Los Angeles, CA—The Lucie Foundation celebrated photography with an impressive lineup of honorees when they bestowed the 18th Lucie Awards online on October 26, 2021.
The online awards presentation is accessible here: https://lucies.org. Furthermore, the Lucie Awards is the signature program of Lucie Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization.
“We do feel that it is important to honor the masters of photography and the impact that photographs have in our world today. So, we continue with our tradition of the Lucie Awards,” the organization stated. The foundation, along with its advisory board, announced its impressive list of nine honorees:
18th Lucie Awards Nominees
Dr. Peter Magubane: Lifetime Achievement Award
Paul Caponigro: Achievement in Fine Art
Lynn Goldsmith: Achievement in Portraiture
Pamela Hanson: Achievement in Fashion
Jean-Pierre Laffont: Achievement in Photojournalism
David Hurn: Achievement in Documentary
Joel Sartore: Humanitarian Award
Bob Martin: Achievement in Sports
Steven Sasson (inventor of the digital camera): Spotlight/Visionary Award
The Impact Award
In addition, the Impact Award is given to a photographer whose image or body of work has created a difference in a given year.
“For the 18th time, the Lucies are delighted to honor the most exceptional talent in our global community; especially at this time in history, when the power of photography is a bridge connecting us all around the world,” commented Hossein Farmani, founder of the Lucie Awards.
“The Lucie Awards have remained a beacon that shines its light, in an evening, honoring the Masters of Photography. This 18th year we intend to do the same! The images of our outstanding group of honorees express the power of this medium to transport us to a place, a people, nature, art, war or even the impact of a virus,” Susan Baraz, cochair of the Lucie Awards added.
“One single photo can encompass a world; at the same time, it can resonate globally in expressing how truly united we are, whether it’s a great distance or only six feet away. It is photography that always seems to navigate that space, now more than ever before.”
International Photography Awards
What’s more, the International Photography Awards (IPA) announced the winners of the Lucie International Photographer of the Year and the Lucie Discovery of the Year awards. IPA is a preeminent global competition as well as a sister-effort of the Lucie Awards. To view the winners, visit photoawards.com.
18th Lucie Awards Support Category Honors
The Lucie Awards also honored the year’s best photographic achievements of the industry by presenting 13 Support Category Awards. These recognitions represent individuals and institutions that play a critical role in showcasing as well as promoting photography. Following are the winners and nominees in each category.
Book Publisher of the Year
Winner: Thames & Hudson – Henri Cartier-Bresson: Paris Revisited
Aperture – Gillian Laub: Family Matters
Stanley/Barker – Jim Goldberg: Fingerprint
Creative Director of the Year
Winner: Greg Hahn, Bianca Guimaraes and Kevin Mulroy – Dictators Represent Us: Mischief, New York
Graham Lang – Elder Abuse: Solitary, Canada Safety Council
Silvio Caielli – Crossed Out Classics Project: Gutenberg the community
Advertising Campaign of the Year
Winner: Back to School Essentials – Sandy Hook Promise: BBDO New York
Run. For. Life. – Red Cross Brasilia: Arnold Worldwide
Get The Look #Bernie Sanders – Ikea: Ogilvy, Greece
Photo Editor of the Year
Winner: Joanna Milter, The New Yorker: Silver Linings
Anna Goldwater Alexander, Wired: Shuttered, For Maggie Steber, Self Isolation Is a Secret Garden
Kristen Geisler, New York Times: A Recharged New York, Through Young Eyes
Photography Content of the Year, Print or Online
Winner: The New York Times: The Year in Pictures
The New Yorker: Photo Booth
Lensculture: Critics’ Choice 2021 Winners
Photo Museum Exhibition of the Year
Winner: Dawoud Bey—An American Project: Whitney Museum of American Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Co-curated by Elisabeth Sherman, Assistant Curator at the Whitney, and Corey Keller, Curator of Photography at SFMOMA
The New Woman Behind the Camera: Mia Fineman, Curator – The Met
Gerardo Vielba, Photographer, 1921–1992: Antonio Tabernero, Curator – PhotoESPAÑA
Photo Gallery Exhibition of the Year
Winner: Herb Ritts – Music: Camera Work, Berlin
Lewis Hine – The WPA National Research Project Photographs, 1936–37: Howard Greenberg Gallery
OpenWalls Arles – Then & Now: Galerie Huit Arles
Photo Curator of the Year
Winner: Sarah Allen and Yasufumi Nakamori, Zanele Muholi: Tate Modern
Hinde Haest, Photographer: Laia Abril – On Rape: A History of Misogyny, Chapter Two: FOAM Museum
Mia Fineman, The New Woman Behind the Camera: The MET
Digital Tech of the Year
Winner: Johnny Lynch, Fluid Motion: Venice Magazine
Zac Hahn/3 Star Productions: Future Official Sponsor Budweiser
Hunter Arthur, Exclusive: Masumi Yamada by Emily Teague in “Brave New Girl” Fashion Gone Rogue
Printer Lab of the Year
Winner: Bay Photo Lab, Scotts Valley, CA
LTI, New York, NY
Digital Silver Imaging, Boston, MA
Production Company of the Year
Winner: Smuggler London, UK: Enjoy Before Returning Publicis Italy – Diesel
Landia, Madrid: BK Stevenage Challenge David Madrid / David Miami – Burger King
Kontor Reykjavik, Reykjavik: Protect Freedome of Expression Kontor Reykjavik, Reykjavik Amnesty International / Iceland
Photo Festival of the Year
Winner: The Palm Springs Photo Festival
Fotografia Europea | Reggio Emilia (IT)
Photoville
Photo Program of the Year
Winner: Bronx Documentary Center
NYC Salt
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