ADC Awards

The ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now in its incredible 102nd year, these awards celebrate the very best in advertising, digital media, graphic and publication design, packaging and product design, motion, experiential and spatial design, photography, illustration and fashion design all with a focus on artistry and craftsmanship.

Award

Agency

Client

Title

Category

Annual ID

Democracy by Mail Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Best of Photography
Wrestling With Westside Story Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
Democracy by Mail Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
BORN FROM WRC GR YARIS Agency: Dentsu / Tokyo + ADBRAIN / Tokyo + PICT INC. / Tokyo + Tamaki Yoshida Client: Toyota Motor Corporation Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Shot on iPhone Series B Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Mobile
The Velvet Kingdom Agency: Henri Prestes Client: Henri Prestes Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Shot on iPhone Portrait Series A Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Portraiture / Series
How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Single
Colour Series Agency: Ilanna Barkusky Client: Personal Project Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
heterochromia iridum Agency: Rus Khasanov Client: personal experimentation Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
The Shape of the NFL Agency: Howard Schatz Client: Personal project Category: Sports / Recreation
Epicenter Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
America At Hunger's Edge Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
The New Abnormal Agency: Susan J Chen + Alfred Yan + Brittany Avellar + Daniel Hurlburt Client: Susan J Chen Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Grey Glacier Studies Agency: Tim Mattimore Photography Client: Tim Mattimore Photography Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Cromatica y dualidad Agency: Fernando Rodriguez "Nobody" / Brooklyn Client: Harper's Bazaar Mexico Category: Fashion / Single
New York Times Wellness Agency: Andrew Client: The New York Times Category: Wildcard / Series
It's kind of delicious and wonderful Agency: DDB / Paris Client: Glenmorangie Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Shot on iPhone Ultra Wide Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Mobile
Shot on iPhone Series A Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Mobile
BK Moldy Whopper Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis Client: Burger King Category: Food / Series
Nostalgic Film Locations Agency: AARP Instagram Client: AARP Category: Social Media / Series
Aliens Over the Mississippi River Agency: Timothy Client: Tim Mattimore Photography Category: Drone / Aerial
Portraits with Erica Wilson Agency: Charles Grauke + Brittaney Banks Client: Self-Promotion Category: Portraiture / Series
Behind Closed Doors Agency: Manja + Phil + Chand + Sid Client: Cuisine Magazine Category: Design for Good / Photography
Rats Agency: The Bloc / New York Client: Yvy Naturals Category: Products / Commercial / Single
Photography Agency: Imani Khayyam Client: Imani Khayyam Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Behind The Red Velvet Curtain Agency: Anne Hollowday Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Unseen Menace Agency: Jim Erickson Client: Unpublished Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Exposure Agency: Carmen Chan Client: Carmen Chan Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
The Waste Dress Agency: Anne Hollowday Client: Uno Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Spring/Summer Pre Season Agency: Dirk Bader + Horror Vacui + Daniela Illing + Kathrin Seidel Client: Horror Vacui Category: Fashion / Series
Casa Ruby Agency: AARP Instagram Client: AARP Category: Social Media / Single
Animal Lovers Agency: AARP Client: AARP The Magazine Category: Wildcard / Series
Moses Sumney Sunday Mood Agency: Guardian The Guide Photo Editor John Windmill / London UK Client: Guardian Category: Portraiture / Single
The Blue Great Walls Agency: Yuyang Liu Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
LIPSTICKS Agency: SHISEIDO CO., LTD. / Tokyo Client: SHISEIDO Category: Products / Commercial / Series
ENJOY EVERY EDGE Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + BMW Group / CoC Artwork / Munich + TREY / Hamburg + Capetown Productions / Cape Town Client: BMW Category: Products / Commercial / Series
AD+VENTURE Agency: HAKUHODO INC. / Tokyo Client: Hakuhodo Inc. Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Slow Dogs Agency: INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin + Kia Motors Europe / Frankfurt Client: Kia Motors Europe/ Kia Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Hiakai Agency: Manja Wachsmuth + Monique Fiso + Penguin Random House / Auckland + Jeremy Sherlock Client: Penguin Random House Category: Food / Series
Shot on iPhone Silhouettes Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Social Media / Series
Shot on iPhone Look Twice Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Social Media / Series
Calm Wash Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco Client: BMW of North America Category: Social Media / Series
Vietnam Hi Agency: Lena Smirnova Client: Vietnam.hi Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Space Food Agency: Lauren Pusateri + Liana Wears + Monica Alley + Nat Bluhm Client: Self Promotion Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Bodega Bouquets Agency: Jessica Antola Client: Personal / Fine Art Series Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Superficial Agency: Dirk Bader + Luca Bader Client: Self Promotion Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Untitled (Kaohsiung) Agency: Clarence Lin Client: Clarence Lin Category: Street
The Roxy Hotel in a Blizzard Agency: Eric Van Nynatten Client: Eric Van Nynatten Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single

2021 Photography Best of Discipline Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

Democracy by Mail

Best of Photography

ADC_PHO21_001G

2021 Photography Gold Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

Wrestling With Westside Story

Music / Entertainment / Single

ADC_PHO21_004G

2021 Photography Gold Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

Democracy by Mail

Photojournalism / Series

ADC_PHO21_001G

2021 Photography Gold Cube

Dentsu / Tokyo + ADBRAIN / Tokyo + PICT INC. / Tokyo + Tamaki Yoshida

Toyota Motor Corporation

BORN FROM WRC GR YARIS

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO21_007G

2021 Photography Gold Cube

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Shot on iPhone Series B

Mobile

ADC_PHO21_003G

2021 Photography Gold Cube

Henri Prestes

Henri Prestes

The Velvet Kingdom

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_002G

2021 Photography Gold Cube

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Shot on iPhone Portrait Series A

Portraiture / Series

ADC_PHO21_006G

2021 Photography Gold Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live

Photojournalism / Single

ADC_PHO21_005G

2021 Photography Silver Cube

Ilanna Barkusky

Personal Project

Colour Series

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_PHO21_009S

2021 Photography Silver Cube

Rus Khasanov

personal experimentation

heterochromia iridum

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_PHO21_010S

2021 Photography Silver Cube

Howard Schatz

Personal project

The Shape of the NFL

Sports / Recreation

ADC_PHO21_013S

2021 Photography Silver Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

Epicenter

Photojournalism / Series

ADC_PHO21_011S

2021 Photography Silver Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

America At Hunger's Edge

Photojournalism / Series

ADC_PHO21_012S

2021 Photography Silver Cube

Susan J Chen + Alfred Yan + Brittany Avellar + Daniel Hurlburt

Susan J Chen

The New Abnormal

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_008S

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

Tim Mattimore Photography

Tim Mattimore Photography

Grey Glacier Studies

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_PHO21_019B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

Fernando Rodriguez "Nobody" / Brooklyn

Harper's Bazaar Mexico

Cromatica y dualidad

Fashion / Single

ADC_PHO21_015B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

Andrew

The New York Times

New York Times Wellness

Wildcard / Series

ADC_PHO21_024B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

DDB / Paris

Glenmorangie

It's kind of delicious and wonderful

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO21_022B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Shot on iPhone Ultra Wide

Mobile

ADC_PHO21_017B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Shot on iPhone Series A

Mobile

ADC_PHO21_018B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis

Burger King

BK Moldy Whopper

Food / Series

ADC_PHO21_016B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

AARP Instagram

AARP

Nostalgic Film Locations

Social Media / Series

ADC_PHO21_023B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

Timothy

Tim Mattimore Photography

Aliens Over the Mississippi River

Drone / Aerial

ADC_PHO21_014B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

Charles Grauke + Brittaney Banks

Self-Promotion

Portraits with Erica Wilson

Portraiture / Series

ADC_PHO21_020B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

Manja + Phil + Chand + Sid

Cuisine Magazine

Behind Closed Doors

Design for Good / Photography

ADC_DFG21_029B

2021 Photography Bronze Cube

The Bloc / New York

Yvy Naturals

Rats

Products / Commercial / Single

ADC_PHO21_021B

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Imani Khayyam

Imani Khayyam

Photography

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_PHO21_032M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Anne Hollowday

N/A

Behind The Red Velvet Curtain

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_PHO21_033M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Jim Erickson

Unpublished

Unseen Menace

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_PHO21_034M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Carmen Chan

Carmen Chan

Exposure

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_PHO21_035M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Anne Hollowday

Uno

The Waste Dress

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_PHO21_036M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Dirk Bader + Horror Vacui + Daniela Illing + Kathrin Seidel

Horror Vacui

Spring/Summer Pre Season

Fashion / Series

ADC_PHO21_025M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

AARP Instagram

AARP

Casa Ruby

Social Media / Single

ADC_PHO21_043M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

AARP

AARP The Magazine

Animal Lovers

Wildcard / Series

ADC_PHO21_048M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Guardian The Guide Photo Editor John Windmill / London UK

Guardian

Moses Sumney Sunday Mood

Portraiture / Single

ADC_PHO21_038M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Yuyang Liu

The New York Times

The Blue Great Walls

Photojournalism / Series

ADC_PHO21_037M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

SHISEIDO CO., LTD. / Tokyo

SHISEIDO

LIPSTICKS

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO21_039M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + BMW Group / CoC Artwork / Munich + TREY / Hamburg + Capetown Productions / Cape Town

BMW

ENJOY EVERY EDGE

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO21_040M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

HAKUHODO INC. / Tokyo

Hakuhodo Inc.

AD+VENTURE

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO21_041M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin + Kia Motors Europe / Frankfurt

Kia Motors Europe/ Kia Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist

Slow Dogs

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO21_042M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Manja Wachsmuth + Monique Fiso + Penguin Random House / Auckland + Jeremy Sherlock

Penguin Random House

Hiakai

Food / Series

ADC_PHO21_030M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Shot on iPhone Silhouettes

Social Media / Series

ADC_PHO21_044M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Shot on iPhone Look Twice

Social Media / Series

ADC_PHO21_045M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco

BMW of North America

Calm Wash

Social Media / Series

ADC_PHO21_046M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Lena Smirnova

Vietnam.hi

Vietnam Hi

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_026M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Lauren Pusateri + Liana Wears + Monica Alley + Nat Bluhm

Self Promotion

Space Food

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_027M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Jessica Antola

Personal / Fine Art Series

Bodega Bouquets

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_028M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Dirk Bader + Luca Bader

Self Promotion

Superficial

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_029M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Clarence Lin

Clarence Lin

Untitled (Kaohsiung)

Street

ADC_PHO21_047M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Eric Van Nynatten

Eric Van Nynatten

The Roxy Hotel in a Blizzard

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single

ADC_PHO21_031M

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