ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now in its 99th year, these Awards celebrate the very best in advertising, design, illustration, photography, packaging, motion and digital media, all with a focus on craftsmanship and innovation.
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
The King Becomes Her
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
The Last Goodbye
Agency: Ami Vitale Productions / MIssoula
Client: National Geographic Category: Wildlife / Single
Great Performers
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Portraiture / Series
The Haunted
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Photojournalism / Series
So the internet didn't turn out the way we hoped
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Single
A Pas de Deux of Color and Shape
Agency: The Cut / New York
Client: The Cut Category: Fashion / Series
Reasons to Love New York
Agency: New York Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Street / Series
Muses
Agency: Christy Lee Rogers / Nashville
Client: Christy Lee Rogers Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Lizzo
Agency: Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
Brothers, Sisters, Strangers
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Portraiture / Series
A Year in America
Agency: Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Photojournalism / Series
AND GOD CREATED WAR
Agency: Edition Lammerhuber / Baden
Client: NOËL QUIDU Category: Photojournalism / Series
Different Perspectives
Agency: Matthew Borowick / New York
Client: Matthew Borowick Category: Drone / Aerial / Series
Face of bauxite mining - source of our aluminium
Agency: Kevin Krautgartner Photography / Wuppertal
Client: Several editorial books (mostly environmental topic) Category: Drone / Aerial / Series
Perfect Darkness
Agency: Henri Prestes / Santarem
Client: Henri Prestes Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other
Agency: Gillian Hyland Studio / London + National Theatre / London
Client: National Theatre Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
AirPods Pro
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Products / Commercial / Series
The story of Luxury
Agency: Alex Rank / Venice + BMW / Munich
Client: BMW Group Category: Products / Commercial / Series
100 Years of Buckley's
Agency: Instil Image Co. / Toronto + Saatchi / Toronto
Client: Buckley's Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Eye to Eye campaign
Agency: Mark Seliger Photography / New York
Client: Hourglass Cosmetics Category: Products / Commercial / Series
The Road Warrior
Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client: Airbnb Category: Travel / Tourism / Series
Kyrgyzstan Unbounded
Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client: Airbnb Category: Travel / Tourism / Series
Welcome to Winona Photo Essay
Agency: Squarespace / New York
Client: Squarespace Category: Travel / Tourism / Series
The Realness of Billy Porter
Agency: The Cut / New York
Client: The Cut Category: Portraiture / Series
Ballet May Be Beautiful, But It’s Still a Sport
Agency: The Cut / New York
Client: The Cut Category: Photojournalism / Series
In Transit
Agency: Eric Van Nynatten / New York
Client: Personal Work Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single
Fashion & Arms
Agency: DDB, / Paris + Amnesty International / Paris + Handsome / Paris
Client: Amnesty International Category: Design for Good / Photography
Dr. Jane Goodall
Agency: Dirk Bader Photography / Munich + Elemente Clemente / Munich + the Jane Goodall Institute / Munich
Client: Elemente Clemente Category: Portraiture / Single
When ordinary becomes extraordinary
Agency: Urbania / Montreal + L'Éloi / montreal
Client: Urbania Category: Fashion / Series
Never Standing Still
Agency: Design Army / Washington
Client: Hong Kong Ballet Category: Music / Entertainment / Series
Sports are Beautiful
Agency: shiseido / Tokyo
Client: SHISEIDO CO.,LTD Category: Sports / Recreation / Series
THE SOUND-FREE CONCERT
Agency: TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Work Friend
Agency: Emily Simms / Brooklyn + The New York Times / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
M Next Vision
Agency: Agnieszka Doroszewicz / Hamburg + BMW Group / Munich + Agnieszka Doroszewicz / Hamburg
Client: BMW Group Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Pocky THE GIFT
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. Category: Products / Commercial / Series
McDonald's Moonlandings
Agency: Jonathan Knowles / London + Leo's Thjnk Tank / München + McDonald's / München
Client: McDonald's Deutschland Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Microsoft Surface
Agency: Josh Dickinson Photo / NEW YORK + Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client: Microsoft Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Mini Electric Campaign
Agency: Alex Rank / Venice + CoC Mini / Munich
Client: Mini / BMW Group Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Id-Al-Fitr real life
Agency: zien / Haarsteeg
Client: Rabobank Netherlands Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Yamaha CIS Speaker
Agency: knot / Tokyo + Yamaha Corporation / Shizuoka + HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC. / Tokyo
Client: Yamaha Corporation Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Our Lesser Islands
Agency: Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Landscape / Series
Mezcaleros
Agency: Crisman Photography / Penn Valley
Client: Chris Crisman Category: Portraiture / Series
The Daily Miracle
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Photojournalism / Series
BORIS: THE BRAND
Agency: Huge / Brooklyn + Getty Images / UK
Client: Getty Images UK Category: Wildcard / Single
Award:
2020 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The King Becomes Her
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_001G
Award:
2020 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Ami Vitale Productions / MIssoula
Client:
National Geographic
Title:
The Last Goodbye
Category:
Wildlife / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_034G
Award:
2020 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Great Performers
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_022G
Award:
2020 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Haunted
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_017G
Award:
2020 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
So the internet didn't turn out the way we hoped
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_007G
Award:
2020 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The Cut / New York
Client:
The Cut
Title:
A Pas de Deux of Color and Shape
Category:
Fashion / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_005G
Award:
2020 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Reasons to Love New York
Category:
Street / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_030G
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Christy Lee Rogers / Nashville
Client:
Christy Lee Rogers
Title:
Muses
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_008S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_013S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Series A
Category:
Mobile / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_011S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Series B
Category:
Mobile / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_012S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_023S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Brothers, Sisters, Strangers
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_024S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
A Year in America
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_018S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Edition Lammerhuber / Baden
Client:
NOËL QUIDU
Title:
AND GOD CREATED WAR
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_019S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Fashion / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_004S
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Matthew Borowick / New York
Client:
Matthew Borowick
Title:
Different Perspectives
Category:
Drone / Aerial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_002B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Kevin Krautgartner Photography / Wuppertal
Client:
Several editorial books (mostly environmental topic)
Title:
Face of bauxite mining - source of our aluminium
Category:
Drone / Aerial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_003B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Henri Prestes / Santarem
Client:
Henri Prestes
Title:
Perfect Darkness
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_009B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Gillian Hyland Studio / London + National Theatre / London
Client:
National Theatre
Title:
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_014B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
AirPods Pro
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_026B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Alex Rank / Venice + BMW / Munich
Client:
BMW Group
Title:
The story of Luxury
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_027B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Instil Image Co. / Toronto + Saatchi / Toronto
Client:
Buckley's
Title:
100 Years of Buckley's
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_028B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Mark Seliger Photography / New York
Client:
Hourglass Cosmetics
Title:
Eye to Eye campaign
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_029B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client:
Airbnb
Title:
The Road Warrior
Category:
Travel / Tourism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_031B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client:
Airbnb
Title:
Kyrgyzstan Unbounded
Category:
Travel / Tourism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_032B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Squarespace / New York
Client:
Squarespace
Title:
Welcome to Winona Photo Essay
Category:
Travel / Tourism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_033B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Cut / New York
Client:
The Cut
Title:
The Realness of Billy Porter
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_025B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Cut / New York
Client:
The Cut
Title:
Ballet May Be Beautiful, But It’s Still a Sport
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_020B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Eric Van Nynatten / New York
Client:
Personal Work
Title:
In Transit
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_016B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
DDB, / Paris + Amnesty International / Paris + Handsome / Paris
Client:
Amnesty International
Title:
Fashion & Arms
Category:
Design for Good / Photography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_035B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Dirk Bader Photography / Munich + Elemente Clemente / Munich + the Jane Goodall Institute / Munich
Client:
Elemente Clemente
Title:
Dr. Jane Goodall
Category:
Portraiture / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_021B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Urbania / Montreal + L'Éloi / montreal
Client:
Urbania
Title:
When ordinary becomes extraordinary
Category:
Fashion / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_006B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Microexercises
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_010B
Award:
2020 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Design Army / Washington
Client:
Hong Kong Ballet
Title:
Never Standing Still
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_015B
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
shiseido / Tokyo
Client:
SHISEIDO CO.,LTD
Title:
Sports are Beautiful
Category:
Sports / Recreation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_065M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Title:
THE SOUND-FREE CONCERT
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_038M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Emily Simms / Brooklyn + The New York Times / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Work Friend
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_039M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Agnieszka Doroszewicz / Hamburg + BMW Group / Munich + Agnieszka Doroszewicz / Hamburg
Client:
BMW Group
Title:
M Next Vision
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_052M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
Title:
Pocky THE GIFT
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_053M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Jonathan Knowles / London + Leo's Thjnk Tank / München + McDonald's / München
Client:
McDonald's Deutschland
Title:
McDonald's Moonlandings
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_054M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Josh Dickinson Photo / NEW YORK + Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client:
Microsoft
Title:
Microsoft Surface
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_055M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Alex Rank / Venice + CoC Mini / Munich
Client:
Mini / BMW Group
Title:
Mini Electric Campaign
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_056M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
zien / Haarsteeg
Client:
Rabobank Netherlands
Title:
Id-Al-Fitr real life
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_057M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
knot / Tokyo + Yamaha Corporation / Shizuoka + HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC. / Tokyo
Client:
Yamaha Corporation
Title:
Yamaha CIS Speaker
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_058M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Our Lesser Islands
Category:
Landscape / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_043M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Crisman Photography / Penn Valley
Client:
Chris Crisman
Title:
Mezcaleros
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_051M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Daily Miracle
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_048M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Nick Noh / Toronto
Client:
NN
Title:
New Life
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_045M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Huge / Brooklyn + Getty Images / UK
Client:
Getty Images UK
Title:
BORIS: THE BRAND
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_069M
