Management
The organization was founded in 2004 by its editor Jim Casper, who moved its editorial offices to Paris from Berkeley in 2005. As of 2018, its staff is spread across Amsterdam, Berkeley, California and other locations around the world.Reception
Will Coldwell, writing in '' The Independent'' in 2013, described ''LensCulture'' as one of the ten best photography websites, calling it a "definitive resource for anyone who wants to keep up with the latest trends and debates in contemporary photography." Critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in '' The Guardian'' in 2012, listed it among the eight best photography websites or online publications, calling it "one of the most authoritative and wide-ranging sites."Awards and grants
The 2014 Exposure Awards exhibition was held at London College of Communication,''LensCulture'' Exposure Awards winners
*2009: Portfolio Category - grand prize, Marco Vernaschi. Single Image Category - grand prize, Brad Moore; second prize, Stella Johnson; third prize,''LensCulture'' Portrait Awards winners
*2014: Portfolio first prize, Marius Schultz; second prize, Hossein Fatemi; third prize, Tsutomu Yamagata. Single Image first prize, Clare Benson; second prize, Marc Thirouin; third prize, Ulrik Tofte. *2018: Series category: first place, Robin de Puy; second place, Adam Ferguson; third place, Bruce Polin. Singles category: first place, Kremer Johnson; second place, Peter Zelewski; third place, Juul Kraijer. *2021: Series category: first place, Oded Wagenstein; second place, Lina Geoushy; third place, Alberto Giuliani. Singles category: first place, Lauren Forster; second place, Kristina Varaksina; third place, Vanessa Leroy.''LensCulture'' Street Photography Awards winners
*2017: Series category: first place, Hakan Simsek; second place, Alberte A Pereira; third place, Antonio Privitera. Single Image category: first place, Moin Ahmed; second place, Artyt Lerdrakmongkol; third place, Ilan Burla. *2018: Series category: first place, Sowrav Das; second place, İlker Karaman; third place, Cocoa Laney. Single Image category: first place, Maciej Dakowicz; second place, Barry Talis; third place, Jingsheng Nie. *2019: Series category: First-place, Kevin Fletcher; second-place, Toby Rinder; third-place, Michael McIlvaney. Single Image category: first-place, Gabi Ben Avraham; second-place, Stuart Paton. Finalists: Barry Talis, Elizabeth Brooks, Cyrus Cornut, Hugo de Melo,''LensCulture'' Emerging Talent Awards winners
*2016: Jurors' picks: Weronika Gesicka, Yoshikatsu Fujii, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Ben Thomas, Gesche Würfel, Johnny Miller, Tine Poppe, Zachary Roberts. *2017: Jurors' picks: Aleksi Poutanen, Thomas Freteur, Giovanna Petrocchi, Turjoy Chowdhury, Matthew Genitempo, J Fredric May, Michael Vince Kim, Daren You. *2018: Jurors' picks: Aaron Vincent Elkaim, Diego Moreno, Leah Kennedy, Alice Mann, Bastard Turpin, Barbara Peacock, Ronghui Chen, Marta Blue. General category: Adrian Hoellger, Alex Vasyliev, Ana Vallejo, Andrew O'Carroll, Anna Reivilä, Camille Gharbi, Camilo Leon-Quijano, Charles Xelot, Dean West, Dominique Teufen, Ezra Acayan, Fiona Struengmann, Gabriel Romero, George Marazakis, Giorgio Negro, Gwen Solomon, Hakim Boulouiz, Hashem Shakeri, Ilias Lois, Isabella Ståhl, Jill Booker, Joel Jimenez, Julie Beauchemin, Keisuke Togawa, Leah Schretenthaler, Lena Gudd, Louise Amelie & Aljaž Fuis, Luciana De Donato, Mélanie Wenger, Mia Collis, Milad Safabakhsh, Nanna Keitmann, Oded Wagenstein, Paul Shiakallis, Sanni Saarinen, Sebastian Sardi, Shahab Naseri, Tadas Kazakevicius, Tamar Granovsky, Ty Stedman, Yoshi Hase, Yurian Quintanas Nobel. * 2019: Jurors' picks: Hajar Benjida, Silvia De Giorgi, Terra Fondriest, Matei Focseneanu, Jon Henry, Felipe Jacome, Guanyu Xu, Marvel Harris. General category: Rafael Heygster, Denelle and Tom Ellis, Jana Sophia Nolle, Brendon Kahn, Karoliina Paatos, Julie Poly, Max Miechowski, Azad Amin, Marcus Desieno, Daniel Szalai, Greg Turner, Todd Antony, Vikram Kushwah, Simon Lehner, Bowei Yang, Juan Brenner, Soraya Zaman.''LensCulture'' Art Photography Awards
The Art Photography Awards were held in 2018, 2019, and 2021.Critics' Choice
*2020: For the inaugural Critics' Choice award, 20 critics selected three personal favourites, resulting in 48 winners.References
External links
* {{official website, www.lensculture.com Political magazines published in France Magazines established in 2004 Magazines published in Paris Online magazines Photography websites Dutch photography organisations Photography magazines