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International Photography Awards
The International Photography Awards are a group of awards for professional, non-professional and student photographers on a global scale which are awarded annually at the Lucie Awards gala. The winners of the main categories are invited to attend the gala to compete for the main award of International Photographer of the Year, receiving a Lucie statue and a cash prize of $10,000. History The International Photography Awards were created by Hossein Farmani as part of the mission of the Lucie Foundation. They were initially presented in December 2003 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, at the Lucie Awards gala produced by Golden Globe nominee, Michelle Burstin. In addition to honoring photographers, the Lucie Awards also showcase the finalists and winners of the International Photography Awards (Lucie Foundation's sister-effort) annual photography competition, presenting over $15,000 in cash prizes and two distinct titles: The International Photographer of the Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Awards
The Lucie Awards is an annual event honoring achievements in photography, founded in 2003 by Hossein Farmani. The Lucie Awards is an annual gala ceremony presented by the Lucie Foundation (a 501 (c)3 non-profit charitable organization), honoring photographers and their achievements. The Lucies bring together photographers from all over the world and pay tribute to their colleagues. Every year, the Advisory Board nominates individuals for their contributions to photography across a variety of categories, and once the nominations are tallied, they are pre-announced months before the Lucies. In addition to honoring photographers, the Lucie Awards also showcase the finalists and winners of the International Photography Awards (Lucie Foundation's sister-effort) annual photography competition, presenting over $22,500 in cash prizes and four distinct titles: The International Photographer of the Year (given to a professional), The Discovery of the Year (awarded to a non-professional), Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K M Asad
Khandaker Muhammad Asad ( bn, খন্দকার মোহাম্মদ আসাদ ; born 1983), known as K M Asad, is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer and photojournalist. He is currently a photojournalist at Zuma Press news agency and contributor photographer for Getty images. He won a 3rd Prize award at the 2021 World Press Photo for his Climate Crisis Solutions: Collecting Drinking Water in Kalabogi. Early life Asad graduated with a degree in photography from Pathshala (The South Asian Media Academy) in 2008. Career In 2007, when Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, Asad went to remote places to capture the conditions of local people. He also covered the 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in 2015. His work has been published by ''The Guardian,'' ''Time,'' CNN, BBC, '' New Internationalist'', ''The New York Times,'' ''Asia Time,'' ''The Telegraph,'' ''Days Japan,'' ''Paris Match,'' ''National Geographic'' (August 2019 cover picture) Discovery Channel magazine, Feature shoot, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Streiber
Art Streiber is an American photographer known in particular for his portraits of entertainment and sports personalities. His images are widely published and range from a portrait of actor-comedian Seth Rogen as the Cary Grant character in the plane scene in the Alfred Hitchcock classic ''North by Northwest'', which Streiber shot for ''Vanity Fair'', to a nude group shot of the Women's U.S. Water Polo team for the cover of the 2010 "The Body Issue" of ''ESPN The Magazine'', the cast of the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' for a triple cover of ''Entertainment Weekly'', and a re-creation of a scene from ''The Grapes of Wrath'' featuring the cast of the movie ''Taking Woodstock'', also for ''Vanity Fair''. In 2010, Streiber shot ''Wired'' magazine's first motion cover, featuring comedian Joel McHale. And in 2012, Paramount Pictures commissioned him to shoot a portrait of 116 actors, actresses, directors, and executives affiliated with the studio, a historic image that was featured in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Owunna
Mikael Chukwuma Owunna (born 1990) is an African-American photographer who currently lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Life Owunna was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Nigerian and Swedish heritage. As a youth he attended boarding school in Ohio, where he was bullied after coming out.Becky Harlan"'Every Black Person Deserves To See Themselves This Way'" , NPR, March 3, 2019. In college he studied engineering, earning a degree in Biomedical Engineering and History from Duke University. In 2009 he received a Rothermere Scholarship to Oxford University, and in 2012 he was named a Fulbright Scholar. He spent his Fulbright year in Taiwan. While struggling to come to terms with his sexuality (he identifies as queer) he discovered photography, which became both a creative outlet and an escape.Amber Hickey and Anney Traymany"Mikael Owunna's Photographs Show the Essence of Black Healing" , ''Aperture'', June 4, 2020. He has mentioned Octavia Butler and Chinua Achebe as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel D
Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including a list of people with the name) * Mel (surname) * Manuel Zelaya, former president of Honduras, nicknamed "Mel" Places * Mel, Veneto, an ex-comune in Italy * Mel Moraine, a moraine in Antarctica * Melbourne Airport (IATA airport code) * Mels, a municipality in Switzerland *Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL), the intercommunality of Lille in France Technology and engineering * Maya Embedded Language, a scripting language used in the 3D graphics program Maya * Michigan eLibrary, an online service of the Library of Michigan * Ford MEL engine, a "Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln" engine series * Minimum equipment list, a categorized list of instruments and equipment on an aircraft * Miscellaneous electric load, the electricity use of appliances, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Schatz
Howard Schatz (born 1940) is an American photographer, who previously had a career as an ophthalmologist. Life and work Ophthalmology Schatz began his professional life in medicine. He completed his medical degree at The University of Illinois College of Medicine, followed by an internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, ophthalmology residency at The University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, and fellowship in vitreoretinal diseases at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Schatz had a private practice in San Francisco from 1970 to 1995. He was a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco, and a retina specialist. Photography His work has included nudes and portraits of a range of people including athletes, actors, and the homeless. Personal life Schatz is married to Beverly Ornstein, the former head of Current Affairs at PBS television station, KQED, in San Francisco; she is currently executive producer for Schatz Ornstein Studio. They live and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary W
Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places ;Iran *Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;United States *Gary (Tampa), Florida * Gary, Maryland *Gary, Minnesota *Gary, South Dakota *Gary, West Virginia *Gary – New Duluth, a neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota *Gary Air Force Base, San Marcos, Texas * Gary City, Texas Ships * USS ''Gary'' (DE-61), a destroyer escort launched in 1943 * USS ''Gary'' (CL-147), scheduled to be a light cruiser, but canceled prior to construction in 1945 * USS ''Gary'' (FFG-51), a frigate, commissioned in 1984 * USS ''Thomas J. Gary'' (DE-326), a destroyer escort commissioned in 1943 People and fictional characters * Gary (surname), including a list of people with the name *Gary (rapper), South Korean rapper and entertainer *Gary (Argentine singer), Argentine singer of cuarteto songs Other uses *'' Gary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Copeland
Sebastian Copeland (born 3 April 1964) is a British-American-French photographer, polar explorer, author, lecturer, and environmental advocate. He has led numerous expeditions in the polar regions to photograph and film endangered environments. In 2017, Copeland was named one of the world's top 25 adventurers of the last 25 years by Men's Journal. He is a fellow of The Explorers Club. His documentary '' Into the Cold'' was a featured selection at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival and was released on DVD timed to Earth Day 2011. Early life and education Copeland is the son of the director of the Lille National Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Claude Casadesus. He graduated from UCLA in 1987. Career Copeland began his career in New York City directing music videos before moving on to commercial directing as well as professional photography with credits including fashion and advertising, album covers, and celebrities. Since 2000, Copeland has focused his work on climate change. His prints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan Zirwes
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Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (other) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * Stephen (other) * von Stephan Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm von Stephan (born Heinrich Stephan, January 7, 1831 – April 8, 1897) was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the German postal service. He was integral in the founding of the Universal Postal Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randal Ford
Randal Ford is an American photographer and portraitist notable for his work ''The Animal Kingdom'', as well as his photography for '' Texas Monthly''. Based in Austin, his work has been featured in ''TIME Magazine'', '' Texas Monthly'', and '' Communication Arts''. In contrast to other photographers and institutions that capture images of animals, Randal Ford's work seeks to photograph animals in studio to give the impression that "the animals are introducing themselves." Early life Randal Ford grew up in Dallas, where he attended Highland Park High School. He graduated from Texas A&M University, where he studied business and dabbled in photography through shooting for the student newspaper. While studying at the university, Ford was influenced by Richard Avedon's work, '' In the American West'', "that captured the spirit of place through people Avedon encountered at slaughterhouses, ranches, and state fairs." Career Randal Ford began his career as a wildlife photographer wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rushforth
James Rushforth is a British photographer, mountaineer, climber, and travel writer, especially known for his guide book series on Iceland the Dolomites, as well as for his travel, nature, landscape, and extreme sport photographs, many of which have been recognized at the International Photography Award, the Siena International Photo Award, and the Px3 – Prix de la Photographie. Rushforth's photos have been displayed in national newspapers, travel magazines and other media. Biography and education Rushforth was born in Gravesend, Kent and raised in Worcester, where he attended Dyson Perrins and King's Schools. After completing his undergraduate degree at Durham University in 2007, he travelled to the Italian Dolomites where he began work on his first publication – a climbing and via ferrata guidebook for British publisher Rockfax. Documenting the Dolomites would ultimately lead to a career in travel writing, adventure sports and photography. Career Rushfort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
Mohammad Rakibul Hasan ( bn, মোহাম্মাদ রকিবুল হাসান ; born 29 September 1977), also known as M R Hasan and MRH, is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker and visual artist. He has made black and white photographs about climate change, political violence and the Rohingya refugee crisis. He has also been practicing fine art photography and digital art since many years.Anil Cherukupalli (November 5, 2013, ''Aksgar Magazine''. Retrieved July 15, 2014. Hasan was awarded the One World Media Awards 2022, and Lucie Awards Discovery of the Year 2018. He also received the 23rd Human Rights Press Awards for his series "The Looted Honor" on rape survivors of Rohingya Refugee from The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong, Amnesty International and the Hong Kong Journalists Association that recognizes top reporting on Asian news. (May 16, 2019"The 23rd Human Rights Press Awards" ''The Human Rights Press Awards''. Retriev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
