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.
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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
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
BORN FROM WRC GR YARIS
Agency: Dentsu / Tokyo + ADBRAIN / Tokyo + PICT INC. / Tokyo + Tamaki Yoshida
Client: Toyota Motor Corporation Category: Products / Commercial / Series
The Velvet Kingdom
Agency: Henri Prestes
Client: Henri Prestes Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
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Client: Personal Project Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series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Client: personal experimentation Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
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Client: Tim Mattimore Photography Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Behind Closed Doors
Agency: Manja + Phil + Chand + Sid
Client: Cuisine Magazine Category: Design for Good / Photography
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Food / Series
Portraits with Erica Wilson
Agency: Charles Grauke + Brittaney Banks
Client: Self-Promotion Category: Portraiture / Series
It's kind of delicious and wonderful
Agency: DDB / Paris
Client: Glenmorangie Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Cromatica y dualidad
Agency: Fernando Rodriguez "Nobody" / Brooklyn
Client: Harper's Bazaar Mexico Category: Fashion / Single
Aliens Over the Mississippi River
Agency: Timothy
Client: Tim Mattimore Photography Category: Drone / Aerial
Calm Wash
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client: BMW of North America Category: Social Media / Series
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
Hiakai
Agency: Manja Wachsmuth + Monique Fiso + Penguin Random House / Auckland + Jeremy Sherlock
Client: Penguin Random House Category: Food / 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
Spring/Summer Pre Season
Agency: Dirk Bader + Horror Vacui + Daniela Illing + Kathrin Seidel
Client: Horror Vacui Category: Fashion / 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
The Roxy Hotel in a Blizzard
Agency: Eric Van Nynatten
Client: Eric Van Nynatten Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single
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
Award:
2021 Photography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Democracy by Mail
Category:
Best of Photography
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_001G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Wrestling With Westside Story
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_004G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Democracy by Mail
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_001G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Portrait Series A
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_006G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live
Category:
Photojournalism / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_005G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Dentsu / Tokyo + ADBRAIN / Tokyo + PICT INC. / Tokyo + Tamaki Yoshida
Client:
Toyota Motor Corporation
Title:
BORN FROM WRC GR YARIS
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_007G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Henri Prestes
Client:
Henri Prestes
Title:
The Velvet Kingdom
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_002G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Series B
Category:
Mobile
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_003G
Award:
2021 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Ilanna Barkusky
Client:
Personal Project
Title:
Colour Series
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_009S
Award:
2021 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Rus Khasanov
Client:
personal experimentation
Title:
heterochromia iridum
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_010S
Award:
2021 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Epicenter
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_011S
Award:
2021 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
America At Hunger's Edge
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_012S
Award:
2021 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Howard Schatz
Client:
Personal project
Title:
The Shape of the NFL
Category:
Sports / Recreation
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_013S
Award:
2021 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Susan J Chen + Alfred Yan + Brittany Avellar + Daniel Hurlburt
Client:
Susan J Chen
Title:
The New Abnormal
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_008S
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
AARP Instagram
Client:
AARP
Title:
Nostalgic Film Locations
Category:
Social Media / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_023B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Tim Mattimore Photography
Client:
Tim Mattimore Photography
Title:
Grey Glacier Studies
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_019B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Manja + Phil + Chand + Sid
Client:
Cuisine Magazine
Title:
Behind Closed Doors
Category:
Design for Good / Photography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_029B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
Yvy Naturals
Title:
Rats
Category:
Products / Commercial / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_021B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Food / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_016B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Charles Grauke + Brittaney Banks
Client:
Self-Promotion
Title:
Portraits with Erica Wilson
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_020B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
DDB / Paris
Client:
Glenmorangie
Title:
It's kind of delicious and wonderful
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_022B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Fernando Rodriguez "Nobody" / Brooklyn
Client:
Harper's Bazaar Mexico
Title:
Cromatica y dualidad
Category:
Fashion / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_015B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Andrew
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
New York Times Wellness
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_024B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Timothy
Client:
Tim Mattimore Photography
Title:
Aliens Over the Mississippi River
Category:
Drone / Aerial
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_014B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Ultra Wide
Category:
Mobile
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_017B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Series A
Category:
Mobile
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_018B
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Silhouettes
Category:
Social Media / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_044M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Look Twice
Category:
Social Media / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_045M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client:
BMW of North America
Title:
Calm Wash
Category:
Social Media / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_046M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Imani Khayyam
Client:
Imani Khayyam
Title:
Photography
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_032M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Anne Hollowday
Client:
N/A
Title:
Behind The Red Velvet Curtain
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_033M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Jim Erickson
Client:
Unpublished
Title:
Unseen Menace
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_034M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Carmen Chan
Client:
Carmen Chan
Title:
Exposure
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_035M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Anne Hollowday
Client:
Uno
Title:
The Waste Dress
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_036M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Manja Wachsmuth + Monique Fiso + Penguin Random House / Auckland + Jeremy Sherlock
Client:
Penguin Random House
Title:
Hiakai
Category:
Food / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_030M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Guardian The Guide Photo Editor John Windmill / London UK
Client:
Guardian
Title:
Moses Sumney Sunday Mood
Category:
Portraiture / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_038M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Yuyang Liu
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Blue Great Walls
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_037M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Clarence Lin
Client:
Clarence Lin
Title:
Untitled (Kaohsiung)
Category:
Street
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_047M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
AARP Instagram
Client:
AARP
Title:
Casa Ruby
Category:
Social Media / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_043M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Dirk Bader + Horror Vacui + Daniela Illing + Kathrin Seidel
Client:
Horror Vacui
Title:
Spring/Summer Pre Season
Category:
Fashion / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_025M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
SHISEIDO CO., LTD. / Tokyo
Client:
SHISEIDO
Title:
LIPSTICKS
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_039M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + BMW Group / CoC Artwork / Munich + TREY / Hamburg + Capetown Productions / Cape Town
Client:
BMW
Title:
ENJOY EVERY EDGE
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_040M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
HAKUHODO INC. / Tokyo
Client:
Hakuhodo Inc.
Title:
AD+VENTURE
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_041M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin + Kia Motors Europe / Frankfurt
Client:
Kia Motors Europe/ Kia Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
Title:
Slow Dogs
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_042M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Eric Van Nynatten
Client:
Eric Van Nynatten
Title:
The Roxy Hotel in a Blizzard
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_031M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Lena Smirnova
Client:
Vietnam.hi
Title:
Vietnam Hi
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_026M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Lauren Pusateri + Liana Wears + Monica Alley + Nat Bluhm
Client:
Self Promotion
Title:
Space Food
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_027M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Jessica Antola
Client:
Personal / Fine Art Series
Title:
Bodega Bouquets
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_028M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Dirk Bader + Luca Bader
Client:
Self Promotion
Title:
Superficial
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_029M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
AARP
Client:
AARP The Magazine
Title:
Animal Lovers
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_048M
