The PDN Photo Annual 2008 Awards have been announced and are now perusable online; there’s an extensive cache of imagery, including awards for the following categories: advertising, magazine/editorial, photo books, photojournalism/sports/documentary, corporate design/photo products, personal work, stock photography, websites and student work.

There’s also a fete tonight for the winners at Capitale, and I’ve got my dancing shoes on, ’cause I’m going! I hope there will be cheese. I’ll be sure to report back, like Daryl did for the Infinity Awards.

The winners in the magazine/editorial category include some of my favorites from the year, which feels satisfying. My top five:

Photographer: Nan Goldin

Title: English Beat
Concept: Disaffected Anglo youth at their snappiest.
Publication: T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Director of Photography: Kathy Ryan
Photo Editor: Judith Puckett-Rinella
Creative Director: Janet Froelich
Art Director: David Sebbah (Senior), Chris Martinez
Designer: Elizabeth Spiridakis (Senior)

Photographer: Simon Norfolk

Title: Where Protons Play
Concept: The new supercollider poised to shake up physics.
Publication: The New York Times Magazine
Picture Editor: Kathy Ryan
Photo Editor: Joanna Milter
Art Director: Arem Duplessis
Designer: Cathy Gilmore-Barnes

Photographer: Larry Fink

Title: My Sexual Safari
Concept: Candid images of the New York City nightlife for an article that discusses nonverbal communication between the sexes.
Publication: Men’s Health
Director of Photography: Laurie Kratochvil, (Deputy) Brenda Milis
Photo Editor: (Senior) Leah Rudolfo

Photographer: Cass Bird

Title: Warhol’s Children
Concept: Thought the era of bohemian superstar was over? Meet artists
Ryan McGinley, Dash Snow and Dan Colen, who are doing their outrageous
best to prove that downtown lives on.
Publication: New York Magazine
Director of Photography: Jody Quon
Photo Editor: Alex Pollack
Editor: Adam Moss
Design Director: Chris Dixon

Photographer: Nadav Kander

Title: David Lynch I
Concept: A portrait of the artist.
Publication: The New York Times

 

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