IPA Newsletter-may 05


May 2005 2005 IPA Competition Call for Entries Save the Date: 3rd Annual Lucie Awards on October 17, 2005 in New York City MARRIGJE DE MAAR - the winner of the 2004 IPA New Discovery of the Year Award exhibits at the FARMANI GALLERY of Contemporary Photography, Friday - May 6th, 6:00-9:00 pm Look for LUCIES at Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival - France, Sante Fe Workshops and Photo San Francisco. The 2005 International Photography Awards Call for Entries deadline is fast approaching - May 31, 2005. Send us your best work today! www.photoawards.com The 2005 International Photographer of the Year™ and the New Discovery of the Year winners will be announced at the annual Lucie Awards gala ceremony on October 17, 2005 at the American Airlines Theater in New York City. Due to overwhelming requests, the work of all fifteen major category winners will be announced at the Lucie Awards gala ceremony in New York and will be presented with a certificate of achievement. Those top category winners will then compete for IPA's highest honors: The 2005 International Photographer of the Year™, which includes the $10,000 cash prize and the coveted Lucie and the New Discovery of the Year, which includes the $2,000 cash prize and the Lucie. Seize the Opportunity. Thousands of photographers from all over the globe compete in the annual International Photography Awards (IPA). Two competitions - professional and non-professional - are judged by a panel of international photography industry influentials. Fifteen finalists (eight professionals and seven non-professionals) are nominated for IPA's top award: The International Photographer of the Year Award™. Those fifteen are invited to attend the Lucie Awards Gala, where one hopeful will be announced as the winner, earning the coveted Lucie and a cash prize of $10,000. In addition, the seven non-professional finalists will compete for the New Discovery of the Year Award, for which one will win the Lucie and $2,000. For Maximum Exposure. The exclusive and glamorous Lucie Awards Gala celebrates the world's photography masters. The biggest names in photography attend. Once-in-a-lifetime business relationships are forged. Where else will you meet internationally renowned photographers, photography agents, art directors, museum directors, photo editors, and gallery owners in one room? The work of all winners will be published in the high-quality, full-color, hardcover Annual International Photography Awards Book. A selection of forty images will be displayed in a "Best of the Show" and exhibited in the prestigious Farmani Gallery in Los Angeles. Get the Recognition You Deserve. The two Award winners receive the revered Lucie, the ultimate emblem of elite and unique photographic talent. The Lucie affords immense career strides. It opens doors to previously impenetrable markets. Marrigje de Maar, a previously undiscovered talent from the Netherlands, won the 2004 New Discovery of the Year Award last year and is now exhibiting her work worldwide. Seize this opportunity for maximum exposure and get the recognition you deserve. Enter the International Photography Awards competition today. Deadline to enter is May 31st, 2005. Save the date: 2005 Lucie Awards on October 17th in New York City The 2005 Lucie Awards will take place on the evening of October 17th at the American Airlines Theater in New York City. “The movie industry has its Oscars, and now the photography community has its Lucies,” says acclaimed photographer Douglas Kirkland. This unique ceremony will salute the achievements of the world's finest photographers with awards presented in categories that include fashion, documentary, photojournalism, advertising, portraiture, entertainment, fine art, and lifetime achievement. The International Photography Awards Advisory Board will announce this year's Lucie Awards recipients and nominees in September. Stay tuned! For additional information on the Photo Awards, please visit www.photoawards.com MARRIGJE DE MAAR of The Netherlands: MARRIGJE DE MAAR the winner of the 2004 IPA New Discovery of the Year Award will be showing her latest work "At Home" MAY 6 - MAY 31, 2005 RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST FRIDAY, MAY 6, 6-9 pm FARMANI GALLERY: 844 ROBERTSON BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90035 TEL (310) 659-0122 Marrigje de Maar decided to go to art school when she was 54. She graduated in painting and photography in June 2004. Her images of Russia had already received several important Dutch photography prizes when she was given the prestigious Lucie Award for the 2004 "New Discovery of the Year" Award. She holds an MA in social sciences from the University of Rotterdam(1968). Marrigje de Maar has already exhibited in Holland, Finland and Japan. She is slated to exhibit in Russia, 2006. This exhibition, in large part, is made possible by the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. Look for Lucies at Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival - France, Sante Fe Workshops and Photo San Francisco. IPA and the LUCIES recently sponsored a standing room only roundtable workshop at the San Diego PIDE event in April, presented by Women In Photography International. Look for us at France's Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival which draws thousands of photographers and photographer enthusiasts from all around the globe. In addition, the LUCIES will be sponsoring an event in July with the Santa Fe Workshops and this summer with Stephen Cohen's Photo San Francisco. Hope to see you there! 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2005 IPA Competition Call for Entries
Save the Date: 3rd Annual Lucie Awards on October 17, 2005 in New York City
MARRIGJE DE MAAR - the winner of the 2004 IPA New Discovery of the Year Award exhibits at the FARMANI GALLERY of Contemporary Photography, Friday - May 6th, 6:00-9:00 pm
Look for LUCIES at Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival - France, Sante Fe Workshops and Photo San Francisco.

The 2005 International Photography Awards Call for Entries deadline is fast approaching - May 31, 2005.

Send us your best work today! www.photoawards.com

The 2005 International Photographer of the Year™ and the New Discovery of the Year winners will be announced at the annual Lucie Awards gala ceremony on October 17, 2005 at the American Airlines Theater in New York City.

Due to overwhelming requests, the work of all fifteen major category winners will be announced at the Lucie Awards gala ceremony in New York and will be presented with a certificate of achievement. Those top category winners will then compete for IPA's highest honors: The 2005 International Photographer of the Year™, which includes the $10,000 cash prize and the coveted Lucie and the New Discovery of the Year, which includes the $2,000 cash prize and the Lucie.

Thousands of photographers from all over the globe compete in the annual International Photography Awards (IPA). Two competitions - professional and non-professional - are judged by a panel of international photography industry influentials.

Fifteen finalists (eight professionals and seven non-professionals) are nominated for IPA's top award: The International Photographer of the Year Award™. Those fifteen are invited to attend the Lucie Awards Gala, where one hopeful will be announced as the winner, earning the coveted Lucie and a cash prize of $10,000. In addition, the seven non-professional finalists will compete for the New Discovery of the Year Award, for which one will win the Lucie and $2,000.

The exclusive and glamorous Lucie Awards Gala celebrates the world's photography masters. The biggest names in photography attend. Once-in-a-lifetime business relationships are forged. Where else will you meet internationally renowned photographers, photography agents, art directors, museum directors, photo editors, and gallery owners in one room?

The work of all winners will be published in the high-quality, full-color, hardcover Annual International Photography Awards Book. A selection of forty images will be displayed in a "Best of the Show" and exhibited in the prestigious Farmani Gallery in Los Angeles.

The two Award winners receive the revered Lucie, the ultimate emblem of elite and unique photographic talent. The Lucie affords immense career strides. It opens doors to previously impenetrable markets. Marrigje de Maar, a previously undiscovered talent from the Netherlands, won the 2004 New Discovery of the Year Award last year and is now exhibiting her work worldwide.

Seize this opportunity for maximum exposure and get the recognition you deserve. Enter the International Photography Awards competition today.

The 2005 Lucie Awards will take place on the evening of October 17th at the American Airlines Theater in New York City. “The movie industry has its Oscars, and now the photography community has its Lucies,” says acclaimed photographer Douglas Kirkland. This unique ceremony will salute the achievements of the world's finest photographers with awards presented in categories that include fashion, documentary, photojournalism, advertising, portraiture, entertainment, fine art, and lifetime achievement.

The International Photography Awards Advisory Board will announce this year's Lucie Awards recipients and nominees in September. Stay tuned!

For additional information on the Photo Awards, please visit www.photoawards.com

MARRIGJE DE MAAR the winner of the 2004 IPA New Discovery of the Year Award will be showing her latest work "At Home" MAY 6 - MAY 31, 2005

FARMANI GALLERY: 844 ROBERTSON BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90035 TEL (310) 659-0122

Marrigje de Maar decided to go to art school when she was 54. She graduated in painting and photography in June 2004. Her images of Russia had already received several important Dutch photography prizes when she was given the prestigious Lucie Award for the 2004 "New Discovery of the Year" Award. She holds an MA in social sciences from the University of Rotterdam(1968).

Marrigje de Maar has already exhibited in Holland, Finland and Japan. She is slated to exhibit in Russia, 2006. This exhibition, in large part, is made possible by the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.

Look for Lucies at Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival - France, Sante Fe Workshops and Photo San Francisco.

IPA and the LUCIES recently sponsored a standing room only roundtable workshop at the San Diego PIDE event in April, presented by Women In Photography International. Look for us at France's Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival which draws thousands of photographers and photographer enthusiasts from all around the globe. In addition, the LUCIES will be sponsoring an event in July with the Santa Fe Workshops and this summer with Stephen Cohen's Photo San Francisco. Hope to see you there!

IPA Sponsored by: AtEdge, LowePro, Brightscreen, Blackbook, Workbook, PDN, Graphis, Los Angeles Photo, PlanetPoint, AGFA, Equinox, APA - Advertising Photographers of America, SPE - Society for Photographic Education, CAPA - Canadian Association for Photographic Art, SMPSP - Society of Motion Pictures Still Photographers, WIPI - Women In Photography International, ASMP - American Society of Media Photographers, NAPP - National Association of Photoshop Professionals, Stonestreet, Archipel, American Photo Magazine, Popular Photography Magazine, Professional Photographer Magazine, Peterson Photography, Shutterbug Magazine, Photopresse Magazine, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, Venice Magazine, LFI, PHOTO (France) Magazine, Shutterbug Magazine, Apogee Magazine, The Times Journal of Photography and Black and White Magazine and Freshlists.