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Be inspired by the photographers on the 2025 List. 2025 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Stephanie Duprie Routh ABDULLA SHINOSE CK Malabar INDIA ALEJANDRO DAVILA Pachuca MEXICO ANTON BOU Montreal CANADA AYANAVA SIL Kolkata INDIA BETTY GOH SINGAPORE BUKU SARKAR Paris FRANCE CYNTHIA KARALLA New York UNITED STATES DAVID GRAY New York UNITED STATES EVA MALLIS New York UNITED STATES FANJA HUBERS Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS FUTURE HACKNEY London UNITED KINGDOM GIORDANO SIMONCINI Rome ITALY GUILLERMO FRANCO Córdoba ARGENTINA HIROYUKI ITO New York UNITED STATES JAY HSU Yilan City TAIWAN KAT PUCHOWSKA Barcelona SPAIN LAETITIA HEISLER Berlin GERMANY LUISA MONTAGNA Parma ITALY MASSIMO LUPIDI ITALY MATTEO BERGAMI Bologna ITALY MEERA NERURKAR Düsseldorf GERMANY NASOS KARABELAS Greece ATHENS NICOLA CAPPELLARI Vicenza ITALY PARISA AZADI IRAN & DUBAI PARVATHI KUMAR New Jersey UNITED STATES

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2020 List. 2020 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Abbie Briggs ABBIE BRIGGS Madison UNITED STATES ABHAY PATEL Delhi INDIA ABHISHEK SINGH New Delhi INDIA ADAM SINCLAIR Melbourne AUSTRALIA ADESH GAUR Uttar Pradesh INDIA ADRIAN TAN SINGAPORE ADRIAN WHEAR Melbourne AUSTRALIA AHMET HOJAMYRADOV Minsk BELARUS ALEX FRAYNE Adelaide AUSTRALIA ALEXANDRA AVLONITIS Manhattan UNITED STATES ALEXEY STRECHEN Moscow RUSSIA ALICIA HABER Montevideo URAGUAY ANEEKA MANKU Birmingham UNITED KINGDOM ANGEL CARNICER Zaragoza SPAIN ANNA MARCHIOLI Clamart FRANCE ANNETTE LANG Nice FRANCE ANTONIS GIAKOUMAKIS Athens GREECE ANWAR SADAT Nairobi KENYA ARTURO CAÑEDO Lima PERU ASHISH PATEL Delhi INDIA ASSIA STARKE Vienna AUSTRIA ASTRID NEUNDLINGER Vienna AUSTRIA B JANE LEVINE New York City UNITED STATES BELINDA CORNEY London UNITED KINGDOM BENNY VAN DEN BULKE Adegem BELGIUM

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2021 List. 2021 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Meryl Meisler AGATA LO MONACO Gela ITALY ALAN THEXTON Melbourne AUSTRALIA ALEX RUTHERFORD Surrey UNITED KINGDOM ANDRES GONZALEZ Porto PORTUGAL ANDREW ROVENKO Melbourne AUSTRALIA ANDRÉ LOBÃO London UNITED KINGDOM AURÉLIEN BOMY Nantes FRANCE BARRY BOTTOMLEY London UNITED KINGDOM BASTIAN PETER Basel SWITZERLAND BEN ALLAN London UNITED KINGDOM BETTY MANOUSOS Athens GREECE CAMILLE WHEELER Austin UNITED STATES CARLA HENOUD Beirut LEBANON CAROL DRONSFIELD Brooklyn UNITED STATES CHICHEK BAYRAMLY Baku AZERBAIJAN CHRISTINA SIMONS Melbourne AUSTRALIA DAMIEN GORET Brest FRANCE DANIEL GOLDENBERG Buenos Aires ARGENTINA DANIELA PEREIRA Montevideo URUGUAY DANNY JACKSON Essex UNITED KINGDOM DAVID KUGELMAS New Jersey UNITED STATES DAVID LAWLESS Winnipeg CANADA DAVID SHORTLAND London UNITED KINGDOM DREW KELLEY California UNITED STATES EDUARDO ORTIZ Valparaiso CHILE

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2023 List. 2023 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Ypatia Kornarou AARON RUBINO San Francisco UNITED STATES ALESSANDRO GIUGNI Milan ITALY ALEX GOTTFRIED BONDER Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA AMY NEWTON McCONNEL Arizona UNITED STATES ANASTASIYA PENTYUKHINA Moscow RUSSIA ANDREE THORPE Ontario CANADA BARBARA PEACOCK Portland UNITED STATES BRANDEN MAY Atlanta, UNITED STATES DARREN SACKS London UNITED KINGDOM DOUG WINTER California UNITED STATES ELSA ARRAIS Leiria PORTUGAL FABIO CATANZARO Venice ITALY GILES ISBELL Chiang Mai, THAILAND IDA DI PASQUALE Rome ITALY JAN PONNET Antwerp BELGIUM JAYESH KUMAR SHARMA Varanasi INDIA JEFF ROTHSTEIN New York UNITED STATES JUAN BARTE Madrid SPAIN JUAN SOSTRE California UNITED STATES KONRAD HELLFEUER Görlitz GERMANY LEANNE STAPLES New York UNITED STATES MENA SAMBIASI Madrid SPAIN MONIKA JURGA POLAND NAIMA HALL New York UNITED STATES NSIRIES Bologna ITALY

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2022 List. 2022 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Adrian Pelegrin ADRIAN PELEGRIN Playa del Carmen MEXICO AHSANUL HAQUE FAHIM Dhaka, BANGLADESH AJ BERNSTEIN New York UNITED STATES ANWAR EHTESHAM Dhaka BANGLADESH ASEN GEORGIEV Sofia BULGARIA ASLI GONEN Eskisehir TURKEY BRIAN DOUGLAS Ontario CANADA CAHLEEN HUDSON New Taipei City TAIWAN CHETAN VERMA Gurgaon INDIA DEAN GOLDBERG New York UNITED STATES ELIZABETH PAOLETTI UNITED STATES EMIR SEVIM Istanbul TURKEY EMY MAIKE Baden Württemberg GERMANY FRANCESCA TIBONI Cagliari ITALY GABRIEL MIELES GUZMÁN Guayaquil ECUADOR GABRIELE GENTILE Parma ITALY GIANLUCA MORTAROTTI London UNITED KINGDOM GIORGIO GERARDI Venice ITALY JAN ENKELMANN London UNITED KINGDOM JEAN ROSS New York UNITED STATES JELISA PETERSON Texas UNITED STATES JENS F. KRUSE Mallorca SPAIN JONAS WELTEN Salzburg AUSTRIA LAINE MULLALLY Stockholm SWEDEN LELE BISSOLI Vercelli ITALY

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2024 List. 2024 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Anna Tut ALEXANDROS ZILOS Athens GREECE AMY HOROWITZ New York UNITED STATES ANA-MARIA ALB Bukovina ROMANIA ANN PETRUCKEVITCH UNITED KINGDOM ANNA TUT Krasnogorsk City RUSSIA CARMEN SOLANA CIRES Madrid SPAIN CATIA MONTAGNA SCOTLAND/ITALY DASHA DARVAJ UMRIGAR Karachi PAKISTAN DEDIPYA BASAK Kolkata INDIA EDWIN CARUNGAY San Francisco UNITED STATES FRANCE LECLERC Chicago UNITED STATES ISABELLE COORDES Münster GERMANY JOHN KAYACAN Los Angeles UNITED STATES JUSTINE GEORGET Lyon FRANCE MARIETTE PATHY ALLEN New York UNITED STATES MATTHIAS GÖDDE Beckum GERMANY MEI SEVA New York UNITED STATES MIA DEPAOLA Washington D.C UNITED STATES NAZANIN DAVARI Tehran IRAN PAUL COOKLIN UNITED KINGDOM PEDRO VIDAL Barcelona SPAIN RAFA ROJAS São Paulo BRAZIL ROMAIN COUDRIER Marseille FRANCE ROWELL B. TIMOTEO La Union PHILIPPINES SASHA IVANOV St. Petersburg RUSSIA

Celebrating together the book launch of VOLUME ONE – NEW YORK! The photographers have captured the very essence of New York. THE PICTORIAL LIST VOLUME ONE - NEW YORK BOOK LAUNCH EVENT 10.19.2024 explore the event There may be no better way to communicate what we have done than through photography. Can you believe it?! We finally did it! It was with great excitement and pride that we got to celebrate together the book launch of VOLUME ONE – NEW YORK! When we officially started The Pictorial List in January 2020, it was a passion project born from our collective love of photography. We wanted to create something meaningful for photographers — a global, inclusive community that would inspire and support visual storytellers from all walks of life. This beautiful 276-page hardcover volume is more than just a book. It’s the embodiment of our mission to honor the past while propelling the future of contemporary photography. The photographers in this book have captured the very essence of New York — its vibrancy, its contradictions, its soul. They are all a testament to the power of photography to reveal, to provoke, and to inspire. Thank you to every one of you. You guys were our guinea pigs in this journey, and we are so thankful for your patience, graciousness, and the help you extended to us as we found our way. Your trust and collaboration made this publication possible, and we couldn’t have done it without your understanding and willingness to grow alongside us. Your work, your stories, and your passion are at the heart of VOLUME ONE – NEW YORK, and we are deeply grateful for your contributions. Thank you to Karen Ghostlaw Pomarico, my remarkable co-author, whose dedication, vision, and expertise was always instrumental in bringing this book to life. Karen’s passion for the project and her keen insight has enriched every page, adding depth and warmth to our story. I am deeply grateful for her hard work, creativity, and partnership throughout this journey. Thank you, Karen, for your invaluable contributions and unwavering commitment to making this book truly special. Here’s to many more creative adventures, new stories, and all the fun along the way! Special thanks to Meryl Meisler for her wonderful personal foreword and for welcoming our managing director and co-author, Karen Ghostlaw Pomarico, and our editor, Bill Lacey, into her and Patti’s home, giving us an intimate glimpse into Meryl’s creative process. Your generosity and openness have truly enriched this project, and we are so grateful for your contribution. A heartfelt appreciation goes out to the incredible Pictorial team — Karen Ghostlaw Pomarico, Karin Svadlenak Gomez, Bill Lacey, Ibi Gowon and John St. — who dedicate their time and energy every day. Their unwavering dedication is invaluable. The collective efforts in writing, editing, and curating daily have transformed The Pictorial List into a vibrant and creative platform. You write, edit, and curate daily, and it’s because of your hard work that The Pictorial List has become such a vibrant and creative platform. An immense and abundant thank you goes out to Karen Ghostlaw Pomarico and her husband, Michael Pomarico, whose dedication and tireless work behind the scenes brought this event to life. Their warmth and generosity were endless, hosting me with such care, treating me to wonderful experiences, and making me feel right at home. Beyond the unforgettable event, they shared the magic of New York City and the spectacular autumn colors of upstate New York with me — moments that will forever hold a special place in my heart. We would also like to express our gratitude to the wonderful Newburgh community. You have been so gracious in donating what we saw on the day. A very special thank you goes to Ted Doering and Shirley Noto, who generously allowed us to use this magnificent old bank to hold our event. Your kindness and support mean the world to us, and we couldn’t have asked for a more stunning venue to showcase this book. A big thank you to Michelangelo for filling the day with such beautiful music, and to Jessica for her warm and attentive hospitality. Your contributions made the event truly special! For over two centuries, the question has been asked: “Is photography truly an art?” At The Pictorial List, we believe the answer is a resounding yes. This volume stands as proof that photography is a vital expression of self — a medium capable of capturing both the extraordinary and the everyday in a way no other art form can. Thank you all for being part of this journey, and thank you for helping us celebrate the launch of VOLUME ONE – NEW YORK. We hope this book inspires you as much as it has inspired us. Here’s to the beauty, complexity, and endless possibilities of photography. Thank you 💖 Melanie Meggs Founder and Creative Director THE PICTORIAL LIST VOLUME ONE- NEW YORK BUY NOW

My working practise incorporates quietly observing the world. I try not to impose my presence as a photographer. I aim to allow the moment to unfold in front of me and for meaning to emerge from the act of looking and recording. These photographs are from an ongoing project about lived spaces. It is a photographic series designed to pose questions to the viewer. What happens on these streets? What happens inside these homes? These are lived in spaces, yet the people are not present to give us clues as to the kind of lives they lead. What is evident is that these spaces themselves are identifiable as urban and British, due to the weather and the architecture. However, although these photographs represent commonplace scenes, the meanings of the lives that are lived there remain elusive. The focus therefore rests on the small details found within the frame of these banal scenes. The dynamic assembly of objects found in these images stand in for the inhabitants. This can lead to the image signifiers becoming dramatized in the mind of the viewer. In these photographs, the everyday signs of lives lived in these spaces are present in the details. RYAN DODD My working practise incorporates quietly observing the world. I try not to impose my presence as a photographer. I aim to allow the moment to unfold in front of me and for meaning to emerge from the act of looking and recording. These photographs are from an ongoing project about lived spaces. It is a photographic series designed to pose questions to the viewer. What happens on these streets? What happens inside these homes? These are lived in spaces, yet the people are not present to give us clues as to the kind of lives they lead. What is evident is that these spaces themselves are identifiable as urban and British, due to the weather and the architecture. However, although these photographs represent commonplace scenes, the meanings of the lives that are lived there remain elusive. The focus therefore rests on the small details found within the frame of these banal scenes. The dynamic assembly of objects found in these images stand in for the inhabitants. This can lead to the image signifiers becoming dramatized in the mind of the viewer. In these photographs, the everyday signs of lives lived in these spaces are present in the details. LOCATION Portsmouth UNITED KINGDOM CAMERA/S FujiFilmX100F, Canon EOS 5DS, Pentax K-x WEBSITE https://ryandodd.co.uk/ @RYANDODDARTIST FEATURES // Lived Spaces

I have worked as a professional actor for over 30 years in theatre, film and television. And as an actor I have spent my life delving beneath the surface of a character to reveal the details of human behaviour. As a street photographer, I’m always drawn to the story I see in front of me. I'm looking for the scene, the moment of dramatic tension or the beginning, middle and end of something. Who are you? What are you doing? What has just happened? What is the story? I like to capture the moment after which nothing will ever be the same. A director once said to me about a role I was playing: “This character speaks to discover what she’s thinking.” As a photographer I think I make photographs to discover what I see. I photograph on many streets in many cities but I keep returning to make photographs at the beach. It’s here that time stops and life unfolds in unexpected ways. People reinvent and rearrange themselves when they come to the beach and suddenly a devised theatre of connection appears. I’m drawn into something that has just happened. Or is about to happen. I see the sketch of a character, a hint of a story and the joy of feeling like I understand the rest. There is a mystery conveying too much and too little in a single moment and I want to capture it. People live their best lives by the water. And I come to witness the event. MARIA RICOSSA I have worked as a professional actor for over 30 years in theatre, film and television. And as an actor I have spent my life delving beneath the surface of a character to reveal the details of human behaviour. As a street photographer, I’m always drawn to the story I see in front of me. I'm looking for the scene, the moment of dramatic tension or the beginning, middle and end of something. Who are you? What are you doing? What has just happened? What is the story? I like to capture the moment after which nothing will ever be the same. A director once said to me about a role I was playing: “This character speaks to discover what she’s thinking.” As a photographer I think I make photographs to discover what I see. I photograph on many streets in many cities but I keep returning to make photographs at the beach. It’s here that time stops and life unfolds in unexpected ways. People reinvent and rearrange themselves when they come to the beach and suddenly a devised theatre of connection appears. I’m drawn into something that has just happened. Or is about to happen. I see the sketch of a character, a hint of a story and the joy of feeling like I understand the rest. There is a mystery conveying too much and too little in a single moment and I want to capture it. People live their best lives by the water. And I come to witness the event. LOCATION Toronto CANADA CAMERA/S Fuji X100F WEBSITE http://mariaricossaphotography.com/ @MRICOSSA FEATURES // Beach Stories

Christina Simons is an award winning international documentary photographer focused on human rights. Her work has been exhibited throughout Australia, the United States, England, Spain, Russia and Mexico. Part Icelandic and American, she resides in Australia as a true citizen of the world speaking multiple languages. Having worked in the visual arts industry for over twenty-five years she is a technical master of imagery. Her work traverses many interests including travel, lifestyle and portraiture and is represented in publications such as The New York Times and The Guardian UK as well as working with several NGOs such as Medicines Sans Frontiers and UNICEF. Her passion for human rights and civil liberties have led to series such as “The Haiti Project” on children in domestic servitude, Women’s health in the Philippines and Aboriginal Education in Australia; not to mention her solo-exhibition and multi-award winning series “Running to Nowhere” on Central American Refugees. Her curiosity of subcultures has produced projects such as award winning series "Derby Girls" and multi-award winning series "Lil Bullfighters" of Mexico. With a passion for justice and compulsion to observe Christina Simons provides key commentary into the unknown issues, places and aspects of this world. CHRISTINA SIMONS Christina Simons is an award winning international documentary photographer focused on human rights. Her work has been exhibited throughout Australia, the United States, England, Spain, Russia and Mexico. Part Icelandic and American, she resides in Australia as a true citizen of the world speaking multiple languages. Having worked in the visual arts industry for over twenty-five years she is a technical master of imagery. Her work traverses many interests including travel, lifestyle and portraiture and is represented in publications such as The New York Times and The Guardian UK as well as working with several NGOs such as Medicines Sans Frontiers and UNICEF. Her passion for human rights and civil liberties have led to series such as “The Haiti Project” on children in domestic servitude, Women’s health in the Philippines and Aboriginal Education in Australia; not to mention her solo-exhibition and multi-award winning series “Running to Nowhere” on Central American Refugees. Her curiosity of subcultures has produced projects such as award winning series "Derby Girls" and multi-award winning series "Lil Bullfighters" of Mexico. With a passion for justice and compulsion to observe Christina Simons provides key commentary into the unknown issues, places and aspects of this world. LOCATION Melbourne AUSTRALIA CAMERA/S Nikon D800 WEBSITE http://www.christinasimons.com/ @CHRISTINASIMONS FEATURES // Running to Nowhere Beyond the Story

I am an unrecognized, unfeted, and unknown photo-enthusiast. You won't find me writing about myself in the third person, listing the publications whose pages I have enlivened by my work or giving a catalogue of the equipment I have used. I do not classify myself as any one type of photographer. I simply want to share my experiences in different settings and locations. NEVILLE NEWMAN I am an unrecognized, unfeted, and unknown photo-enthusiast. You won't find me writing about myself in the third person, listing the publications whose pages I have enlivened by my work or giving a catalogue of the equipment I have used. I do not classify myself as any one type of photographer. I simply want to share my experiences in different settings and locations. LOCATION Hamilton CANADA CAMERA/S Canon 7D and 7D Mkii, Mamiya 6 WEBSITE http://nfnphoto.com/ @XSBMRNR FEATURES // Wildcats Winning Women Tomorrow's A Mystery

I am a 45 year old British-Canadian photographer, and a digital nomad. Over the last year I have documented the pandemic, mostly from the back of my campervan 'Juno', whilst travelling safely in line with local lockdown restrictions. This series of photos comes from Grounded, my recently released photobook published with ADM Publishing. During the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, many people's perceived sense of home - of being 'grounded' - disappeared, overnight. Suddenly we found ourselves in a dystopian dream world, a world where our bedrooms became our offices, without boundaries or definition, where much yearned for social connection played out on a flat digital screen, and where touch became forbidden. From all of these feelings and perceptions, this series was born. Grounded begins with a self portrait I took, in late February 2020, as a digital nomad working and travelling in India. At the time I was distracted by the situation, weighing up my travel options with Covid-19 rapidly spreading like an advancing army. I cancelled my trips for the remainder of the year, and made it back to the UK in March on one of the last commercial flights, just as the EU closed its borders. From April, I set about documenting my home town of Bristol as I'd never seen it before... eerily quiet, an extended snow day, a place where even children's play equipment had become forbidden and tainted. Like millions of others, I struggled. We were told that being safe meant cocooning at home, yet there was a sense that our homes had become alien to us, that he safe backdrop to our lives had irrevocably shifted. If we went outside, we were ordered to keep moving. Focus became impossible, days seeped into nights, and sleeplessness soared. As lockdown and travel restrictions eased, I had an overwhelming urge to move - in the hopeless pursuit of becoming more grounded. So I bought a cute, self-contained campervan called Juno, and set off to France with high spirited expectations of a summer of freedom. The trip was immensely challenging, despite my enthusiasm. I encountered an out-of-season, out-of-time atmosphere that haunted every landscape. I found myself in unusual situations I'd never encountered before. My photography evolved in ways I did not expect, and I used self portraits to tell this narrative. Eventually after almost 6 months, I left and returned home on one of the last ferries before Britain left the EU. I had come full circle - back home, yet still not quite grounded. I have come to live with the feeling now, and to be more at peace with it. I know it will lift, and go, just as soon as the pandemic eases. And then we will all be left wondering, and shaking our heads in disbelief. Did I just dream that? What was all that about? What happened to me there, exactly? Grounded is presented as a special boxed book with a signed 10x8" print. Available exclusively from www.artdecomagpie.com (ADM Publishing). SAMANTHA BROWN I am a 45 year old British-Canadian photographer, and a digital nomad. Over the last year I have documented the pandemic, mostly from the back of my campervan 'Juno', whilst travelling safely in line with local lockdown restrictions. This series of photos comes from Grounded, my recently released photobook published with ADM Publishing. During the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, many people's perceived sense of home - of being 'grounded' - disappeared, overnight. Suddenly we found ourselves in a dystopian dream world, a world where our bedrooms became our offices, without boundaries or definition, where much yearned for social connection played out on a flat digital screen, and where touch became forbidden. From all of these feelings and perceptions, this series was born. Grounded begins with a self portrait I took, in late February 2020, as a digital nomad working and travelling in India. At the time I was distracted by the situation, weighing up my travel options with Covid-19 rapidly spreading like an advancing army. I cancelled my trips for the remainder of the year, and made it back to the UK in March on one of the last commercial flights, just as the EU closed its borders. From April, I set about documenting my home town of Bristol as I'd never seen it before... eerily quiet, an extended snow day, a place where even children's play equipment had become forbidden and tainted. Like millions of others, I struggled. We were told that being safe meant cocooning at home, yet there was a sense that our homes had become alien to us, that he safe backdrop to our lives had irrevocably shifted. If we went outside, we were ordered to keep moving. Focus became impossible, days seeped into nights, and sleeplessness soared. As lockdown and travel restrictions eased, I had an overwhelming urge to move - in the hopeless pursuit of becoming more grounded. So I bought a cute, self-contained campervan called Juno, and set off to France with high spirited expectations of a summer of freedom. The trip was immensely challenging, despite my enthusiasm. I encountered an out-of-season, out-of-time atmosphere that haunted every landscape. I found myself in unusual situations I'd never encountered before. My photography evolved in ways I did not expect, and I used self portraits to tell this narrative. Eventually after almost 6 months, I left and returned home on one of the last ferries before Britain left the EU. I had come full circle - back home, yet still not quite grounded. I have come to live with the feeling now, and to be more at peace with it. I know it will lift, and go, just as soon as the pandemic eases. And then we will all be left wondering, and shaking our heads in disbelief. Did I just dream that? What was all that about? What happened to me there, exactly? Grounded is presented as a special boxed book with a signed 10x8" print. Available exclusively from www.artdecomagpie.com (ADM Publishing). LOCATION Bristol UNITED KINGDOM CAMERA/S Sony A7 WEBSITE http://www.sambrownstills.com/ @__SAM_BROWN__ FEATURES // Grounded