National Magazine Awards winners announced
W magazine and Rolling Stone took the top prizes for photography in the 2006 National Magazine Awards. W won for its for July, September, October issues.
“Provocative and endlessly innovative, the arresting photography in W shatters the conventional boundaries of fashion imagery. It succeeds in bridging the gap between photography and contemporary art with a variety of visual styles that add up to maximum impact.”
Rolling Stone took the photo essay category for a piece about global warming shot by Sebastião Salgado in the November 17 issue.
“As part of an ambitious special report on global warming, Rolling Stone published a 14-page photo essay by Sabastião Salgado. “The Edge of the World,” takes readers on a journey to the solitary reaches of Antarctica and Patagonia where his passionate plea for the environment resulted in black and white images of startling drama.”
