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Andi Galdi Vinko, Isaac Julien Win the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards
27 June 2023
The two winning titles of the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Image Book Awards have been chosen as exemplary demonstrations of originality and excellence in the fields of moving image and photography book publishing, from the past year, organizers said.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Andi Galdi Vinko has won the Photography Book Award for Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back from Trolley Books which explores new motherhood in all its messy, beautiful reality. Acting as a visual diary of those early months, it juxtaposes the mundane with the momentous.
"I am delighted that Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back is the winner of the Kraszna-Krausz 2023 Photography Book Award," said moving image book judge Sarah Allen.
"Beautifully sequenced and thoughtfully produced, this book peeks behind the curtain at the tender yet Raw first years of motherhood. Andi Galdi Vinko handles this important yet underexposed topic with nuance, humor and candor -- her approach is a breath of fresh air."
MOVING IMAGE
Isaac Julien has won the Moving Image Book Award for Lessons of the Hour -- Frederick Douglass from DelMonico Books. The visual and literary meditation connects Julien's artworks with archival images of Frederick Douglass, the African American orator, philosopher, intellectual and self-liberated freedom-fighter, alongside essays that consider Douglass' enduring legacy.
"The catalogue of Isaac Julien's installation on Frederick Douglass, Lessons of the Hour manages to be as magisterial as the ten-screen work," said photography book judge Jonathan Ali.
"This exquisitely made hardback balances formidable commissioned and existing essays with historical photos and newspaper clippings, stills and installation views and material on photography and Black subjecthood, appropriate to a work dedicated to the most photographed person of the 19th century. In every way, shape and form a considerable achievement."
THE AWARDS
Since 1985 the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards have recognised individuals who have made an outstanding original or lasting educational, professional, historical and cultural contribution to literature concerning photography or the moving image (including film, television, video and new media).
The call for the 2024 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards will be issued in November.
Isaac Julien and Andi Galdi Vinko Win the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards
- Isaac Julien wins the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award for Lessons of the Hour -- Frederick Douglass (DelMonico Books). A visual and literary meditation that connects Julien's artworks with archival images of Frederick Douglass, the visionary African American orator, philosopher, intellectual and self-liberated freedom-fighter, alongside essays that consider Douglass' enduring legacy.
- Andi Galdi Vinko wins the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award for Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back (Trolley Books) which explores new motherhood in all its messy, beautiful reality. Acting as a visual diary of those early months, it juxtaposes the mundane with the momentous.
- Isaac Julien and Andi Galdi Vinko equally share a 10,000 prize fund. Additionally the Kraszna- Krausz Foundation, which gives the Awards, will be curating events celebrating each of the 2023 winners' books with the artists present. These will take place in London in the Autumn in collaboration with the Barbican for the Moving Image book award -- including a screening and conversation; and with the V&A South Kensington for the Photography book award. Further details will be announced at https://kraszna-krausz.org.uk.
- The 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards, the 38th edition, marks the highest number of submissions in its history and a significant increase on previous years' totals, reflecting the dynamism and demand in moving image and photography publishing.
- Themes including sleep, grief, identity, race, community and the environment made up the 20 longlisted titles for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards. The longlists, ten for the Photography category and ten for the Moving Image category, were announced in April and were exhibited at Photo London 2023. The six shortlisted publications, three in the Photography category and three in the Moving Image category, were announced in May.
The two winning titles of the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Image Book Awards have been chosen as exemplary demonstrations of originality and excellence in the fields of moving image and photography book publishing, from the past year.
Judge of the 2023 Moving Image Book Award, Jonathan Ali, film curator, film festival director and writer, as well as co-founder of Twelve30 Collective, a London-based initiative dedicated to screening Caribbean cinema says of Isaac Julien's winning publication, "The catalogue of Isaac Julien's installation on Frederick Douglass, Lessons of the Hour manages to be as magisterial as the ten-screen work. This exquisitely made hardback balances formidable commissioned and existing essays with historical photos and newspaper clippings, stills and installation views and material on photography and Black subjecthood, appropriate to a work dedicated to the most photographed person of the 19th century. In every way, shape and form a considerable achievement."
Sarah Allen, Head of Programme at South London Gallery and Judge of the 2023 Photography Book Award, explains of Andi Galdi Vinko's winning publication, "I am delighted that Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I'm Back is the winner of the Kraszna-Krausz 2023 Photography Book Award. Beautifully sequenced and thoughtfully produced, this book peeks behind the curtain at the tender yet Raw first years of motherhood. Andi Galdi Vinko handles this important yet underexposed topic with nuance, humor and candor -- her approach is a breath of fresh air."
About the Awards
Since 1985 the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards have recognized individuals who have made an outstanding original or lasting educational, professional, historical and cultural contribution to literature concerning photography or the moving image (including film, television, video and new media).
Submissions for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards, which is free to enter, are invited from publishers, authors, collectives and individuals self-publishing their work. Books entered must have been published for the first time between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2022 and distributed and available to buy in the U.K. Non-English language books must be accompanied by an English language translation of all text and submissions in the Photography Book award category must contain a significant textual element as image-only books are not eligible. Up to six different titles can be entered with each having a minimum run of 100 copies.
The call for the 2024 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards will be issued in November.