THE LUCIE AWARDS HONOREES ANNOUNCED AND SUPPORT CATEGORY AWARDS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATION.

On behalf of the Lucie Foundation Advisory Board, we are pleased to announce the 2013 Lucie Awards Honorees.

Humanitarian Award: Lisa Kristine
Achievememt in Fine Art: Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Achievement in Fashion: Victor Skrebneski
Visionary Award: Benedikt Taschen
Achievement in Photojournalism: John H. White
Achievement in Documentary: Li Zhensheng

The Lucies honor master photographers, and showcase the winners of our sister-effort, the International Photography Awards competition. We also strive to recognize those integral to crafting an image by awarding Lucies in six Support Category Awards, giving us the opportunity to celebrate the year's best in photography. This is the only set of awards where anyone in the general public can nominate and we encourage you to do so by clicking on the image below.

Don't delay, the nomination doors close on September 27, 2013. Nominate here.

Tickets to the Lucies go on sale Thurday, August 29, 2013 at lucies.org

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THE LUCIE AWARDS HONOREES ANNOUNCED AND SUPPORT CATEGORY AWARDS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATION.

PHASE ONE PARTNERS WITH LUCIE FOUNDATION FOR SPECIAL OFFER ON CAPTURE ONE PRO 7.

SHOWCASE: 2013 EMERGING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT JUSTIN BARTON.

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PHASE ONE PARTNERS WITH LUCIE FOUNDATION FOR A SPECIAL OFFER ON CAPTURE ONE PRO 7.

We are delighted to welcome back Phase One as a sponsor and partner of The Lucie Awards and Lucie Foundation. To celebrate, Phase One and Lucie Foundation are offering 20% off on Capture One Pro 7 software, Pro upgrade products including multi-user upgrades and all Express to Pro upgrades and 25% off tickets to the 11th Annual Lucie Awards (once they go on sale).

Purchase your copy of Capture One Pro 7 through Phase One's online store, simply use the voucher code Lucie2013 and you will receive the special promotional price.

After purchasing Capture One Pro 7 with your voucher, you will be eligible for 25% off your ticket to The Lucie Awards. Please forward your purchase confirmation to tickets@lucieawards.com and your 25% off voucher will be emailed to you. Also, the first 5 buyers using the voucher will receive a FREE Premium Membership (valued at $100 each)!

Built on the world's best raw processing engine, Capture One Pro 7 is the professional choice in imaging software. Don't miss out, this special offer ends August 29, 2013.

We are also thrilled to announce a special lecture in collaboration with Phase One to take place during Lucie Week in NYC. Next month's newsletter will share more details, but needless to say, we can't wait to share the news. Please stand by!

SHOWCASE: 2013 LUCIE FOUNDATION EMERGING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT JUSTIN BARTON.

We are proud to share the work of Justin Barton, this year's recipient of the Lucie Foundation Emerging Scholarship cash grant. Justin's work focuses on personal history and heritage through architecture, interiors, portraiture and landscapes. We were very impressed with his submission "Atomic War in Details" and awarded him the cash grant to continue work on this series.

The images shown below and many more were created as a result of the scholarship. Read his statement below to learn more about these portraits.

The 2014 application cycle will open on November 1, 2013 and close on January 31, 2014.

© Justin Barton


© Justin Barton


© Justin Barton

"My work is often concerned with social history and historiography and I attempt to encourage the viewer to relativise the different perspectives they see. In the case of my series "Atomic War In Details" this partially takes the form of a direct comparison between the two sides of the Cold War. I was initially taking photographs of the objects they used (and in some cases these are still in current usage) in the environments they worked in. This allows for an ethnographic exploration and the tiniest details of the images speak volumes of the ideologies of both sides.

With funding from the Lucie Foundation I was not just able to travel to the US and Ukraine to track down further artifacts to photograph, but I was able to further the scope of the project with a series of portraits of those involved. This included missile and maintenance crew and even the commanders who were responsible for the very fate of the world on a daily basis for many years.

This human connection was a vital element to add to the work especially as nuclear weaponry and their consequences often seem far removed in scale to us personally. Indeed, we have come to describe the end of civilization as a mere the press of a button as a consequence. These images allow us the opportunity of contrast not just from one side to another but with ourselves. What choices would we make in their positions? What makes them similar? Does this impact our view on humanity and the human condition?" - Justin Barton, 2013 Lucie Foundation Emerging Scholarship Recipient.

View his original submission here.

The Lucie Foundation is a 501(c) 3 non-profit, charitable foundation whose mission is to honor master photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide.

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