{"id":43685,"date":"2026-09-10T17:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?page_id=43685"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:18:36","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/winners-2026\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners 2026: URBAN BOOK AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-max_mega_menu_41\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-max_mega_menu_41\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"fade_up\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"disabled\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"0\" data-mobile-force-width=\"false\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"768\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class='mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-43691' id='mega-menu-item-43691'><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"\/en\/winners-2026\/single-pictures\/\" tabindex=\"0\">SINGLE PICTURES<\/a><\/li><li class='mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-43692' id='mega-menu-item-43692'><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"\/en\/winners-2026\/projects\/\" tabindex=\"0\">PROJECTS & PORTFOLIOS<\/a><\/li><li class='mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-43693' id='mega-menu-item-43693'><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"\/en\/winners-2026\/books\/\" tabindex=\"0\">URBAN BOOK AWARD<\/a><\/li><li class='mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-43694' id='mega-menu-item-43694'><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"\/en\/winners-2026\/press-award\/\" tabindex=\"0\">URBAN PRESS AWARD<\/a><\/li><li class='mega-menu-external mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-43695 menu-external' id='mega-menu-item-43695'><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"\/en\/mark-power-special-prize-beyond-the-surface-the-selected-projects\/\" tabindex=\"0\">Mark Power Special Prize - Beyond the Surface <i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li class='mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-43696' id='mega-menu-item-43696'><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"\/en\/the-future-was-extracted-here-marcel-van-beek-wins-the-2026-patricia-d-richards-legacy-award\/\" tabindex=\"0\">\"Patricia D. 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data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43624\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-43624 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/URBAN_winner_book-award-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/URBAN_winner_book-award-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/URBAN_winner_book-award-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/URBAN_winner_book-award-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/URBAN_winner_book-award-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/URBAN_winner_book-award-1300x731.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/URBAN_winner_book-award-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/URBAN_winner_book-award-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yuji Haikal &#8211; Why Aren\u2019t You Taking Photos Anymore?<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Yuji Haikal &#8211; <b><i>Why Aren\u2019t You Taking Photos Anymore?<\/i><\/b><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/yuji-haikal-wins-the-urban-book-award-2026-with-an-intimate-account-of-memory-and-absence\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#ff8207;border-color:#cc6806;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:6px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;border-color:#ffa852;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px ;-moz-text-shadow:0px 0px 0px ;-webkit-text-shadow:0px 0px 0px \"><i class=\"sui sui-external-link\" style=\"font-size:13px;color:#ffffff\"><\/i> READ THE NEWS<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5e5e5;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5e5e5;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Honorable Mentions<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"1\">    <div 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