6th Annual LUCIE AWARDS and Lucie Foundation along with APERTURE Foundation celebrate LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHERS during Lucie week in New York.
Various events are scheduled prior to Photographers being honored
on Monday, October 20, 2008, 6:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Center
Aperture Foundation along with the Lucie Foundation celebrate outstanding photography with a variety of events during Lucie week. On Saturday, October 18, Aperture Foundation will have a presence at the IPA Best of Show Exhbition at 7:00-10:00 p.m., Splashlight Studios, Soho, (One Hudson Square, 75 Varick St., 3rd Floor). Aperture will have for sale an assortment of its acclaimed books and also offer attendees the chance to subscribe to the award-winning Aperture magazine (winner of last year's Lucie Award) for a special one-night-only offer. Titles will include recently published books featuring work of this year's honorees: Invasion 68: Prague, photographs by Josef Koudelka, Nicaragua: June 1978-July 1979, photographs by Susan Meiselas, Golden Gate, photographs by Richard Misrach.
On Sunday, October 19, Aperture Foundation will conduct book signings with Hank Willis Thomas and Sara Terry following their talks sponsored by the Lucie Foundation and Nueva Luz Photographic Journal, at 5-6:30 p.m., also taking place at Splashlight Soho. Hank will sign his just released first monograph, Pitch Blackness, which deals with black on black violence in America and the commodification of the African American male in advertising. Sara Terry will sign her recently published book-a-zine, War Is Only Half the Story: The Aftermath Project, featuring the work of the winners of the Aftermath Project's first annual grant competition, which was founded by Terry, open to working photographers worldwide who cover the aftermath of conflict. Magnum Photos member Jim Goldberg is the first place winner, Wolf Bowig is the second place winner.
Additionally, Lucie Award Honoree Erwin Olaf will conduct a talk and book signing at Aperture Gallery (547 West 27th Street, 4th floor), the day after the Lucie Awards, and Lucie Honoree Josef Koudelka currently has an exhibition of his powerful body of work entitled, Invasion 68: Prague on view through October 30 at Aperture Gallery co-produced with Magnum Photos, at the same address.
This year, Aperture is nominated for Lucie Awards in two categories:
Book publisher of the Year for Richard Misrach's On The Beach
Curator/Exhibition of the Year: Melissa Harris for Josef Kouldelka Invasion 68: Prague at Aperture Gallery
The Lucie Awards celebrate their 6th year anniversary at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, Monday, October 20, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. Honorees and top winners from the 2008 IPA competition will be recognized. The Lucie Awards, produced by the Lucie Foundation, (a non-profit, charitable foundation), salute the achievements of the world's finest photographers, discover emerging talent through the International Photography Awards and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide.
The 2008 honorees are: Gianni Berengo Gardin (Lifetime Achievement), Sara Terry: The Aftermath Project (Humanitarian Award), Richard Misrach (Achievement in Fine Art), Josef Koudelka (Achievement in Documentary), Susan Meiselas (Achievement in Photojournalism), Herman Leonard (Achievement in Portraiture), Patrick Demarchelier (Achievement in Fashion), Erwin Olaf (Achievement in Advertising) and John Iacono (Achievement in Sports). In addition to celebrating the masters, Visa Pour L'Image Festival will be honored with the Spotlight Award for celebrating their 20 year Anniversary in 2008. Each year, Honorees are selected by the 55 member Advisory Board.
Past honorees include: Larry Clark, Elliott Erwitt, Kenro Izu, Albert Watson, Melvin Sokolsky, Steve McCurry, Mary Ellen Mark, Sebastiao Salgado, Bert Stern, James Nachtwey, Douglas Kirkland, Sarah Moon, Harry Benson, David Bailey, Neil Leifer, Peter Lindbergh and the late Gordon Parks, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Philip Jones Griffith and Cornell Capa.
The Lucies will also 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. The IPA competition will announce its top winners from the 2008 competition and distribute $20,000 in cash prizes across the top three awards.
The Lucie Awards official media partner is PDN and Photo Plus International. In addition to title sponsor Pilsner Urquell, support is provided by Blurb, Amvona, AtEDGE, Canon and Splashlight Studios. Tickets for the Lucie Awards are available at http://www.lincolncenter.org/
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