In 2017, several prominent photographers and publications released "best of" posts that highlighted the year's most impactful visual storytelling. These featured works ranged from global news events to breathtaking landscape and travel photography. Top Award Winners & Highlights
" documented global seed banks as humanity’s insurance against extinction Ethical Interrogation: the photographer 2017 best
Why she was the best in 2017: In a year of "alternative facts," Addario’s work was a testament to verifiable, empathetic truth. Her memoir, Of Love & War , published that fall, cemented her status as the moral compass of conflict photography. Her memoir, Of Love & War , published
: Sebastiano Tomada’s "Children of Qayyarah" showed children playing near oil wells set ablaze by ISIS, a stark image that proved professional-grade impact can come from a pocket-sized device. The Best Photography Media of 2017 Of Love & War