Lucie Impact Awards 2023

For the first time in its history, the Lucie Impact Award was be given to a group of individual photographers whose images and/or bodies of work have made a substantial impact during the current year.

From Lucie Foundation Board member James Colton,

"17th-century clergyman Thomas Fuller said, “Seeing is believing, but feeling is the truth.” Never has that been more meaningful than today. Impactful, heartrending images are pouring out of Gaza, each more unbearable to witness than the other. Many are taken while bombs are dropping or during rescue efforts shortly thereafter by photojournalists who run towards the explosions and not away from them.

As a member of the Lucie Foundation advisory board, it became obvious that it would be impossible to choose a single photographer or a single image for the Impact Award. Hence, it is our honor to acknowledge the combined work of local photographers for their heroic efforts in covering this war. Thank you for your courage, your dedication, and for allowing us to “feel the truth.”
James K. Colton, Editor at Large, ZUMA Press

Due to lack of internet connection and availability to send images, some photographers will be sending in images at a later time. We will be updating the website as soon as the images are received.

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Past Winners of Lucie Impact Awards

Lucie Impact Award Winners 2022

Lynsey Addario receives the 2022 Lucie Impact Award for her coverage in Ukraine, and the image of a family killed while fleeing.
“A Ukrainian Family Killed While Fleeing” New York Times

Lucie Impact Award Winners 2021

Paul Ratje receives the 2021 Lucie Impact Award for his coverage of Haitian migrants being chased down by U.S. Border Patrol agents on the banks of the Rio Grande in Del Rio, Texas.
“Haitian Migrants in Del Río“ for Agence France-Presse

Lucie Impact Award Winners 2020

Fabio Bucciarelli receives The Lucie Professional Impact Award for his coverage of Covid-19, First Wave Coverage, Italy.
New York Times, “We Take the Dead From Morning Till Night”

Malike Sidibe receives the Lucie Emerging Impact Award for his photography of the George Floyd’s protests in New York City.
Time Magazine, “I Couldn’t Just Sit and Watch.’ Photographing New York City’s George Floyd Protests”

Lucie Impact Award Winners 2019

In 2019 Tyler Hicks received the Lucie Impact award for the Image of Amal Hussain, a young Yemeni girl who died at the age of 7. Hicks, while working for the NY Times on a story of the Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s War, took that image, which drew international attention to the country’s plight. These images make a difference as they bring awareness to issues and influence policies.

Lucie Impact Award Winners 2018

In 2018 the Lucie Impact Award honored John Moore for his work on immigration. His powerful image on the cover of Time Magazine, of a Honduran child clinging to her mother’s legs, humanized the plight of separated families seeking asylum at our borders. Although family separation had been going on for some time, this seminal image mobilized the nation.