The Wait by Samuel Napper
Photo series The Wait by Samuel Napper celebrates the people whose responsibility it is to wait. Shot entirely in Cape Town, this series receives a Best in Book award in CR’s Photography Annual 2018
Creative Review’s Photography Annual seeks to celebrate great images – those who take them and those who commission them. It’s open to everyone involved in the making and use of brilliant photography – advertising agencies, publishers, galleries, designers, brands and, of course, photographers.
Winners are selected by a panel of industry experts and featured in the Best in Book section. Below you can read more about the winning projects, why they stood out and how the were created. In addition, we pick five outstanding emerging photographers for the Zeitgeist award.
Photo series The Wait by Samuel Napper celebrates the people whose responsibility it is to wait. Shot entirely in Cape Town, this series receives a Best in Book award in CR’s Photography Annual 2018
Giant black insect replicas and a model adorned in fetish gear both playing starring roles in a photo series titled Formicophilia by Lydia Whitmore. It receives a Best in Book award in CR’s Photography Annual 2018
Catherine Hyland’s body of work titled Rise of the Mongolians introduces us to the child Sumo wrestlers of the beautiful mountainous country. It receives a Best in Book award in CR’s Photography Annual 2018
Alexander Coggin gave us an alternative view of the royal wedding, one from the perspective of the fans, and those who saw the event as an opportunity for a picnic in the sun. This series titled I Also Went to the Royal Wedding is selected as Best in Book in The Photography Annual 2018
Hair like you would have never seen it before; this collaboration between photographer Casper Sejersen and hairdresser Gary Gill for Beauty Papers magazine. It receives a Best in Book award in CR’s Photography Annual 2018
This series by Juno Calypso is a beautiful but eerie set of photographs that reflect on death, life, beauty and the terrifying experience of being alone in a space. It receives a Best in Book award in CR’s Photography Annual 2018
Katie BretDay is one of the winners of the Zeitgeist awards in CR’s Photography Annual 2018. The awards recognises rising stars of the photography world; artists who have captured the mood and our imaginations this past year
Eva O’Leary is one of the winners of the Zeitgeist awards in CR’s Photography Annual 2018. The awards recognises rising stars of the photography world; artists who have captured the mood and our imaginations this past year
Photographer Tyler Mitchell is one of the winners of the Zeitgeist award in The Photography Annual 2018. The award recognises rising stars of the photography world; artists who have captured the mood and our imaginations this past year
Photographer Sophie Green is one of the winners of the Zeitgeist award in The Photography Annual 2018. The award recognises rising stars of the photography world; artists who have captured the mood and our imaginations this past year
Tom Johnson is one of the winners of the Zeitgeist awards in CR’s Photography Annual 2018. The awards recognise rising stars of the photography world; artists who have captured the mood and our imaginations this past year
Between Two Worlds by Kate Peters tells the gender transition story of Boudica. This moving body of work is selected for The Photography Annual 2018 an annual award scheme from CR celebrating the best images of the year
This self-promotional campaign for event and festival photography agency Fanatic shot by Siân Davey, Danny North, Jenna Foxton and Max Miechowski is selected for The Photography Annual 2018 an award scheme from CR celebrating the best images of the year
Shot for The New York Times Magazine’s Winter Olympics issue, this series shot by Giles Price has been selected for CR’s annual photography award scheme, The Photography Annual
This campaign shot by Graham Fink for Chinese fashion brand Ziggy Chen has been selected for The Photography Annual 2018, an annual award scheme from CR celebrating the best images, those who make them and those who commission them
This editorial project shot by Benedict Redgrove for Wired magazine has been selected for The Photography Annual, CR’s photography competition honouring the best image makers of the year
This is a body of personal work by photographer Alexander Coggin, selected for The Photography Annual 2018, an annual award scheme from CR celebrating the best images, those who make them and those who commission them
This series of images for Spring King’s second album A Better Life is selected for The Photography Annual 2018 an annual award scheme from CR celebrating the best images of the year
Sophie Harris-Taylor hopes to break down thestigma surrounding skin issues with this body of work titled Epidermis, selected for The Photography Annual 2018, an annual award scheme from CR celebrating the best images of the year