THE LUCIE FOUNDATION PRESENTS
OFFICIAL 2017 LUCIE WEEK EVENTS, OCTOBER 25-29
CULMINATING WITH THE 15th LUCIE AWARDS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29
October 20, 2017 (Los Angeles, CA) – Lucie Foundation presents the annual IPA Best of Show and the first annual Lucie Photo Book Prize exhibitions and party on Saturday, October 28, 2017, at Splashlight in Soho, NYC. Earlier that week, The Lucie Technical Awards take place on Wednesday, October 25, presented by Lucie Foundation and hosted by PhotoPlus Conference + Expo, at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Other events celebrating the 2017 Lucie Honorees, finalists and jurors are also scheduled throughout the weekend, by special invitation only.
The Lucie Awards, produced by the Lucie Foundation, a nonprofit charitable foundation, honor the achievements of the world’s most accomplished photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide.
Curator and art consultant Patricia Lanza, curated the Best of Show 45 winning images by 43 artists, representing work from 20+ countries from the 2017 competition. This exhibition is sponsored by
ChromaLuxe and
Blazing Editions and hosted by Splashlight.
The 2017 Best of Show Photographers are: Alain Schroeder, Alex Timmermans, Alice van Kempen, Andrea Francolini, Andrea Fremiotti, Andy Yeung, Anya Anti, Argus Paul Estabrook, Arjun Mark, Bart Heynen, Chris Gordaneer, Christiaan van Heijst, Christian Vizl, Christopher Morris, Claudia Hans, Clyde Butcher, Diana Bagnoli, Divyakant Solanki, Dag Ole Nordhaug, Danny Yen Sin Wong, David Bacon, David Zimmerman, Finistre, Frederic Aranda, Ilaria Magliocchetti Lombi, Jonathan Bachman, Karen Divine, Kate Geraghty, Leslie Hall Brown, Manel Quiros, Marcin & Sylwia Ciesielski (Quality Pixels), Marcin Boruń, Maurice Ressel, Onni Wiljami Kinnunen, Pinch / Martin Tremblay, Paolo Marchetti, Pistolwish, Placido Faranda, Renee Capozzola, Rob Gregory, Sandro, Tam Ming Keung, and Ulla Lohmann.
Also on October 28 at Splashlight, Lucie Foundation is pleased to introduce the Lucie Photo Book Prize. This juried competition is open to a diversity of book submissions - from traditionally published to prototypes, hand-made books to zines. The awards will be presented to photographers, editors, curators or publishers who have created such projects anywhere in the world within the last 24 months of our public call, starting July 25. Lucie Foundation is proud to offer two cash prizes to the top two finalists for their outstanding work - one Traditional $3,000 cash prize and one Independent $2,000 cash prize.
THE 15th ANNUAL LUCIE AWARDS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2017, ARRIVALS at 6 pm; GALA at 7 pm
Tickets on sale at http://www.lucies.org/ Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets
New York, NY 10019 The Lucie Awards gala will be held on Sunday, October 29, at 7 pm, with arrivals at 6 pm, at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Honorees, industry luminaries and top winners from the 2017 IPA competition will be recognized. Tickets are on sale at
https://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 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. The Lucie Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable foundation. www.luciefoundation.org
