Photography Awards: Section, Single Page or Spread

The award preview greatness continues today as we switch our focus from Illustration to Photography. Always inspiring, photo is the life-blood of our biz. Photography can provide the clearest, most effective service to our readers, often relays the idea with no words needed (but good luck trying to sell that to your editors) and, um, frankly, good photography makes our job as designers a LOT easier. Thank god for our photographers.

These five medal contenders once again hail from very diverse titles, but all use jaw-dropping images to make you stop in your tracks and look twice (or three... or four... or more). Keep in mind, folks, that these titles are competing for the Gold and Silver awards. See the finalists and all their full-color glory after the jump.

P.S. There's a lot more photo to come!

Bon Appétit
Design Director Matthew Lenning

Art Director Robert Festino

Designer Rebecca Loutsch
Photo Editors Liz Mathews, Sharon Suh
Photographer James Wojcik




ESPN the Magazine
Creative Director Siung Tjia

Director of Photography Catriona Ni Aolain

Photo Editors Jim Surber, Amy McNulty
Photographer Rob Tringali



Fortune

Design Director Robert Perino

Director of Photography Greg Pond

Photo Editor Armin Harris

Photographer Gregg Segal



GQ

Design Director Fred Woodward

Art Director Anton Ioukhnovets

Director of Photography Dora Somosi

Photo Editor Krista Prestek

Photographer Martin Schoeller



SPIN

Design Director Devin Pedzwater

Art Director Ian Robinson

Designer Liz Macfarlane

Director of Photography Michelle Egiziano

Photo Editors Gavin Stevens, Jennifer Edmondson

Photographer Rebecca Smeyne




PREVIOUSLY: Illustration: Story, Illustration: Single Page or Spread, Illustration: Photo-Illustration, Illustration: Information Graphics, Redesign Awards

We'll be posting some of the Medal Finalists from PUB 44 each day up until the Gala on Friday, May 8th. If you want to join the party, get your RSVP on here -- it won't be the same without you!