Meet the 2025 Jury*
This year’s jury consists of a diverse group of professionals from the photobook industry, including a curator, designer, editor, publisher, photographer, collector, and printer, all together bringing a wealth of expertise to the table. We are very much looking forward to welcome the jury in Cologne on the 8th of March 2025.
* Amandine Marchant (CH)
was introduced to photography at the Vevey School of Photography. Since 2018, she has been part of Images Vevey, first as Communications manager and now as head of Éditions Images Vevey, where she merges her passions for books and photography, overseeing editorial projects and the prestigious Images Vevey Book Award.
* Frederic Lezmi (DE)
is a photographer, designer and photobook curator. He is artistic director of The PhotoBookMuseum in Cologne, wich he co-founded together with Markus Schaden in 2014. Frederic teaches photobook design at various universities and faculties in Germany (FH Dortmund, FH Hannover and DHBW Ravensburg).
Photo © Oxana Guryanova
* Lucia Halder (DE)
is a curator and visual historian. She is head of the photographic collection at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne and a member of the artistic board of Internationale Photoszene Cologne. Her work focuses on decolonial practices in researching, collecting and exhibiting photography, contemporary approaches to archives and counter-image strategies.
Photo © Marina Rosa Weig
* Luis Weinstein (CL)
is a photographer, editor, lecturer and curator from Santiago de Chile. He has been member of the board of the International Festival of Photography at Valparaíso until 2015. He is the author of more than ten photobook and has founded the South American photo magazine Sueño de la Razón. Through Fundación SudFotografica, a nonprofit he currently chairs, he collaborates in the research of the Chilean photobook.
* Matthieu Nicol (FR)
is a picture editor and image collector. His artistic practice consists of recovering and republishing bodies of passed images with no market value or notion of authorship, that have lost the usefulness they once had. He recirculates and shares them in the form of exhibitions, books and online publications. He is the founder of the cultural consultancy Too many Pictures.
* Melanie Mues (UK)
is a book designer and the founder of award winning East London design studio Mues Design.
Photo © Tom Jamieson
* Ufuk Şahin (TR)
studied photography at Hofstra University, NY. Since 2007, he has been part of the core team at MAS printing house as the second-generation manager and partner. In 2010, he founded MASA, a publishing house specializing in facsimiles, photobooks and art-books; which has since published more than 40 books. He is a photography enthusiast and an avid photobook collector.
* Yvonne De Rosa (IT)
is a photographer, researcher and founder of the independent space Magazzini Fotografici in Naples where she serves is it’s artistic director. She is a multidisciplinary artist who combines words and images to create layered works. Her work reflects on the nature of the photographic medium and its use in narrating and marking time and memory.
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Tropical Trauma Misery Tour
by Rafael Roncato
“Intriguing and thought-provoking, the “Tropical Trauma Misery Tour” photobook of the Brazilian Rafael Roncato is a brilliant foray into the style of a detective novel, unfolding against the media spectacle surrounding Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro—The Myth. The focus on the pivotal year of 2018, marked by Bolsonaro’s stabbing during a polarized presidential campaign, sees the former president assuming a central role in an online political campaign where he maintains complete control over his narrative and self-presentation.
The book stands as a testament to creativity, audacity, and exceptional intelligence. I was thoroughly captivated by its enchanting and exotic style, adeptly exploring the intricate political narratives shaping our world. Through a captivating blend of creative elements and editorial tactics, this book emerges as a vital tool, encouraging individuals to widely disseminate its message while condemning the dangers associated with misinformation. The blending of reality becomes a mode of resistance, unfolding as a meta-drama within the realm of political farce. This magnificent piece serves as an ironic guide, decoding the intricacies of Brazilian politics and media manipulation. It not only visually captures the impact of events but also acts as a potent gauge of the blurred line between truth and political performance.
A must-see for those seeking a visual journey into the heart of contemporary Brazilian political discourse, and for other countries that are contagiously impacted by this powerful farce.”
—Ângela Berlinde
Size: 10,8 x 16,9 cm
Pages: 306
softcover
Author: Rafael Roncato
Design: Mateus Acioli
Publisher: MASA / The PhotoBookMuseum / Lovely House
Year: 2024
Language: English
ISBN: 978-85-85039-18-9
Price: 25€
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