The premiere event honoring the greatest achievements in photography
More about Lucie AwardsThe photography community from around the globe pays tribute to the most outstanding people in the field. Every two years, the Lucie Advisory Board nominates deserving individuals across a variety of categories. Once these nominations have been received, an honoree in each category is selected.
Following the highly acclaimed 20th-anniversary Awards gala this past October, Lucie Foundation will announce the 2024 Lucie Impact Award winner this November. The Lucie Awards will take this year to refresh the live Awards format and will be live again in 2025, as a biennial event. Then the next group of outstanding Lucie Honorees and support category nominees will be honored.
More about Lucie AwardsThe 2023 Honorees
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RAYMOND DEPARDON
Lifetime Achievement Award
JO ANN CALLIS
Achievement in Fine Art
MING SMITH
Achievement in Portraiture
CAROL GUZY
Achievement in Photojournalism
JAMEL SHABAZZ
Achievement in Documentary
DONALD MIRALLE
Achievement in Sports
FIROOZ ZAHEDI
Achievement in Entertainment
PAUL NICKLEN AND CRISTINA MITTERMEIER
Humanitarian Award
ANTWAUN SARGENT
Spotlight/Visionary Award
2023 Impact Awards
The Impact Award is given to a photographer whose image or body of work has created a difference in a given year.
For the first time in its history, the Lucie Impact Award will be given to a group of individual photographers whose images and/or bodies of work have made a substantial impact during the current year.
The recipients of this award have been announced!
Click here to see the 2023 Lucie Impact Award winners.
More about Impact AwardsSuppport Categories Awards
Support Category Awards are presented to individuals, companies and organizations that are an integral part of crafting an image. These awards are not for photographers but for those who support the photography community.
The public is invited to nominate those from the photography creative community to be considered for this honor. It is from these nominations that the individuals, companies or organizations will be awarded at the Biennial Lucie Awards. A photographer board will be voting on all the nominations to choose the Final Support Category honoree in each of the given disciplines.
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2023 Support Category Winners
BOOK PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
Atelier EXB, For the Long Haul, Marc Riboud
PHOTO EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Melissa DeWitt, Hotshoe Magazine
Photography Content of the Year, Print or Online
Balam
Photo Museum Exhibition of the Year
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, James Nachtwey: Memoria
Photo Gallery Exhibition of the Year
Gagosian, Avedon 100
Photo Curator of the Year
Jim Ganz and Antares Wells, Eugene Atget Highlights from the Mary & Dan Solomon Collection, J Paul Getty Museum
Photo Festival of the Year
Paris Photo, Paris, France
Photo Program of the Year
Penumbra Foundation
International Photography Awards
The International Photography Awards (IPA), a sister program to the Lucies, announced their top 2 Prizes, “Photographer of the Year” and “Discovery of the Year,” at the 2022 Lucie Awards.
The International Photography Awards™ conducts an annual competition for professional, amateur, and student photographers globally, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today.
IPA's mission is to salute the achievements of the world's finest photographers, discover new and emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography.
More about IPAThe Lucie Foundation
The Lucie Foundation, is a 501(c) 3 non-profit, charitable foundation . The foundation presents year-round programming to support photographers. The signature program of the Lucie Foundation is the Lucie Awards. Other programs include, The Lucie Technical Awards (LTA), The Lucie Impact Awards, The Lucie Photo Book Prize, The Story Behind the Image, Open Calls, exhibitions, photographer talks and workshops.
The Lucie Foundation's focus on emerging photographers is through the Lucie Scholarship program, and The Lucie Witness Project.
The House of Lucie is the physical home for the Lucie Foundation and are contemporary photography spaces showcasing the extraordinary work of the Lucie Award Honorees, as well as discovering and sharing the work of local and international photographic talent. Additionally, the House of Lucie centers for photography hold the permanent collection for the Lucie Award Honorees photographic work as well as serving as public spaces for rotating exhibitions, workshops, lectures, and events to promote photography to as wide as audience as possible. Currently The House of Lucie is located in , Athens, Budapest, Kashan (Iran) and Ostuni (Italy). House of Lucies in France and Thailand will be coming soon.
Our three-fold mission: To honor master photographers , to discover and cultivate emerging photographic talent and to promote the appreciation of photography worldwide.
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