Los Angeles, CA (Oct. 21, 2015) - The 13th Annual Lucie Awards present this year’s Support Category Nominees, including the new Limited Book Publisher of the Year category, from which seven individuals or organizations in the creative community will be recognized on Tuesday, October 27, at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC. All nominees have proven essential to the process of crafting the exceptional images that are celebrated at the Lucies. Tickets are on sale at www.lucies.org. The nominees for the Support Categories are: Book Publisher of the Year Classic Nominees: (awarded to publisher)
Aperture for Tiny: Streetwise Revisited: Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark
Damiani for Southern Rites: Gillian Laub
MACK for Songbook: Alec Soth
New Century Press for Negatives: XU Yong
Steidl for Museum of Change: Dayanita Singh
Book Publisher of the Year Limited Nominees: (awarded to publisher)
21st Editions for Worlds Apart: Michael Murray
Aperture for Erwin Olaf Limited Edition Box Set
Ceiba for The Middle of Somewhere: Sam Harris
Damiani for 78-87 London: Derek Ridgers
Discipula for H. Said He Loved Us: Tommaso Tanini
Curator/exhibition of the year Nominees: (awarded to curator)
Simon Baker, Shoair Mavlian and David Mellor for Conflict, Time, Photography at The Tate Modern, London
Russell Ferguson for Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Virginia Heckert for Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Amanda Maddox for Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Mark Sealy for Human Rights Human Wrongs at the Photographers Gallery, London originally commissioned and curated for Ryerson Image Centre and Autograph ABP
Fashion Layout of the Year Nominees: (awarded to magazine publications)
Harper’s Bazaar for Rihanna Swimming with Sharks photographed by Norman Jean Roy
Interview Magazine for Broken Down photographed by Craig McDean
Numéro Magazine for A Collaboration with Gilbert and George photographed by Miles Aldridge
Vogue UK for Clean Slate photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
W Magazine for Best Performances photographed by Tim Walker
Photography Magazine of the Year Nominees: (awarded to publisher)
The British Journal of Photography, UK
Aperture Magazine, USA
Exit Magazine, Spain
Blow Photo, Ireland
Camera Austria, Austria
Picture Editor of the Year Nominees: (awarded to picture editor):
Mary Cooney, Director of Photography, Los Angeles Times
Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, New York Times Magazine
Kira Pollack, Director of Photography and Visual Enterprise, Time Magazine
Nick King, Neil Blake and Sean Proctor, The Midland Daily News
Michelle McNally, Director of Photography, The New York Times
Print Advertising Campaign of the Year Nominees: (awarded to photographer)
TBWA/Media Arts Lab for, Shot on iPhone 6. Client: Apple. Various Photographers
Sistema Dez, Porto Alegre, Brazil for, POA Jazz Festival: Part of the City. Client: Porto Alegre Jazz Festival.Photographed by Celso Chittolina
Prolam Y & R, Santiago, Chile for, One Shot is Enough. Client: UNICEF. Photographed by Machado Cicala Morassut.
Ogilvy & Mather, Bogotá, Columbia for, Don’t Let Colors Run Out When You Need Them Most. Client: EcoFill
Colenso BBDO, Auckland for, New Zealand Breast Cancer for Skinfoods A Cream That Gives You Wrinkles. Client: New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. Photographed by Karsten Thormaehlen
The Lucie Awards are a celebration of photography’s greatest achievements the world over. The Lucie Foundation and the global photography community will recognize this year’s extraordinary honorees and the talented winners from the 2015 International Photography Awards (IPA) juried competition - the Foundation’s sister-effort. Awards presented will include: Lucie Honorees, IPA prizes, Support Category Awards, a special tribute to those in the industry who have passed on.
The 2015 honorees who will join the distinguished group of 99 prior photographers include: David Hume Kennerly for Achievement in Photojournalism, Roxanne Lowit for Achievement in Fashion, Jerry N. Uelsmann for Achievement in Fine Art, Henry Diltz for Achievement in Music, Barton Silverman for Achievement in Sports, Danny Lyon for Achievement in Documentary, Stephanie Sinclair, as the recipient of the Humanitarian Award and George Tice as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Tickets for The Lucie Awards are on sale at http://www.lucies.org/tickets/ 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 is held annually to celebrate 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, the Discovery of the Year, the Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year, and the Moving Image Photographer of the Year awards. Cash prizes and statues are awarded. The Foundation presents year-round programming to support high school students through SNAPSHOP! The Foundation also offers 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://luciefoundation.org ###
