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The 6th annual Lucie Awards were presented last night at New York's Lincoln Center. This event is often quoted as the "Oscars of photography" and has grown into an impressive, prestigious awards program recognizing excellence in various photography genres, from sports to editorial to the fine-arts.

The following are the awards of particular interest to the fine-art and book community from this year's event.

And the winners are:

BOOK PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
21st Editions | Jamie Baldridge - The Everywhere Chronicles

Other nominees:
Aperture | Richard Misrach - On The Beach

Chronicle Books |Manuel Alvarez Bravo - Photopoetry

Nazraeli Press | Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao - Habitat 7

Powerhouse Books |Helen Levitt - Helen Levitt

Steidl | The Robert Frank Project | Robert Frank - The Americans

PHOTOGRAPHY CURATOR/EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR
Terence Pepper + Vanity Fair Editor David Friend for Vanity Fair Portraits 1913-2008| National Portrait Gallery, London

Other nominees:
Melissa Harris for Josef Koudelka - Invasion 68 : Prague | Aperture Gallery, NYC

Brian Wallis and Cynthia Young for Cornell Capa : Concerned Photographer | International Center of Photography, New York

Virginia Heckert for Bernd and Hilla Becher : Basic Forms | Getty Center, Los Angeles

Jeff L. Rosenheim for Lee Friedlander : A Ramble in Olmsted Parks | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
EyeMazing

Other nominees:
American Photo
Blind Spot
Foam
Focus
Nueva Luz
Photographic Journal
Photography District News

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Last night's pre-announced achievement awards were given to the following photographers and organizations:

Lifetime Achievement
Gianni Berengo Gardin

Achievement in Fashion
Patrick Demarchelier

Achievement in Sports
John Iacono

Achievement in Documentary
Josef Koudelka

Achievement in Portraiture
Herman Leonard

Achievement in Photojournalism
Susan Meiselas

Achievement in Fine Art
Richard Misrach

Achievement in Advertising
Erwin Olaf

Humanitarian Award
Sara Terry
for The Aftermath Project
Presented by Anne Wilkes-Tucker

Spotlight Award
Visa Pour L'Image Festival (Perpignan, Spain)

View Hossein Farmani, Founder and Creator of the Lucie Awards as he describes the formation of the Lucie Awards.

Visit the Lucie Awards website

View the Lucie Awards Press Release announcing the 2008 winners.

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!