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The 12th LUCIE AWARDS ANNOUNCE SUPPORT CATEGORY NOMINEES
Winners to be presented Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, 7 pm, arrivals 6 pm at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC
Los Angeles, CA (Oct. 17, 2014) -The 12th Annual Lucie Awards present this year’s Support Category Nominees from which six individuals or organizations in the creative community will be recognized on Sunday, November 2, at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC. Tickets are on sale at www.lucies.org. All nominees have proven essential to the process of crafting the exceptional images that are celebrated at the Lucies. The nominees for the Support Categories are: -- BOOK PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR (awarded to publisher):
-- CURATOR/EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR (awarded to curator):
Cynthia Young for Capa in Color at International Center for Photography
-- FASHION LAYOUT OF THE YEAR (awarded to magazine publications):
Love Magazine for Wizard photographed by Tim Walker
-- PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR (awarded to publisher):
-- PICTURE EDITOR OF THE YEAR (awarded to picture editor):
Alessia Glaviano, Senior Photo Editor, Vogue Italia
Ken Geiger, Deputy Director of Photography, National Geographic
Patrick Baz, Picture Editor and Photo Manager, Agence France Presse
Mary Cooney and Calvin Hom, Directors of Photography, Los Angeles Times
Glen Barber, Picture Editor, The Denver Post
Stacey D. Clarkson, Picture Editor, Harper’s Magazine
-- PRINT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR (awarded to photographer):
R&R Partners for, “My Cloud” Client: Western Digital. Creative Director: Vincent Murray. Photographed by Markku Lahdesmaki.
Lowe Ginkgo, Montevideo, Uruguay for “Portraits Against Oblivion” Client: Amnesty International. Creative Director: Gabriel Román. Photographed by Carlos Porro.
Juniper Park Toronto, Canada for “Defend Press Freedom” Client: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. Creative Directors: Terry Drummond, Alan Madill, Barry Quinn. Photographed by Todd Mclellan.
Publicis Conseil Paris for “Wildlife is Back in Town” Client: Paris Zoo. Creative Director: Olivier Altmann. Photographed by Ronan Merot.
The Lucie Awards are a celebration of photography’s greatest achievements the world over and this year crowns fall Photo Week.The Lucie Foundation and the global photography community will recognize this year’s extraordinary honorees and the talented winners from the 2014 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 and the APA/Lucie Foundation Scholarship Prize in the amount of $5,000 to a professional to further advance a personal project. The 2014 honorees will join the distinguished group of 99 prior photographers honored and include: Jane Brown–Lifetime Achievement Award, Carrie Mae Weems–Achievement in Fine Art, Nan Goldin–Achievement in Portraiture, Pedro Meyer–Visionary Award, Nick Ut–Achievement in Photojournalism and Martin Parr-Achievement in Documentary. The Lucie Awards are the culmination of a weekend of events leading up to the big night including the IPA’s Best of Show exhibition and party and the Lucie Lectures Series in partnership with Phase One and En Foco. Tickets for The Lucie Awards are on sale at http://www.lucies.org/tickets/ About The Lucie Foundation: The 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), which is entering its sixth year, has become the west coast destination for a unique month of distinctive programming for photographers and those who appreciate the craft. The Lucie Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable foundation. http://luciefoundation.org
