12th ANNUAL LUCIE AWARDS ANNOUNCE IPA COMPETITION FINALISTS
chosen by an international jury panel of photography professionals
Presented by the Lucie Foundation
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC
Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, 7:00pm, Arrivals at 6:00pm
Los Angeles, (Oct. 7, 2014) - The Lucie Awards presents the International Photography Awards (IPA) competition, a sister effort of the Lucie Foundation, and has announced the 2014 finalists. An international jury of photography professionals http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/About/Jury2014.php selected these outstanding finalists from over 27,000 submissions from 104 countries. Of these 30 finalists, one winner will be named for each of four categories: International Photographer of the Year, Discovery of the Year, Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year and Moving Image Photographer of the Year at the Lucie Awards on Sunday, Nov. 2. The Lucie Awards culminate a weekend of events including the IPA’s Best of Show exhibition/party and the Lucie Lectures. This year we welcome David Clarke, Head of Photography, Tate, as Guest Curator of the Best of Show Exhibition.
Susan Baraz, Head of Judges for the IPA commented, “The 80 plus jurors for the IPA competition are the most profoundly influential people in photography, coming from all parts of the globe. It is most gratifying that the amazing images submitted were as well: China, Iran, Ukraine, and Syria, to mention a few. One realizes how a single photograph can bind together all our lives. It’s humbling.” Roy Flukinger, Senior Research Curator, Harry Ransom Center added, “Jurying the IPA Awards is always a challenge because there is much serious and invigorating work. The proficiency and skill of so many reviewees is always high and each year I have found new bodies of work, which reveal an artistic and photojournalistic vision that merits our commendation as well as the world’s attention. Happily this has proven to be so again this year. So may it continue." 2014 Competition introduces a new “Event” Category.
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR cash prize sponsored by ATEDGE
Advertising Category: Jaime Travezan, UK
Architecture Category: Peter Steinhauer, Singapore
Book Category: Sandro, US
Editorial Category: Sandro Maddalena, Italy
Event Category: Rudi Dundas, US
Fine Art Category: Maxine Helfman, US
Nature Category: Karen Lunney, Australia
People Category: Didier Mayhew, France
Special Category: Jay Mark Johnson, US
IPA Russia: Anna Hoffman
IPA China: Jinjun Di
DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR
Advertising Category: Isabella Cassini, US
Architecture Category: Maroh Kim, Republic of South Korea
Book Category: Jan Janssen, Netherlands
Editorial Category: Robin Hinsch, Germany
Event Category: Amy Siqveland, US
Fine Art Category: Jackson Patterson, US
Nature Category: Vyacheslav Mishchenko, Ukraine
People Category: Joey Yu, SIngapore
Special Category: Cheryl Medow, US
IPA Russia: Alexandr Romanov
IPA China: Tianquitao Chen
DEEPER PERSPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
K. M. Asad, Bangladesh
Tim Gerard Barker, Vietnam
Mary F. Calvert, US
Stacy Kranitz, US
Sarah Borst, US
Adrian Mirgos, Poland
IPA Russia: Julia Zakharova
IPA China: Wang Jing
MOVING IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Beat Keller, Switzerland
Szymon Kobusiński, Poland
Lukas Hüller / Hannes Seebacher / Sami & Samer Ajouri, Austria
Yannick Wegner, Germany
Simone Sapienza, Italy
Anna66 Andrzejewska, Poland
IPA Russia: Anton Belousov
Support Category nominees will be announced shortly. The Lucies will recognize those in the creative community who are integral in crafting an image in the following categories: Print Advertising Campaign of the Year, Fashion Layout of the Year, Photography Magazine of the Year, Book Publisher of the Year, Exhibition/Curator of the Year and Picture Editor of the Year. A Special Tribute to photographers who have passed away will be showcased.
The Lucie Awards, produced by the Lucie Foundation (a non-profit charitable foundation), presented in partnership with PDN, Splashlight, AtEdge, Phase One, and APA, honor the achievements of the world’s most accomplished photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent through mentoring and scholarship programs, and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide. Tickets for The Lucie Awards are now on sale at: http://lucies.org/tickets.html
About 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), announces the winners of the competition. Cash prizes and statues are awarded. The Foundation presents year-round programming: including SNAPSHOP!, financial funding through the Lucie Scholarship Programs in and MOPLA (Month of Photography LA), which is entering its seventh year - 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
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