Communication Arts Award of Excellence 2025

 

My work got the attention of Communication Arts in 2021 and again earlier this year; now both of my two self-published New York books have received CA's Award of Excellence and photos from the books were published in their Photography Annual 62 and 66 (see below). Communication Arts is the largest international trade journal of visual communication.  All this makes me a very happy  German-American New York photographer !! (See more awards for my NYC photography here my Reflecting New York gallery here and Keep Going New York gallery here)

See my winning entries from 2025:  https://www.commarts.com/project/37881/reflecting-new-york and 2021 https://www.commarts.com/project/33016/keep-going-new-york

Reflecting New York book: https://www.blurb.com/b/12090895-reflecting-new-york Collectors edition book: https://www.blurb.com/b/12276784-reflecting-new-york-collectors-edition Keep Going New York book: https://www.blurb.com/b/11749106-keep-going-new-york

Two new Awards for Reflecting New York

 

Two new Awards !!

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY and COMMUNICATION ARTS   awarded photos from my latest book "Reflecting New York", for which I photographed locations in my chosen hometown with a handheld mirror ... I am very grateful and honored to receive these awards !!

My previous book "Keep Going New York !!" received the same honors in 2021. I self-published both books on the 'print on demand' platform blurb.com, New York culture journalist Claudia Steinberg wrote the introductions to both books. I invite you to visit my blurb profile to preview and/or order them.

Reflecting New York project in American Photography's ProPhotoDaily

 
Thank you David Schonauer for publishing a story about my recent work in your daily newsletter (one of the best in the industry !!) and btw the exhibition ‘Reflecting New York’ at Deutsches Haus at NYU is up until March 31. … just in case you missed the fun opening !! (42 Washington Mews, New York):

https://www.ai-ap.com/publications/article/34607/exhibitions-stefan-falke-offers-a-new-urban-persp.html

The self published book is available here: 

https://www.blurb.com/b/12090895-reflecting-new-york

Reflecting New York - the book

 

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I am happy to announce my new little book Reflecting New York It is available worldwide on the self-publishing online platform blurb and can be previewed and/or ordered here:  blurb.com/b/12090895-reflecting-new-york With an introduction by New York journalist Claudia Steinberg

About the Book: Using a hand held mirror in locations around New York photographer Stefan Falke invites distant buildings, structures or other visuals into the main photo to create a viewing experience that requires a second look. At times the reflection in the mirror becomes the main photo. His goal is to visually loosen up the obvious, to create images that journalist Claudia Steinberg described with these words: "What pleasurable confusion, what wonderful bewilderment, such visual richness!”. He is letting his creativity run wild while hunting for visual angles for this personal book project, and although it is a difficult undertaking working with two images at once the results often surprise him as much as he hopes they will surprise and intrigue the viewer. 

All photos © Stefan Falke Softcover, Standard Landscape, 10×8 in (25×20 cm),  66 pages, 60 color photographs. Preview and/or order it here:  www.blurb.com/b/12090895-reflecting-new-york

Stefan Falke Photography  New York City www.stefanfalke.com stefanfalke@mac.com (+1) 917 - 214 9029  member of laif photo agency

All photos in this newsletter © Stefan Falke

Reflecting Dubai

 

I was invited to the amazing Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah, UAE, in March where I received the Global Focus Project Award for a photography project of mine. I used the occasion to shoot a new project in nearby Dubai resulting in the following magazine style brochure:

REFLECTING DUBAI: 

a magazine style portfolio of 10 photographs by award winning photographer Stefan Falke. 

Using a hand held mirror the photographer invites distant buildings or situations into the main photo. The reflection either adds additional information about nearby structures and visuals that could otherwise not be shown in the same frame or it makes the image more compelling by urging the viewer to have a second look in order to understand the photograph. They also show how much creative fun Falke has making these photos of city sceneries with a new visual approach.  

Print, premium brochure, 24 Pages, 11" x 8.5"

Preview and/or order:

https://www.blurb.com/b/11989534-reflecting-dubai

Preview and/or order:

https://www.blurb.com/b/11989534-reflecting-dubai

10 award winning photos from my Keep Going New York project in a premium brochure

My new magazine style portfolio - presenting the 10 photos from my 

"Keep Going New York !!" 

project which received the Global Focus Project Award at the 

Xposure International Photography Festival 2024 in Sharjah, UAE. 

Preview and / or order here ($15):

https://www.blurb.com/b/11988375-keep-going-new-york-portfolio-of-10-award-winning

5 of 10 double spreads from below:

Preview and / or order here ($15):

https://www.blurb.com/b/11988375-keep-going-new-york-portfolio-of-10-award-winning

 

Keep Going New York at Xposure Photo Festival in Sharjah

 

(All photos: one day before the opening)

Thank you @xposurexpf !!!

In Sharjah UAE, here for the incredible photo festival Xposure !! My exhibition “Keep Going New York !!” is shown here as part of the Global Focus Project Awards, my award winning neighbor is fabulous photographer @erintrieb (https://xposure.net) 

📸 Stefan Falke @stefanfalke_photography @keepgoingnewyork @laifphoto 

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Stefan Falke Photography 

New York City 

www.stefanfalke.com