International Photography Awards announces the 2005 Lucie Award Honorees

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 20, 2005 --
Los Angeles, CA (July 20, 2005) � Hossein Farmani, Chairman of the Lucie Awards and President of the International Photography Awards, announced the 2005 Lucie Award Honorees in conjunction with the 33rd Annual Rencontres D�Arles Festival, in Arles, France on July 6th at the Hotel Calendal cocktail party co-organized by the Lucie Awards and the Rencontres d�Arles organization.

The Lucie Awards recognizes the outstanding achievements of the world�s finest photographers in categories including fashion, advertising, portraiture, fine art, photojournalism, documentary, one humanitarian award and one lifetime achievement award.

The 2005 Honorees confirmed for this year�s Lucie Awards gala ceremony are:

Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography
Lucien Clergue

Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Photography
Peter Lindbergh

Outstanding Achievement in Portrait Photography
Harry Benson

Outstanding Achievement in Sports Photography
Ozzie Sweet

Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism
Antonin Kratochvil

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography
Larry Clark

Outstanding Achievement in Advertising Photography
Hiro

Humanitarian Award
Zana Briski, photographer and co-director of Born Into Brothels

The Lifetime Achievement Award will be announed at a later date.

�In just three years, the International Photography Awards/Lucie Awards are creating waves in the industry�� says Professional Photographer Magazine. Despite its youth, the Lucies have quickly become one of the most prestigious gala ceremonies honoring the master photographers.

Douglas Kirkland, host of the 2004 Lucies claims, �The movie industry has its Oscars and now the photography community has its Lucies!�

Past recipients include Gordon Parks, Sebastiao Salgado, James Nacthwey, Bert Stern, Sylvia Plachy, Arnold Newman, Jay Maisel, Jim Marshall and Bruce Davidson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Douglas Kirkland, Steve McCurry, Melvin Sokolsky, Ruth Bernhard, William Claxton, Mary Ellen Mark, Tim Street-Porter, Phil Stern, Annie Leibovitz, Gene Trindl, Cornel Capa, Bob Willoughby, Lillian Bassman and Arnold Newman.

The 2005 Lucies will take place at the American Airlines Theatre on 42nd Street on Monday, October 17, from 6:00 � 9:00 p.m. To purchase tickets, please call 310.659.0122.

More information can be found online at http://www.lucieawards.com

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