FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: sherrie@luciefoundation.org
October 14, 2019 (Los Angeles, CA) - The 17th Annual Lucie Awards announce this year’s Support Category Nominees, from which seven individuals or organizations in the creative community will be recognized on Tuesday, October 22, at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. All nominees have proven essential to the process of crafting exceptional images and are celebrated at the Lucie Awards gala. Tickets are on sale at www.lucies.org.
The nominees for each of the Support Categories are:
BOOK PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR:
(Awarded to Publisher)
MACK for Alec Soth, I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating
21st Editions for Timothy Duffy, Deep Roots
Aperture for Kwame Brathwaite, Black is Beautiful
Aperture for Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, Brooklyn: The City Within
Penguin Press for Lynsey Addario, Of Love and War
CURATOR / EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR: Sponsored by Ilford
(Awarded to Curator)
Vikki Tobak for Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop at The Annenberg Space for Photography
Bennett Simpson for Zoe Leonard: Survey at MOCA
Drew Sawyer for Garry Winogrand: Color at The Brooklyn Museum
Sarah Greenough and Sarah Kennel for Sally Mann, A Thousand Crossings at Jeu de Paume co-organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
FASHION LAYOUT OF THE YEAR: Sponsored by Splashlight
(Awarded to Magazine Publications)
Vogue Korea for One Night in Bangkok by Jongha Park
M, Magazine du Monde for Le Nouveau Code Amoreaux by Petra Collins
Harper’s Bazaar for Deep Freeze by Txema Yeste
PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR: Sponsored by Nightview Studios
(Awarded to Publisher)
Aperture Magazine, USA
FOAM Magazine, Amsterdam
Photomonitor, UK
Burn Magazine, USA
PICTURE EDITOR OF THE YEAR:
(Awarded to Picture Editor)
Kurt Mutchler – National Geographic – The Story of a Face
Jacqueline Bates – California Sunday – Gone Decades of greed, neglect, corruption, and bad politics led to last year’s Paradise fire, the worst in California history. It should never have happened. It will happen again.
Kathy Ryan, Jessica Dimson, Stacey Baker, Amy Kellner, Rory Walsh, Christine Walsh and, Pia Peterson – The NewYork Times Magazine – Love City: 24 Hours of Romance, Lust, and Heartache
Paul Moakley – Time – A Visual History of ISIS
Jody Quon – New York Magazine – How To Be An Artist: Or Just Live Life More Creatively
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR:
(Awarded to Art Director)
Chris Simmonds for CNY Capsule Collection. Client: Gucci
Stephen Niedzwiecki and Jarrell Fudicker for We Are Indivisible. Client: John Varvatos
Lee Owens for We Play DXB. Client: Nike
Giovanni Bianco and Kevin Tekinel for SPRING/SUMMER 2019. Client: Marni
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR - NEW CATEGORY: Sponsored by Splashlight
(Awarded to Photographer)
Ashley Armitage - Billie – The new body brand
Jack Davison for Birkenstock – Personality Campaign
Elias Weiss Friedman for The Body Shop – Forever Against Animal Testing
Additionally, Lucie Foundation will recognize this year’s extraordinary honorees and the talented winners from the 2019 International Photography Awards (IPA) juried competition - the Foundation’s sister-effort. Awards presented will include previously announced Lucie Honorees, IPA prizes, Support Category Awards, and a special tribute to those in the industry who have passed on.
The 2019 honorees, who will join the distinguished group of 150 previously recognized photographers are: Jay Maisel for Lifetime Achievement, Stephen Shore for Achievement in Fine Art, Annie Leibovitz for Achievement in Portraiture, Maggie Steber for Achievement in Photojournalism, Edward Burtynsky for Achievement in Documentary, Ellen Von Unwerth for Achievement in Fashion, Zanele Muholi for the Humanitarian Award, Al Bello for Achievement in Sports, and Rencontres d’Arles will receive the Spotlight Award and Tyler Hicks will receive the 2nd Annual Impact Award.
The Lucie Award sponsors are AtEdge, Chromaluxe, Ilford, NightView Studios, Sony, and Splashlight.
Tickets for The Lucie Awards are on sale at http://www.lucies.org/
About Lucie Foundation - Lucie Foundation's mission is to honor master photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent and promote photography appreciation worldwide. The Lucie Awards ceremony held annually, celebrates the outstanding achievements of the international photography community, recognizing those whose life’s work deserves the highest acclaim. This is also where the Foundation's sister enterprise, the International Photography Awards (IPA) competition, announces the winners of the Photographer of the Year and the Discovery of the Year awards. Cash prizes and statues are awarded. The Foundation presents year-round programming, including financial funding through the Lucie Scholarship Programs in support of both emerging and professional photographers. MOPLA (Month of Photography LA) has become the west coast destination for a unique month of distinctive programming for photographers and those who appreciate the craft. Lucie Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable foundation. http://www.luciefoundation.org
