel Fotobook Festival has been inviting photographers worldwide to take part in its Kassel Dummy Award. Over this period of time, thousands of photobook dummies have been submitted from all around the world; hundreds of shortlisted books have been exhibited internationally at various photography events, festivals and exhibition spaces. The participating photographers have been able to expand their networks with galleries, publishers and festivals, finding the opportunity to present their books to the global audience.

As an international photobook dummy award, this is its third time to be exhibited in Hong Kong. We are glad to tell that there are 50 shortlisted and participated Kassel Dummy Award pieces to be displayed at JCCAC L2 Podium! Visit from 30 June 2023 to 16 July 2023 to enjoy the Photobook Awards Exhibition!

Photobook Awards Exhibition – Kassel Dummy Award 2023
Date: 2023.06.30 – 2023.07.16
Time: 11am – 6pm
Venue: JCCAC L2 Podium

Photobook Awards Exhibition —— NOMAD 2022 by SIPF

We are grateful for first collaboration with our partner DECK Photography Art Centre to present the works of SIPF Photobook Award in Hong Kong! This award was established by the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF). The book submissions were gathered through an open call and reviewed by an esteemed international jury. In this 3rd edition, 30 outstanding entries had been selected as finalists, of which two emerged as the overall winners – “Best Published Book” and “Best Dummy Book”.

Come to JCCAC on or before 16 July for enjoying what 𝘕𝘖𝘔𝘈𝘋: The Travelling Photobooks brings to us!

Photobook Awards Exhibition – NOMAD 2022 by SIPF
Date: 2023.06.30 – 2023.07.16
Time: 11am – 6pm
Venue: JCCAC L2 Podium

The 2nd Hong Kong Photobook Festival —— Press Release

Please click here to retrieve the press release.

(Only possess Chinese version.)

A photobook is more than just a book. With different image arrangements and binding methods, the climaxes and rhythm of each photobook are distinctive. The photobook is also a kind of autonomous art form with the authors’ strong consciousness; therefore, the style and narration of each photobook are unique. As such an open and accessible means to narrate visual stories, photobook became increasingly popular for photographers and creators to convey their own ideas.

To promote photobook culture, Hong Kong Photobook Festival was found by Lumenvisum in 2020. The Festival aims to connect photographers, artists and a diverse range of publishers and independent groups from all over the world. It also serves as a supporter of emerging artists to gain exposure in the field of contemporary photography.

A series of programmes will be presented in the Festival, including book market, exhibitions, workshops and talks. Moreover, Photobook Dummy Award is established particularly for young photographers and artists. They will have the opportunities to showcase their works in international festivals and other photography events.

The 2nd Hong Kong Photobook Festival – Details:
Date: 2023.06.30 – 2023.07.16
Time：11am – 6pm
(06.30 to 07.02 will extend the opening hour to 7pm.)
Venue：Lumenvisum & JCCAC L2 Podium

Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award 2023 —— Shortlist Announcement

134 books from 38 countries were submitted for the Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award 2023. We want to show our deepest gratitude to all the participants for their impressive work. We are pleased to present the following 15 books from the shortlist, and, congratulations to all nominees!

(The shortlist is arranged in alphabetical order by name.)

Anna Bedynska [PL] – Forever Mine
Anna Pylypyuk [UA] – Photography Firmly Enters The Everyday
Bruno Claro [PT] – Tentativas Operatórias no Tratamento de Certas Psicoses
Cheong-hang Tam [HK] – 呢度真係官塘嚟，It Really Is Kwun Tong
Christian Babista [PH] – When The Waves Are Gone
Diane Bielik [UK] – Halo Tango
Kanta Nomura [JP] – The Yoshida Dormitory Old Darkroom
Kseniia Fedorova [MT] – After Winter. Album #58
Luigi Cecconi [IT] – Incorrect Theory
Marco Marzocchi [IT] – Bullet
Rafael Roncato [BR] – Tropical Trauma Misery Tour
Soen Lee [KR] – Drift Bottle
Sunik Kim [KR] – The Wave
Victoria Li [UK] – Origin
Yoshikatsu Fujii [JP] – Hiroshima Graph – Everlasting Flow

The shortlisted work will be exhibited at the Hong Kong Photobook Festival during 2023.06.30-2023.07.16. The announcement of 3 winning books will also be posted on July 1 at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Photobook Festival 2023. Come and support them!

Sponsor of Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award:

Shortlisted Photobooks Details

Photobook Dummy Award —— Judging Stage is in Full Swing!

As one of the key activities of the 2nd Hong Kong Photo Book Festival (HKPBF), Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award 2023 aims to support emerging photographers and artists by providing a local and international platform for photographic works displaying. Thanks to the success of the 1st HKPBF, the competition had caught more overseas photographers’ and artists’ eyeballs and submitted their works. We have received more than 130 entries from local and overseas, and the judging stage is in full swing. The judges will select 12 shortlisted works, while the Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners will be awarded at the same time!

In this year, we are honoured to have renowned local and overseas photographers and artists to serve as judges. Including Andreas Müller Pohle, the founder and editor-in-chief of “European Photography” magazine; Kurt Tong, a famous contemporary artist; Lau Ching-ping, the former chairman of the Hong Kong International Photography Festival; Yanyou Yuan Di, the founder of Jiazazhi Press, and Zhuang Wubin, a Singapore independent curator.

The result will be announced in the early June, stay tuned!

Sponsor： Asia One Product & Publishing Limited (AOPP)