LUCIE AWARDS LAST NIGHT
I got dressed up last night and went to the 7th Annual Lucie Awards at Lincoln Center. Everyone from the industry turned out to celebrate; photographers, reps, art directors, photo editors, art producers, studios, publications and more. There are no photos allowed in the building so my photos are minimal. It’s quite funny to tell a group of photo industry professionals that no photos are allowed and that you have to check your camera! Here’s a list of the winners from last night, you can see all the honorees and nominees here:
International Photographer of the Year: Nadav Kander
Discovery of the Year: Elliott Wilcox
Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year: Rachel Papo
Photography Magazine of the Year: BurnMagazine.org
Book Publisher of the Year: Verso Limited Editions for Central Park by Bruce Davidson
Picture Editor of the Year: Steve Fine, Director of Photography for Sports Illustrated
Fashion Layout of the Year: Harper’s Bazaar for Thirller Fashion by Terry Richardson, September 2009
Curator/Exhibition of the Year: Sarah Greenough for Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Print Advertising Campaign of the Year: Agency FFL France for Wrangler entitled We were Animals photographed by Ryan McGinley
The award show gave Rachel Papo‘s work titled “Serial No. 3817131” the recognition it deserves. Here’s an excerpt from her artist’s statement about the series:
At an age when social, sexual, and educational explorations are at their highest point, the life of an eighteen-year-old Israeli girl is interrupted. She is plucked from her home surroundings and placed in a rigorous institution where her individuality is temporarily forced aside in the name of nationalism. During the next two years, immersed in a regimented and masculine environment, she will be transformed from a girl to a woman, within the framework of an army that is engaged in daily war and conflict. She is now a soldier serving her country, in a military camp amidst hundreds like her, yet beneath the uniform there is someone wishing to be noticed, listened to, and understood.
Almost fifteen years after my mandatory military duty ended, I went back to several Israeli army bases, using the medium of photography as a vehicle to re-enter this world. Serial No. 3817131 represents my effort to come to terms with the experiences of being a soldier from the perspective of an adult. My service had been a period of utter loneliness, mixed with apathy and pensiveness, and at the time I was too young to understand it all. Through the camera’s lens, I tried to reconstruct facets of my military life, hopeful to reconcile matters that had been left unresolved.
Thanks to Matt Nycz of Brite Productions for taking me to the Lucie Awards and Congratulations to Vincent Dixon for being nominated!
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