Competition was tough for our first Lens Culture - Rhubarb Photo Book Awards. More than 40 finalists were proposed by the reviewers over the course of the 3 day portfolio review sessions. (There was a lot of good work being shown at Rhubarb-Rhubarb this year!) Ultimately three photographers rose to the top with lots of kudos from lots of reviewers.

This year's winners are:

Kurt Tong, China/UK

Mimi Youn, Korea/UK

Nigel Dickenson, France

Lens Culture will present a portfolio from each photographer very soon, and then when they have designed and published their new photo books at Blurb.com, we will have reviews of those, here, as well.

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated this year — photographers, reviewers, and the helpful staff at Rhubarb-Rhubarb!