Los Angeles, CA—For the first time in its history, the Lucie Foundation will grant the 20th Lucie Impact Award to 32 individual photographers. Further, they were chosen because their images and/or bodies of work have made a substantial impact during the current year.
“17th-century clergyman Thomas Fuller said, ‘Seeing is believing, but feeling is the truth.’ Never has that been more meaningful than today. Impactful, heartrending images are pouring out of Gaza, each more unbearable to witness than the other. Many are taken while bombs are dropping or during rescue efforts shortly thereafter by photojournalists who run towards the explosions and not away from them,” commented James K. Colton, editor at large, Zuma Press and Lucie Foundation board member.
“As a member of the Lucie Foundation advisory board, it became obvious that it would be impossible to choose a single photographer or a single image for the Impact Award. Hence, it is our honor to acknowledge the combined work of 17 local photographers for their heroic efforts in covering this war. Thank you for your courage, your dedication and for allowing us to ‘feel the truth.’”
20th Lucie Impact Award Winners
For their heroic work on the ground in Gaza, the photographers listed below are part of the group Impact Award for 2023.
Mohammed Abed
Dawoud Aboalkas
Saher Alghorra
Ashram Amra
Omar N. Ashtawy
Loay Ayyoub
Motaz Azaiza
Mahmoud Bassam
Mohammed Dahman
Atia Darwish
Samar Abu Elouf
Majdi Fathi
Mahmud Hams
Ahmad Hasaballah
Mustafa Hassona
Ali Jadallah
Belal Khaled
Said Khatib
Mohamed Al-Masri
Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Suhail Nassar
Wissam Nassar
Saber Nouraldin
Haitham Nuralden
Yasser Qudih
Mohammed Jadallah Salem
Fatima Shbair
Mohammed Talatene
Bashar Taleb
Mohammed Zaanoun
Abed Zagout
Ahmed Zakot
