International Photography Awards recently announced the honorees and nominees for the 2004 Lucie Awards.

The ceremonies will be held Oct. 18 at the American Airlines Theatre in New York City. Special Tribute presentations will honor Helmut Newton and Francesco Scavullo. Gene Trindl and Henri Cartier-Bresson, recipients of Lucie Awards in 2003, will be remembered, and the winners of the IPA Photographer of the Year and Discovery awards also will be...

The North American Nature Photography Association has announced its award recipients for 2005. Tui de Roy has been named the 2005 Outstanding Photographer of the Year, the association's highest accolade.

A Belgian native who moved to the Galapagos Islands at the age of two, Roy first showcased her work in Audubon magazine, and since has appeared in nature magazines in 25 countries. She also has published two books about...

Bambi Cantrell, of Walnut Creek, Calif., has been recognized by Wedding Portrait Photographers International with the International Photographic Council Leadership Award.

Cantrell's images have appeared in The New York Times, American Photo and Ebony, as well as a number of other publications. She also teaches workshops and seminars at the Santa Fe Workshops, the WPPI convention and...

Magnum photographer Elliot Erwitt was presented with the 2003 Leica Lifetime Achievement Award at a photography exhibition in his honor at the Leica Gallery in New York City late last year.

David Richard Metz, director of professional products at Canon USA, is one of two recipients of the 2003 Joseph A. Sprague Lifetime Achievement Award for Photojournalism, presented during the 58th annual National Press Photographers Association convention in Chicago. Joseph Elbert, assistant managing photo editor at The Washington Post, also was honored with the award for his contribution to photojournalism.

Established in 1949, the Sprague Award was named in honor of the press technical representative for Graflex, who is credited with the design of Big Bertha, Magic Eye and Combat Camera, as well as refinements to the Speed Graphic. Each year, the award is presented to a working photojournalist, as well as an individual who has made considerable contributions to the field of photojournalism. Previous recipients include William Randolph Hearst, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Eddie Adams, Cornell Capa and Marion Post Wolcott.

The 2003 Professional Photographer of Washington Awards were handed out earlier this year in Yakima, Wash. Overall awards were given in four categories: Susan Marsidi won the Russ Clift Trophy for Diversified Aggregate and the Lee Merrill Trophy -- PPW People's Choice for her "Bridge to Paradise"; Kevin Swett took the Alma Grey Trophy for First-Time Entry Highest Aggregate; and Best of Show -- Jurors' Choice went to Judy Horn's "Winter Flight."

The Seattle chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists honored freelance writer Beth Luce at an awards ceremony earlier this year. Luce, who contributes regularly to PhotoMedia was awarded third place for her story on PhotoMedia's Photography Person of the Year, "Gary Braasch: Thinking Globally" (Spring 2002). Other recent credits include two cover stories for Seattle magazine and articles for several regional magazines and university magazines across the country.

New York photojournalist James Nachtwey has been awarded the 2003 Dan David Prize in the Past, Present and Future Time Dimension/Print & Electronic Media category. Best known for his photo essays of war, Nachtwey has traveled all over the world documenting social issues, famine and the plight of the disfranchised. Nachtwey has been a contract photographer with Time magazine...