The Lucie Foundation is proud to support professional and emerging talent with vision and dynamic ideas that challenge and progress the art form of still photography into work that compels. Our support of photography is broad, from Fine Art to Documentary and Photojournalism, to digital and film-based works. Our concern is to support photographers producing work that is at once gripping, and original.
The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer four cash grants and a variety of prizes to support the work of emerging and established photographers.
2023 WINNERS
FINE ART - PROFESSIONAL
2023 LUCIE FOUNDATION
$3000 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP
$3,000 cash prize + $500 PICTO New York voucher for fine art printing and services
WINNING RECIPIENT
Arne Piepke, The Shape of F. S.
PROJECT STATEMENT
My work is a personal exploration of my great-grandfather‘s history as a soldier who fought in World War One. Through my work, I aim to create a dialogue between the past and the present, illuminating the enduring legacy of World War I and its impact on my family history.
From the charged landscapes of the Western Front to the personal stories of my great-grandfather, I seek to resolve the distance between myself and him as a historical figure, while also grappling with speculative stories and elusive truths.
Documentary photographs of the contemporary landscape, ideas inspired by field letters, still lifes and reinterpretation of found footage, are an attempt to visualize the past by photographing the present.
Combined, these elements form a fragmented narrative of my great-grandfather‘s history and provide a platform for interpretation that enables reflection on war and memory.
Website: arnepiepke.com
HONORABLE MENTION
- Lara Shipley and Antone Dolezal, The Naked Truth
- Adra Pallón, Demothanasia
- Holly Lynton, Beyond the Bounds
- Epiphany Knedler, Wish You Were Here
FINALISTS
- Yogan Muller, JPM
- Hannah Altman, We Will Return to You
- Aldo Cervantes, Tijuana River
- Maurizio Bavutti, TERRA
- Austin Bryant, Where They Still Remain
FINE ART - EMERGING
2023 LUCIE FOUNDATION
$1000 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP
$1,000 cash prize + $500 PICTO New York voucher for fine art printing and services, and 10 packs of ILFORD paper in Smooth Pearl and Smooth Gloss fine art paper (8.5×11″), and 10 Portfolio Bags
WINNING RECIPIENT
Collin Hughes, Home For Now
PROJECT STATEMENT
Home For Now is photography and writing project that explores the theme of waiting through photographs of the orange ferry boat that crosses New York City Harbor 24 hours a day.
Website: collin-hughes.com
HONORABLE MENTION
- Anya Tsaruk, Mother Land
- Aidan Klimenko, Autopsia Americana
- Ivan Tomasevic, Hidden People
- Carola Cappellari, Sons of the Sun
- Maximilano Titeo, Nueve Norte, Treinta y tres Oeste
FINALISTS
- Alicia Vera, Va a Llover Toda La Noche
- Kate Warren, The Slit
- Tim Davis, Upstate Event Horizon
- Oliver Mayhall, Ethereal Wilderness
- Michelle Arcila, If You Really Believed in God
- Lee-Ann Olwage, The Right Way to Play
PHOTOJOURNALISM / DOCUMENTARY - PROFESSIONAL
2023 LUCIE FOUNDATION
$3000 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP
$3,000 cash prize + $500 PICTO New York voucher for fine art printing and services
WINNING RECIPIENT
Ksenia Ivanova, Silence in between
PROJECT STATEMENT
The project focuses on the consequences of the current conflict between the Russian-occupied breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. The conflict over Abkhazia remains unresolved to this day, ready to erupt at any moment. About 300,000 Georgians expelled from Abkhazia cannot return to their homes and remain in the poorest regions of Georgia, relegated to what is often the underbelly of society. Abkhazia’s economic isolation and dangerous financial dependence on the Kremlin contributes to mass unemployment, corruption, human rights abuses and clan-based crime.
In the context of the war in Ukraine this ongoing project offers a glimpse into the long-term consequences of unresolved military conflict across Europe and raises questions about the future of the territories to which Russia has granted “independence”.
Website: kseniaivanova.com
HONORABLE MENTION
- Louise Amelie, MISSING MEMBER – Kyrgyzstan, A Country on the Move
- Laetitia Vançon, Youth in the turmoil of war
- Ismail Ferdous, Sea Beach
- Ingmar Björn Nolting, An Anthology of a Changing Climate
FINALISTS
- Tori Ferenc, GRANICE/BORDERLANDS
- Tatsiana Chypsanava, Te Urewera
- Pia Harboure, “Time does not seem to freeze here anymore”
- Joseph DixeyMarket Rights
- Valentino Bellini, EL DORADO, Dispatches from Colombia
- David Peinado, La 42
PHOTOJOURNALISM / DOCUMENTARY - EMERGING
2023 LUCIE FOUNDATION
$1000 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP
$1,000 cash prize + SONY A9M2 camera with a SEL 24-70mm GM2 lens, and $500 PICTO New York voucher for fine art printing and services
WINNING RECIPIENT
Nico Froehlich, South of the River
PROJECT STATEMENT
Growing up in Britain as a child of immigrants, I would hide various elements of my everyday existence. As an adult and a photographer, I actively seek out and champion the very things I obscured and disregarded as a youngster.
From the multicultural melting pots of Southwark and Lewisham to the brutalist blocks and post-war council estates of Thamesmead, south-east London is home to some of the most ethnically and culturally diverse communities in Britain. As gentrification and change continue to tighten their grip on the area, it is now more important than ever to recognise the beauty of variety and the perseverance of a declining working-class community.
South of the River is an ongoing, long-form project incorporating various genres and approaches. Part social realism, part biographical, but ultimately a celebration of the working-class spirit and the rich diversity of south-east London.
The streets I call home.
Website: nicofroehlich.com
HONORABLE MENTION
- Sara Messinger, Shadows of a Teenage Daydream
- Naïma Lecomte, Bergerie de Faucon
- Tianhu Yuan, Self Iterating of Chongqing
- Saja Quttaineh, Visual Unconscious
FINALISTS
- D. M. Terblanche, I Should Have Burnt More Cars
- Matias Bercovich, Pwa K’Nyaw, Seeds of Resilience
- Guanling Chen, Trees Of Life
- Guto Oliveira, Huachu
- Mouneb Taim, War notes
- Jordan Gale, Don’t Be This Way Forever
2023 Lucie Scholarship Program
The Lucie Foundation is proud to support professional and emerging talent with vision and dynamic ideas that challenge and progress the art form of still photography into work that compels. Our support of photography is broad, from Fine Art to Documentary and Photojournalism, to digital and film-based works. Our concern is to support photographers producing work that is at once gripping, and original.
The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer four cash grants and a variety of prizes to support the work of emerging and established photographers.
CATEGORIES
FINE ART
FINE ART - PROFESSIONAL
$3,000 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP
Professional
$3,000 cash prize + $500 PICTO New York voucher for fine art printing and services
FINE ART - EMERGING
$1,000 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP
Emerging
$1,000 cash prize + $500 PICTO New York voucher for fine art printing and services, and 10 packs of ILFORD paper in Smooth Pearl and Smooth Gloss fine art paper (8.5×11″), and 10 Portfolio Bags
PHOTOJOURNALISM/DOCUMENTARY
PHOTOJOURNALISM/DOCUMENTARY - PROFESSIONAL
$3,000 PHOTOJOURNALISM/DOCUMENTARY SCHOLARSHIP
Professional
$3,000 cash prize + $500 PICTO New York voucher for fine art printing and services
PHOTOJOURNALISM/DOCUMENTARY - EMERGING
$1,000 PHOTOJOURNALISM/DOCUMENTARY SCHOLARSHIP
Emerging
$1,000 cash prize + SONY A9M2 camera with a SEL 24-70mm GM2 lens, and $500 PICTO New York voucher for fine art printing and services
MEET THE JURY
Meaghan Looram
Director of Photography, The New York Times
Meaghan Looram is the Director of Photography at The New York Times. She oversees The New York Times’ photographic coverage, the news organization’s staff of photo editors and photographers, as well as many of its most ambitious visual projects. The work Ms. Looram has produced and edited has been awarded honors from World Press Photo, the Overseas Press Club, The George Polk Awards, Pictures of the Year International, the News & Documentary Emmy Awards and the Alfred I DuPont-Columbia Awards.
Photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Putri Tan
Director at Gagosian, New York
Putri Tan is a Director at Gagosian, New York, where she has worked for more than sixteen years. She manages a number of the gallery’s artists, among them, Harold Ancart, Walton Ford, Sally Mann, and Spencer Sweeney. Most recently she organized Gagosian’s Paris Photo presentation of work by Deana Lawson and Sally Mann, and oversees exhibitions at institutions and Gagosian galleries worldwide.
Photo by Paatela Fraga
Molly Everett
Assistant Curator, Moody Center for the Arts
Molly Everett is a curator and writer based in Houston, Texas, where she currently serves as Assistant Curator at the Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University. Previously, she held curatorial roles at the Menil Collection, the LUMA Foundation, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She studied art history at the University of California, Berkeley, and Hunter College, City University of New York.
Photo by Geoff Winningham
RULES & REQUIREMENTS
WHO CAN APPLY:
The Lucie Scholarships are open to professional and emerging photographers 18 years and older, worldwide. We define “professional” as any photographer who earns the majority of their income from photography. We define “emerging” as any photographer enrolled as a student, in the first five years of their photography career, or does not earn the majority of their income from photography.
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO APPLY:
Please read the following information carefully to make sure your application material is complete.
Incomplete applications will not be considered:
- Project Proposal (1,500 characters max). This proposal should include the following:
- Project Start and End Dates
- Description of your project
- Your Plan for completing the project (i.e. how you intend to approach the project and how you intend to use the scholarship money)
- Five Goals that you plan to accomplish while working on the project (e.g. producing 20 new images, making 5 prints, etc.)
- A one-page biography and/or CV
- Twenty digital images
USE & OWNERSHIP:
The photographer must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of photos entered in to the competition. Copyright and all other rights remain that of the photographer. Any photograph used by Lucie Foundation shall carry the photographer’s credit line.
FAQ
Is there a limit to the number of scholarship applications per artist?
No, you may submit as many applications as you would like.
Can I submit the same project to the two different scholarships?
Yes, you may submit the same project to the two different scholarship categories if you feel the work would lend itself to either category.
Is there a submission fee?
Yes, the submission fee’s are:
• Professional category, $25 /submission
• Emerging category, $15 / submission
What images should I submit?
Please upload 20 digital images from the existing project that you are proposing to continue.
If you have not yet started your proposed project, upload 20 digital images from a previous cohesive project and make a note of this in your proposal.
If you have some finished images but not a full 20, please supplement with images from a previous cohesive project and make a note of this in your proposal.
How should I prepare my files?
Please prepare your files according to the specifications below. JPG only. (NO TIF, GIF, PNG, PDF files will be accepted.)
72 DPI No file should exceed 4mb
Can I send print materials, books or CD’s?
No, Lucie Foundation accepts online submissions only.
When will the shortlist and recipients be announced?
Finalists and Winners will be announced towards the end of the year, 2023. Date TBD.
Can multiple photographers submit a project together?
If you both are actively photographing the project submitted together, yes you can. Prize earnings and prizes will be split between you both. Please put one name in first name section, and one name in last name section when submitting, and make note of it being a multi photographer project in the proposal.
How will I know if I was selected?
If you were selected for the shortlist or as a recipient, you will be contacted directly through the email which you provided in the submission form. The shortlist and recipients will also be announced via the Lucie Foundation newsletter, website, and social media.
For any questions, please contact us at team@luciefoundation.org
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