Photo by Koto Bolofo
The Lucie Foundation’s mission is to promote the appreciation and understanding of photography. In that vein, we are proud to share the courageous stories behind the thought-provoking images in our world, “The Story Behind the Image”.
We also are excited to share the stories of our Lucie Awards Honorees in a video series. These stories will give both photography lovers and avid news consumers an opportunity to truly understand the impact an image has on social change and our world. Some of these photographers risk their lives to tell the truth and share their vision. It is a privilege to learn more about what it took to get these images and what was happening behind the scenes.
We hope you enjoy learning about these images as much as we do.
(The Boy in the Cage) A boy from Honduras watches a movie at a detention facility run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on September 8, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. The Border Patrol opened the holding center to temporarily children after tens of thousands of families and unaccompanied minors from Central America crossed the border to seek asylum in the United States during the spring and summer. Migrants refer to the facility as “la perrera”, or dog kennel, because of its cage-like fencing. © John Moore, Getty Images
(Crying Girl on Border) A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas on June 12, 2018 © John Moore, Getty Images
John captured this video on a Canon EOS 5D MARK IV WITH A 35MM F2.0 lens and the image was shot with a Canon EOS 1DX and a 24-70mm f2.8 zoom lens.
The Story Behind the Image with Natalie Keyssar
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In Caracas, Venezuela. March 20, 2018, Katherine poses for a portrait with her daughter at her in law’s house in the Observatorio neighborhood of Caracas. As a crippling economic and political crisis has caused widespread hunger, and drove over 4 million to flee the country before borders were sealed due to the pandemic, SecoCheers, one of Caracas’ best and most well known cheerleading teams, struggles to stay afloat. Many of their dancers have joined the tides of migration. The girls that remain, led by their trainer Caridad Seco, continued to rehearse 3 times a week in a public gym’s cafeteria, and perform at competitions for the top national teams as well as government events and private parties, until quarantine was imposed.
Natalie captured this video on a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with an EF 24-70mm f/4L II USM lens. The beautiful image was shot on a Canon EOS 5D Mark III and an EF 35mm f/1.4L USM lens.
The Story Behind the Image with Stephanie Sinclair
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Ritu Saini (foreground), 21, and Rupa, 23, enjoy the monsoon rains atop a roof in Agra, India, in 2016. Both women are survivors of acid attacks. Hundreds of women and girls a year have been injured by acid in India. Formerly a volleyball player, Ritu was attacked by her cousin. After several reconstructive surgeries, she lost her left eye. Rupa was attacked when she was 15. The group Stop Acid Attacks advocates for policies to help acid-attack survivors.
Ritu dancing with other survivors at the cafe.
Stephanie captured this video with two Canon cameras, the EOS R and the EOS R5 along with the RF 24-105 f/4L IS USM lens. The beautiful photos were made with the Canon EOS 5DS R and the EF 24-105 f/4 IS USM lens.
Watch additional Story Behind the Image video’s from fellow Lucie Honoree’s. More to come.
The Story Behind The Image with Shahidul Alam
“On the night of 5 August, I did not know if I was going to live or die,” writes Shahidul Alam, one of Bangladesh’s most respected photojournalists, essayists and social activists, remembering his arrest, torture and eventual 101-day incarceration in Keraniganj Jail in 2018.
Please watch Shahidul speak of a particular image, the one that is on the cover of is new book The Tide Will Turn and The Story Behind The Image.
The Story Behind the Image with Maggie Steber
Maggie Steber is the 2019 Lucie Honoree for Achievement in Photojournalism
Maggie is a documentary photographer specializing in humanistic stories and has worked in 67 countries. In this video she speaks of a particular image she captured in Haiti, 1987 which also lead to be the cover image of her book, “Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti”.
Watch Maggie speak about The Story Behind The Image.
Image captions of photographs mentioned in order: MOTHER’S FUNERAL, November 1987, A BEAUTIFUL DEATH, August 2009 and SLEEPING BEAUTY, December 2007
The Story Behind the Image with Al Bello
Al Bello is the 2019 Lucie Honoree for Achievement in Sports
Al is a New York based Sports Photographer at Getty Images. Watch Al speak about The Story Behind The Image bringing us back to the 2012 Olympics in London.
Image caption: Christina Loukas of the United States competes in the Women’s 3m Springboard Diving Semifinal on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on August 4, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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