PHOTOGRAPHY
Incorporating Feature Photography
Honors excellence in the photo direction of magazines and websites

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WINNER
ESSENCE
Cori Murray, Deputy Editor
Nia Lawrence, Creative Director
“Of Earth & Sky,” photographs by Lorna Simpson, January/February

Judges' Citation
Exploring the intersection of Black womanhood, celebrity, art and beauty
and drawing on archival images from Jet and Ebony, this collaboration between the mega-star Rihanna
and the fine artist Lorna Simpson is a mesmerizing feat of editorial ingenuity. 

National Geographic
Susan Goldberg, Editor in Chief
Whitney Johnson, Director, Visuals & Immersive Experiences
“Swarm,” photographs by Charlie Hamilton James, December

Poetry
Fred Sasaki and Lindsay Garbutt, Interim Coeditors
“From ‘Crowns,’” poems by Patricia Smith; photographs by Sandro Miller, November 1

Stranger's Guide
Kira Brunner Don, Editor in Chief
“El Chocó,” photographs by Kike Arnal, “Exodus,” photographs by Nicoló Filippo Rosso, and “Reggaeton,” photographs by David Estrada Larrañeta, Colombia issue

TIME
Edward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief
Katherine Pomerantz, Director of Photography
“The Cost,” March 11