Lucie Awards - News Story

[bmattock]

Just FYI!

The Lucie Awards

THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 2ND ANNUAL LUCIE AWARDS

— Awards Gala Honors Photographers and Industry Professionals —

LOS ANGELES (October 19, 2004) – Last night, Monday, October 18, 2004, The International Photography Awards (IPA) announced the winners of The 2nd Annual Lucie Awards (lucieawards.com) — the only ceremony honoring the greatest achievements in photography. The event took place at the American Airlines Theater, located on 42nd Street in New York City.
Deborah Harry attended to present a Special Tribute to Francesco Scavullo, and Barbra Streisand sent words of appreciation read by host Douglas Kirkland. The ceremony also featured Special Tribute video presentations for Helmut Newton and Scavullo by Cindy Crawford, Jodie Foster, sculptor Robert Graham and Andie MacDowell. Gene Trindl, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eddie Adams and Richard Avedon were also remembered.
The Lucie Awards recognizes the achievements of the world’s finest photographers with categories including fashion, entertainment, advertising, portraiture, fine art, photojournalism, documentary and lifetime achievement.
The IPA awards Lucies to those in the creative community who are an integral part of crafting an image.
The Winners of the Lucie Awards’ Support Categories are:

Creative Director of the Year - Kai Zastrow, TBWA Chiat Day San Francisco

Art Buyer/ Producer of the Year - Justine Enoch, TBWA Chiat Day San Francisco

Art Director of the Year - Ashley Reese, McCann Erickson

Photo Curator of the Year - Sandra S. Phillips, San Francisco MOMA

Photo Gallery of the Year - Howard Greenberg Gallery (New York)

Model of the Year - Caroline Winberg, Women Management

Hair Stylist of the Year - Guido Palau, Art and Commerce

Wardrobe Stylist of the Year - Bill Mullen, Art and Commerce

Make-Up Artist of the Year - Paul Starr, MAO

Photo Editor of the Year - Michele Stephenson, Time Magazine

Photography Magazine of the Year - PDN

Photography Book Publisher of the Year - Taschen, GOAT, A Tribute to Muhammad Ali

International Photographer of the Year - Timothy White (Sponsrd by: AtEdge)

New Discovery of the Year - Marrigje De Maar

The 2004 Lucie Award recipients are:
Lifetime Achievement Award - Gordon Parks
Visionary Award - Cornell Capa
Humanitarian Award - Sebastiao Salgado
Special Tribute Awards - Helmut Newton & Francesco Scavullo
Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography – Arthur Leipzig
Outstanding Achievement in Music Photography - Jim Marshall
Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography - Bruce Davidson
Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism - James Nachtwey
Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Photography - Bert Stern
Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Photography - Lillian Bassman
Outstanding Achievement in Architectural Photography - Julius Shulman
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Photography – Walter Iooss
Outstanding Achievement for Women in Photography - Sylvia Plachy
Outstanding Achievement in Still Photography for Motion Pictures - Bob Willoughby
Outstanding Achievement in Portraiture - Arnold Newman
Outstanding Achievement in Advertising Photography – Jay Maisel

About The Lucie Awards
Recognizing a void in the photography community, entrepreneur and philanthropist Hossein Farmani conceived and launched the First Annual Lucie Awards in 2003 to honor legendary and emerging photographers. The event is considered the highest and most prestigious ceremony honoring the greatest achievements in photography. Taken from the Latin root “lux” meaning “light,” the Lucie Award embodies the light that professionals in the photography industry shed on all of our lives. The award statue is the sculptural form inspired by two famous photographic images from the first half of the twentieth century by Frantisek Drtikol and E.O. Hoppe.

Major Sponsors: AGFA Film Corporation, Archive, AtEdge, BlackBook, Corbis, Gretag Macbeth, Lowepro, Olympus, SanDisk, ZUMA Press.

About The International Photography Awards (IPA)
Founded in 2003 by Hossein Farmani, The International Photography Awards hosts an annual competition, revealing winners at the annual Lucie Awards ceremony. The International Photographer of the Year Award includes a $10,000 grand prize. In an effort to cultivate and showcase emerging talent, all non-professional entries are eligible for the New Discovery Award and a $2,000 prize lauding best up-and-coming artist. Award-winning entries are published in the IPA Annual Book, distributed throughout the international professional photographic community. IPA is comprised of 15,000 members from around the world. For more information, visit photoawards.com.
For further information, contact Anne Lagerberg at anne@lucieawards.com.
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Note: Downloadable images are available online at www.lucieawards.com/press

[GeneW]

I never knew about the Lucie Awards. Very interesting. Thanks for the post, Bill!

Gene

[back alley]

cool.
but i didn't see my name there.
must be a misprint or something

joe

[Roman]

Not a lot of surprises among the winners - Salgado, Davidson, Stern, Nachtwey, Marshall,...
But then, the price was only founded in 2003, so I guess they took care of some of the best of the last decade first!

Roman