Best Visual Essay
Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 documentary directed by Godfrey Reggio, utilizing stock footage, slow motion, and time-lapse photography to present an examination of American civilization. The film’s visuals, accompanied by music by Philip Glass, were captured across the United States and showcased at film...
Powaqqatsi is a 1988 non-narrative documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio, serving as the second installment in his Qatsi trilogy. The film contrasts the traditional ways of life in the Global South with the encroaching forces of industrialization and technology. It relies entirely on slow-moti...
Unflattening is a 2015 scholarly graphic work written and illustrated by Nick Sousanis and published by Harvard University Press. Originating as Sousanis's doctoral dissertation, it argues through both images and words that visual thinking can challenge narrow, habitual ways of understanding knowled...
