The Society of Publication Designers PUB 44 Medal Finalists were just announced. The awards will be given out at a Gala on Friday, May 8th.

When a list of finalists or award winners comes out from a group that I respect the first thing I do is go down the list and find all the photographers who’s names I don’t recognize and steal discover them. I made them all bold, so it’s easier for you. There are plenty to cherry pick between all the usual suspects. Enjoy.

PHOTO: COVER
Bon Appétit, Matthew Lenning, Design Director, Liz Mathews, Photo Editor, Kenji Toma, Photographer; August 2008, “Ice Cream Cone”
The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Arem Duplessis, Art Director, Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, Ruven Afanador, Photographer; June 1, 2008, “Tyra Banks”
Rolling Stone, Joseph Hutchinson, Art Director, Jodi Peckman, Director of Photography, Peter Yang, Photographer; July 10, 2008, “Barack Obama”
T, The New York Times Style Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, David Sebbah, Sr. Art Director, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Photographer; March 9, 2008, “Men’s Fashion Spring”
T, The New York Times Style Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, David Sebbah, Sr. Art Director, Raymond Meier, Photographer; November 16, 2008, “Travel Winter”

PHOTO: ENTIRE ISSUE
Bon Appétit, Matthew Lenning, Design Director, Bailey Franklin, Photo Editor; October 2008, “Fall Feasts”
GQ, Fred Woodward, Design Director, Dora Somosi, Director of Photography; December 2008, “Men of the Year”
LOOK New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography; Fall 2008, “Spring 2009 Fashion”
New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography; October 6, 2008, “40th Anniversary Issue”
The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Arem Duplessis, Art Director, Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography; February 10, 2008, “Breakthrough Performances in Film”

PHOTO: SECTION (single/spread)
Bon Appétit, Matthew Lenning, Design Director, Liz Mathews, Photo Editor, James Wojcik, Photographer; June 2008, “At the Market: Cucumbers”
ESPN the Magazine, Siung Tjia, Creative Director, Catriona Ni Aolain, Director of Photography, Rob Tringali, Photographer; “Foam Over / Jessica Subido”
Fortune, Robert Perino, Design Director, Greg Pond, Director of Photography, Gregg Segal, Photographer; May 12, 2008, “Bag Revolution”
GQ, Fred Woodward, Design Director, Dora Somosi, Director of Photography, Martin Schoeller, Photographer; May 2008, “Marc Jacobs Doesn’t Give a F**k”
Spin, Devin Pedzwater, Design Director, Michelle Egiziano, Director of Photography, Rebecca Smeyne, Photographer; January 2008, “Soundcheck: PRE”

PHOTO: SECTION (story)
Blender, Dirk Barnett, Creative Director, David Carthas, Director of Photography; June 2008, “Collect Call: Mötley Crüe”
Dwell, Kyle Blue, Design Director, Kate Stone Foss, Director of Photography, Beate Gütschow, Photographer; June 2008, “Second Nature”
Dwell, Kyle Blue, Design Director, Kate Stone Foss, Director of Photography, Edward Burtynsky, Photographer; November 2008, “Edward Burtynsky Quarries”
MADRIZ, Louis-Charles Tiar, Creative Director, Fernando Maselli, Photographer; Fall 2008/Winter 2009, “Los Andamios”
W, Edward Leida, Design Director, Toby McFarland Pond, Photographer; May 2008, “Irresistible”

PHOTO: FEATURE, SERVICE (single/spread)
Best Life, Brandon Kavulla, Design Director, Ryan Cadiz, Director of Photography, Dan Forbes, Photographer; August 2008, “Your Brain at 40”
GQ, Fred Woodward, Design Director, Dora Somosi, Director of Photography, Horacio Salinas, Photographer; July 2008, “You Can’t Save the Planet”
Men’s Health, George Karabotsos, Design Director, Brenda Millis, Director of Photography, Mike Powell, Photographer; May 2008, “Yes, You Were Born to Run”
Popular Mechanics, Michael Lawton, Design Director, Allyson Torrisi, Director of Photography, Gregor Hatenda, Photographer; December 2008, “So You Want to Buy a Digital SLR”
Psychology Today, Edward Levine, Creative Director, Claudia Stefezius, Director of Photography, Fredrik Broden, Photographer; March/April 2008, “Magical Thinking”

PHOTO: FEATURE, SERVICE (story)
Dwell, Kyle Blue, Design Director, Kate Foss Stone, Director of Photography, Gregg Segal, Photographer; November 2008, “iT House: Joshua Tree”
Martha Stewart Living, Eric Pike, Creative Director, James Dunlinson, Design Director, Heloise Goodman, Director of Photography, Hans Gissinger, Photographer; April 2008, “Exemplary Eggs”
Minnesota Monthly, Brian Johnson, Art Director, David Boroman, Photographer; June 2008, “Liquid Assets”
New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography, Tom Schierlitz, Photographer; April 28, 2008, “You Walk Wrong”

PHOTO: FEATURE, PROFILE, NON-CELEBRITY (single/spread)
ESPN the Magazine, Siung Tjia, Creative Director, Catriona Ni Aolain, Director of Photography, Martin Schoeller, Photographer; “Strongman”
MADRIZ, Louis-Charles Tiar, Creative Director, Alberto García-Alix, Photographer; Fall 2007/Winter 2008, “Contra la Realidad”
The New Yorker, Elisabeth Biondi, Director of Photography, Martin Schoeller, Photographer; August 11-18, 2008, “Ryan Hall”
Sports Illustrated, Steve Hoffman, Creative Director, Gerard Rancinan, Photographer; July 28, 2008, “Faces of China”
T, The New York Times Style Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, David Sebbah, Sr. Art Director, Nobuyoshi Araki, Photographer; February 24, 2008, “Kusama”

PHOTO: FEATURE, PROFILE, NON-CELEBRITY (story)
New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography, Dan Winters, Photographer; October 6, 2008, “Head-Liners”
The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Arem Duplessis, Art Director, Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, Robbie Cooper, Photographer; November 23, 2008, “My Game Face”
Play, The New York Times Sports Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Rob Hewitt, Jeff Glendenning, Art Directors, Kira Pollack, Director of Photography, Paolo Pellegrin, Photographer; August 2008, “Swifter, Higher and All That”
Rolling Stone, Joseph Hutchinson, Art Director, Jodi Peckman, Director of Photography, Sebastião Salgado, Photographer; October 30, 2008, “Ethiopia’s Nomad Warriors”
Texas Monthly, T.J. Tucker, Art Director, Leslie Baldwin, Photo Editor, Peter Yang, Photographer; July 2008, “True Grit”

PHOTO: FEATURE, PROFILE, CELEBRITY/ENTERTAINMENT (single/spread)
GQ, Fred Woodward, Design Director, Dora Somosi, Director of Photography, Mark Seliger, Photographer; December 2008, “John Malkovich”
New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography, Brigitte Lacombe, Photographer; December 15, 2008, “Kate Winslet”
The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Arem Duplessis, Art Director, Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, Robert Maxwell, Photographer; October 5, 2008, “Queen Latifah”
The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Arem Duplessis, Art Director, Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Photographers; November 30, 2008, “Mickey Rourke”
WIRED, Scott Dadich, Creative Director, Zana Woods, Photo Editor, James Day, Photographer; November 2008, “Radiohead”

PHOTO: FEATURE, PROFILE, CELEBRITY/ENTERTAINMENT (story)
GQ, Fred Woodward, Design Director, Dora Somosi, Director of Photography, Mark Seliger, Photographer; December 2008, “Men of the Year Portfolio”
The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Arem Duplessis, Art Director, Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, Ryan McGinley, Photographer; February 10, 2008, “Breakthroughs in Film”
T, The New York Times Style Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, David Sebbah, Sr. Art Director, Solve Sundsbo, Photographer; December 7, 2008, “Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise”
Vanity Fair, David Harris, Design Director, Susan White, Director of Photography; March 2008, “Hitchcock Hollywood Portfolio”
W, Edward Leida, Design Director, Brad Pitt, Photographer; November 2008, “Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt”

PHOTO: FEATURE, NEWS/REPORTAGE (single/spread)
GQ, Fred Woodward, Design Director, Dora Somosi, Director of Photography, Jill Greenberg, Photographer; February 2008, “Violence of the Lambs”
Newsweek, Amid Capeci, Design Director, Simon Barnett, Director of Photography, Alex Majoli — Magnum for Newsweek, Photographer; September 8, 2008, “New Model Army”
Sports Illustrated, Steve Hoffman, Creative Director, Heinz Kluetmeier, Photographer; August 25, 2008, “He Got Him”
TIME, Arthur Hochstein, Art Director, Alice Gabriner, Chief Picture Editor, Callie Shell — Aurora, Photographer; March 17, 2008, “The Long Way Home”
TIME, Arthur Hochstein, Art Director, Alice Gabriner, Chief Picture Editor, Danny Wilcox Frazier — Redux, Photographer; June 30, 2008, “Deep Down In Iowa”

PHOTO: FEATURE, NEWS/REPORTAGE (story)
National Geographic, David Whitmore, Design Director, David Griffin, Director of Photography, Eugene Richards, Photographer; January 2008, “The Emptied Prairie”
The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Arem Duplessis, Art Director, Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, Stephanie Sinclair, Photographer; January 20, 2008, “Female Circumcision”
The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, Arem Duplessis, Art Director, Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, Stephanie Sinclair, Photographer; July 21, 2008, “Children of God”
TIME, Arthur Hochstein, Art Director, Alice Gabriner, Chief Picture Editor, James Nachtwey — VII, Photographer; October 13, 2008, “The Forgotten Plague”
WIRED, Scott Dadich, Creative Director, Zana Woods, Photo Editor, Nick Waplington, Photographer; April 2008, “Eureka!”

PHOTO: FEATURE, TRAVEL/FOOD/STILL LIFE (single/spread)
Bon Appétit, Matthew Lenning, Design Director, Liz Mathews, Photo Editor, Mitchell Feinberg, Photographer; June 2008, “Pasta In a New Light”
Garden & Gun, Marshall McKinney, Art Director, Maggie Brett Kennedy, Photo Editor, Peter Frank Edwards, Photographer; September/October 2008, “The Pork Is In the Mail”
New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography, James Wojcik, Photographer; May 5, 2008, “To Die For”
New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography, Tom Schierlitz, Photographer; June 23, 2008, “Strategist: Herbal Armor”
Newsweek, Amid Capeci, Design Director, Simon Barnett, Director of Photography, Ambroise Tezenas for Newsweek, Photographer; April 21-28, 2008, “Beyond the Glitz”

PHOTO: FEATURE, TRAVEL/FOOD/STILL LIFE (story)
GQ, Fred Woodward, Design Director, Dora Somosi, Director of Photography, Mitchell Feinberg, Photographer; July 2008, “My Sweet Life”
T, The New York Times Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, David Sebbah, Sr. Art Director, Olaf Otto Becker, Photographer; September 21, 2008, “Day of Ascension”
Texas Monthly, T.J. Tucker, Art Director, Leslie Baldwin, Photo Editor, Dan Winters, Photographer; October 2008, “Flying Away”
(t)here, Christopher Wieliczko, Creative Director, Jason Makowski, Design Director, Marcus Brooks, Photographer; Spring 2008, “Eat This”
W, Edward Leida, Design Director, Philip-Lorca DiCorca, Photographer; May 2008, “Cairo”

PHOTO: FEATURE, FASHION/BEAUTY (single/spread)
Atlanta, Hector Sanchez, Creative Director, Alex Martinez, Photographer; June 2008, “Pool Fashion”
People, Sara Williams, Design Director, Chris Dougherty, Director of Photography, Robert Trachtenberg, Photographer; May 12, 2008, “World’s Most Beautiful: Sarah Silverman”
Shufti, Sean Kennedy Santos, Art Director and Photographer; October 2008, “Void #2”
Shufti, Sean Kennedy Santos, Art Director and Photographer; October 2008, “Void #4”

PHOTO: FEATURE, FASHION/BEAUTY (story)
Barcelona, Louis-Charles Tiar, Creative Director, Kenji Toma, Photographer; Fall 2008/Winter 2009, “Océano de Bolsillo”
LOOK New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography, Christopher Anderson, Photographer; Spring 2008, “Sideshows”
LOOK New York, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Jody Quon, Director of Photography, Benjamin Lowy, Photographer; Fall 2008, “Sideshows”
T, The New York Times Style Magazine, Janet Froelich, Creative Director, David Sebbah, Sr. Art Director, Coppi Barbieri, Photographer; August 17, 2008, “Dream States”
W, Edward Leida, Design Director, Mert Alas, Marcus Piggott, Photographers; August 2008, “Kiss the Sky”

PHOTO: FEATURE, TRADE/CORPORATE (single/spread/story)
Earnshaw’s, Nancy Campbell, Creative Director, Michael Brian, Photographer; April 2008, “Pinewood Academy”
Golf Digest Index, Ken DeLago, Design Director, Christian Iooss, Kerry Brady, Photo Editors, Art Streiber, Photographer; Spring 2008, “Legends”
Golf Digest Index, Ken DeLago, Design Director, Ryan Cline, Photo Editors, Massimo Gammacurta, Photographer; Fall 2008, “Genuine Articles”
Interior Design Magazine, Cindy Allen, Creative Director, Helene Oberman, Photo Editor, Eric Laignel, Photographer; May 2008, “First-Aid Kit”

PHOTO: FEATURE, EDUCATIONAL/INSTITUTIONAL (single/spread/story)
Intelligence Report, Russell Estes, Creative Director; Fall 2008, “Ready for War”
Proto, Charlene Benson, Creative Director, Ann deSaussure, Director of Photography, Nigel Cox, Photographer; Winter 2008, “Claire’s Knee”
Stanford Magazine, Amy Shroads, Art Director, Michael Sugrue, Photographer; January/February 2008, “I Died 40 Years Ago”
Stanford Magazine, Amy Shroads, Art Director, Manuello Paganelli & Glenn Matsumura, Photographers; July/August 2008, “Stanford Olympians”

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18 Comments

  1. Sebastião Salgado…are you serious?

  2. so very many of the same names come up time after time… SPD = BFD… a parade of stars get great assignments then get recognition for them… is this the magazine world’s version of the wall st. firm Moody’s giving AAA ratings to friends of theirs? you wonder. life isn’t fair, not saying it should be. but really. c’mon.

    • @dave h.,
      instead of whining about it why don’t you show me the images they missed. We can all compare it to the nominees. Your Moodys/Wall Street example implies that the photographers work sucks and they are nominated because of their name or because they have some kind of cozy relationship with the award giver.

      • @A Photo Editor,
        not that they missed any, just that these big names become even bigger as they are assigned the plum assignments. do i look at every frickin’ magazine to see every image to which these might be compared? um, no. does dan winters do great work? yes. if photo eds weren’t in CYA mode and could give a B-lister an opportunity could they shine in an assignment? what do you think? probably, right. yes yes i know PE’s have to do the dance with their editors; yes yes i know that PE’s want to reel in A-listers to make their pubs look great… yes yes i know PE’s look at the awards issued my x, y and z and say “oh, gotta give him/her a chance…” what am i suggesting? don’t know APE, just that this is a safe list populated by the cool kids.

        • @dave h.,
          other photo editors will find it useful. there are still names I’ve never heard of along with the usual suspects.

          the awards are put on by designers and if anyone loves an a-list photographer it’s an a-list creative director. there’s no “emerging” category.

        • @dave h.,
          I certainly wouldn’t think of Brad Pitt as an “a-list photographer”. :-)

          I really don’t know what the problem here is.
          Do you also complain that good actors get good roles?

          A-list photographers get the good assignments. Why?
          a) Because they’re successful enough to get to pick their assignments and
          b) because PE’s want to get someone special when they have a special assignment and
          c) maybe the assignment only looks so good in hindsight because you see how the a-lister pulled it off.

    • @tarsh einfallsreich,
      I made all the photographer names bold. That way someone just getting started in the business can study some of the masters still shooting editorial.

  3. The folks are reading it wrongly.

    They think you made all the names bold that YOU dont recognise!!!!

    Instead of realising you emboldened the names for everyone to read easily

    yes????

    g

  4. That is a nice looking roster, and goes to show you get what you pay for.

  5. Guys i don’t know anybody(Rob can tell you) and i am not famous, i didn’t even know i was nominated because nobody sent me an email.
    Couple of weeks ago i was checking the nomination because i sent an editorial i shot for a French magazine and i found out i was nominated, i wasn’t even sure for what shot(it wasn’t the french editorial) and i had to check the magazine to find out which picture was chosen(a product shot in the category trade/corporate).

  6. I used to look at a list like this and, like some of you, whine about the same people getting the same opportunities, until I was honest with myself and admitted that I wasn’t doing what needed to be done to put myself out there. I wasn’t aggressively marketing myself to editors or art directors. I hadn’t created an effective marketing campaign and I had kind of withdrawn myself from the editorial photography community. So, why the hell was I complaining?

    These photographers didn’t always have their opportunities, they made them. I know my capabilities, but, if I don’t show them, what’s the point? At this point I don’t even want people to see my work because I’m building a new body with the projects I’m now shooting. I’m also learning from others the most effective ways of making myself known once I’m ready to show what I can do.

    There are three kinds of people in the world,

    1. Players
    2. Spectators
    3. Wannabes

    If you’re not willing to put yourself out there and do what’s necessary to play the game, don’t whine about those who do.

    just my 2 cents worth.

    • @Tim, that about said it all. 100% correct.

  7. @ #7 (Tim), the best two cents spent so far this year…
    ~M~

  8. There is a lot of rich information in this posting. I’m heading to NYC in May and I will use this info to personalize my calls and email’s to these group of PE …and try to get appointments and show my book. Thanks Rob!

  9. When I initially commented I visited the -Notify me if new comments are added – checkbox and here each time a comment is added I receive six messages with the similar comment. Can there be any way you can remove me from that services? Thanks!


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