Prizewinners
2020 Documentary Essay Prizewinner: Amanda Russhell Wallace
Wednesday, August 5, 20202020 Winner, for Photography: Amanda Russhell Wallace Honorable Mention Awarded to Farshid Tighehsaz The CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years: one year, photos; one year, writing. The focus is on current or recently completed work from a long-term project. The 2020 prize competition was awarded in photography to Amanda...
2019 Documentary Essay Prizewinner: Beaudelaine Pierre
Tuesday, June 11, 2019Beaudelaine Pierre 2019 winner, for Writing: Beaudelaine Pierre Honorable Mentions to Sini Chen and Gretchen Henderson The CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years: one year, photos; one year, writing. The focus is on current or recently completed work from a long-term project. The 2019 prize competition was awarded in...
2018 Documentary Essay Prizewinner: Nastassia Kantorowicz Torres
Wednesday, May 30, 20182018 winner, for Photography: Nastassia Kantorowicz Torres Honorable Mentions to Jošt Franko and Paweł Starzec The CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years: one year, photos; one year, writing. The focus is on current or recently completed work from a long-term project. The 2018 prize competition was awarded in photography...
2017 Documentary Essay Prizewinner: Carrie Laben
Saturday, July 1, 20172017 Winner, for Writing: Carrie Laben Honorable Mentions awarded to Richard Gilbert and Renata Golden The CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years: one year, photos; one year, writing. The focus is on current or recently completed work from a long-term project. The 2017 prize competition was awarded in writing. The winning...
2016 Documentary Essay Prizewinner: Jessica Eve Rattner
Monday, May 30, 2016The CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years: one year, photos; one year, writing. The focus is on current or recently completed work from a long-term project. The 2016 prize competition was awarded in photography to Jessica Eve Rattner, an American photographer based in Berkeley, California, for “House of Charm,” a ten-year...
2015 Documentary Essay Prizewinner: Abbie Gascho Landis
Saturday, May 30, 2015The CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years: one year, photos; one year, writing. The focus is on current or recently completed work from a long-term project. The 2015 prize competition was awarded in writing. The winning essay, “Immersion: Our Native Mussels and Bodies of Freshwater,” was submitted by Abbie Gascho Landis, a...
2014 Documentary Essay Prize Winner: Iveta Vaivode
Friday, May 30, 2014The CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years: one year, photos; one year, writing. The focus is on current or recently completed work from a long-term project. The 2014 prize competition was awarded in photography. The winning essay, “Somewhere on a Disappearing Path,” was submitted by Iveta Vaivode, a freelance photographer based in...
2013 Documentary Essay Prize Winner: Rachel Andrews
Monday, May 20, 2013The CDS Documentary Essay Prize honors the best in documentary photography and writing in alternating years: one year, photos; one year, writing. The focus is on current or recently completed work from a long-term project. The first prize competition was awarded in writing. The winning essay, “A New Wilderness at the Maze,” was submitted by Rachel Andrews, a writer and journalist based in...