Awards

Ken Schles is a New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellow.
His work has been cited in or awarded by:

  • Nominated for the 2016 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
  • The Photobook: A History Volume III
  • Les Rencontres d'Arles Photographie Contemporary Book Award Finalist
  • 802 Photobooks from the M.+M. Auer Collection (Auer #676)
  • New York Times Notable Book of the Year
  • TIME Magazine photobook of the year (2x)
  • NRC Handelsblad best exhibitions of the year (The Netherlands)
  • Mother Jones photobook of the year (2x)
  • Vogue Italia photobook of the year (2x)
  • The Daily Beast photobook of the year
  • 10x10 American Photobooks (cited 3x)
  • AIGA (book design)
  • American Photography (cited x3)
  • 5b4 "Best of Year" Photobook
  • ADC Silver Award
  • Addy's Best of Show
  • Black Book AR 100
  • Communication Arts
  • IPA Photographer of the Year for Culture ("The Lucies")
  • Critique Magazine's The Big Crit
  • The Digital Photobook: Top Digital Photobooks
  • PDN (x2)
  • The Photobook Club (UK) "B*@t" (cited 2x)
  • PhotoBookStore Blog (UK) favorite photobook of the year
  • Photo-Eye "Best of Year" Photobook (cited 3x)
  • Print
  • Print Run "Best of Year" Photobook
  • Schaden.com "Best of Year" Photobook
  • Show South
  • Society of Magazine Designers
  • Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Gold Award (cited x2), Silver (cited x2) and Merit Awards
  • University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Award of Excellence