Infinity Awards

The Infinity Awards were inaugurated in 1985 by the International Center of Photography "to bring public attention to outstanding achievements in photography by honoring individuals with distinguished careers in the field and by identifying future luminaries."

The Infinity Awards ceremony is ICP's primary fund-raising benefit, and the revenues generated assist the full range of the Center's programs, including exhibitions, collections, community outreach, and the ICP School.

The Cornell Capa, Lifetime Achievement, and ICP Trustees Award recipients are specially elected each year. Other recipients are chosen by a Selection Committee from the submissions of an International Nominating Committee, whose members change each year.

The Infinity Award, designed by Louis Dorfsman, is a replica of a sprocketed 35mm film fashioned into an infinity symbol, embedded in a Lucite rectangle and inscribed with the recipient's name. This symbol was chosen "because the possibilities of the photographic medium are virtually infinite."

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List of Awards

*Lifetime Achievement
*Cornell Capa Award
*Getty Images Lifetime Achievement
*ICP Trustees Award
*Master of Photography
*Applied/Fashion/Advertising Photography
*Applied Photography
*Photojournalism
*Art
*Writing
*Publication
*Design
*Young Photographer
*Special Commendations

List of Award Winners

Lifetime Achievement

*2008 - Malick Sidibé
*2007 - William Klein
*2006 - Lee Friedlander
*2000 - Nathan Lyons
*1999 - Harold Evans
*1998 - Naomi Rosenblum and Walter Rosenblum
*1997 - Robert Delpire
*1996 - Cornell Capa
*1995 - John Szarkowski
*1994 - Howard Chapnick
*1993 - Stefan Lorant
*1992 - Carl Mydans
*1991 - Andreas Feininger
*1990 - Gordon Parks
*1989 - Alexander Liberman
*1988 - Edwin H. Land
*1987 - Harold Edgerton
*1986 - Edward K. Thompson

Cornell Capa Award

The Cornell Capa Award (created in 2000) is named after the founder of the ICP, Cornell Capa. Those who have won the award are among the leading documentary photographers of their generation.

*2007 - Milton Rogovin
*2006 - Don McCullin
*2005 - Susan Meiselas
*2004 - Josef Koudelka
*2003 - Marc Riboud
*2002 -
*2001 - Mary Ellen Mark
*2000 - Robert Frank

Getty Images Lifetime Achievement

*2005 - Bruce Weber
*2004 - William Eggleston
*2003 - Bernd and Hilla Becher
*2002 - Michael E. Hoffman (1942-2001)/Aperture Foundation
*2001 - Roger Therond

ICP Trustees Award

*2008 - Diane Keaton
*2007 - Karl Lagerfeld
*2006 - Getty Images/Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein

Master of Photography

*1999 - Arnold Newman
*1998 - Roy DeCarava
*1997 - Helen Levitt
*1996 - Horst P. Horst
*1995 - Eve Arnold
*1994 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
*1993 - Richard Avedon
*1992 - Lennart Nilsson
*1991 - Harry Callahan
*1990 - Yousuf Karsh
*1989 - Berenice Abbott
*1988 - Alfred Eisenstaedt
*1987 - Manuel Alvarez-Bravo
*1986 - Hiroshi Hamaya
*1985 - André Kertész

Applied/Fashion/Advertising Photography

*2008 - Craig McDean
*2007 - Gap
*2006 - Steven Meisel

Applied Photography

*2005 - Deborah Turbeville
*2004 - Alison Jackson
*2003 - Thái Công
*2002 - RJ Muna
*2001 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia
*2000 - Hubble Heritage Project
*1999 - Julius Shulman
*1998 - Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
*1997 - David LaChapelle
*1996 - Wolfgang Volz
*1995 - Josef Astor
*1994 - Bruce Weber
*1993 - Geof Kern
*1992 - Oliviero Toscani
*1991 - Herb Ritts
*1990 - Annie Leibovitz
*1989 - Joyce Tenneson
*1988 - Guy Bourdin
*1987 - Jay Maisel
*1985 - Sarah Moon

Photojournalism

*2008 - Anthony Suau
*2007 - Christopher Morris, "My America"
*2006 - Yuri Kozyrev
*2005 - The New Yorker
*2004 - Simon Norfolk
*2003 - Alex Majoli
*2002 - Tyler Hicks
*2001 - Luc Delahaye
*2000 - James Nachtwey
*1999 - Alexandra Boulat
*1998 - Steve Hart
*1997 - Mary Ellen Mark
*1996 - Lise Sarfati
*1995 - Gilles Peress
*1994 - Hans-Jurgen Burkard
*1993 - James Nachtwey
*1992 - Christopher Morris
*1991 - Antonin Kratochvil
*1990 - Jacques Langevin
*1989 - James Nachtwey
*1988 - Sebastião Salgado
*1987 - Eugene Richards
*1986 - Sebastião Salgado
*1985 - Alberto Venzago

Art

*2008 - Edward Burtynsky
*2007 - Tracey Moffatt
*2006 - Thomas Ruff
*2005 - Loretta Lux
*2004 - Fiona Tan
*2003 - Zarina Bhimji
*2002 - Shirin Neshat
*2001 - Andreas Gursky
*2000 - Adam Fuss
*1999 - Hiroshi Sugimoto
*1998 - Sigmar Polke
*1997 - Christian Boltanski
*1996 - Annette Messager
*1995 - Clarissa T. Sligh
*1994 - Cindy Sherman
*1993 - Anselm Kiefer
*1992 - Mike and Doug Starn
*1991 - Duane Michals
*1990 - Chuck Close
*1989 - Arnulf Rainer
*1988 - Georges Rousse and Joel-Peter Witkin
*1987 - Robert Rauschenberg
*1986 - Lucas Samaras
*1985 - David Hockney

Writing

*2008 - Bill Jay
*2007 - David Levi Strauss
*2006 - Geoff Dyer
*2005 - Vince Aletti
*2004 - Susan Sontag
*2003 - Sara Stevenson
*2002 - Ariella Azoulay
*2001 - Eugenia Parry
*2000 - Andy Grundberg
*1999 - John Morris
*1998 - Robert Coles
*1997 - Vicki Goldberg
*1996 - A.D. Coleman
*1995 - Deborah Willis
*1994 - Maria Morris Hambourg and Pierre Apraxine
*1993 - Arthur C. Danto
*1992 - Alan Trachtenberg
*1991 - Anna Fárová
*1990 - Max Kozloff
*1989 - John Szarkowski
*1988 - Peter Galassi

Publication

*2008 - "An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar". Taryn Simon.
*2007 - "Sommes-Nous?". Tendance Floue.
*2006 - "Things As They Are, Photojournalism in Context Since 1955". Chris Boot Ltd.
*2005 - "Lodz Ghetto Album: Photographys by Henryk Ross". Chris Boot Ltd.
*2004 - "Diane Arbus: Revelations", Doon Arbus and Elizabeth Sussman. Random House.
*2003 - "Hide That Can", Deirdre O'Callaghan. Trolley Ltd.
*2002 - "Kiosk: A History of Photojournalism", Robert Lebeck and Bodo von Dewitz. Steidl.
*2001 - "Unclassified: A Walker Evans Anthology", Jeff L. Rosenheim and Douglas Eklund. Scalo.
*2000 - "Sumo", Helmut Newton. Taschen.
*1999 - "Juárez: The Laboratory of Our Future", Charles Bowden. Aperture.
*1998 - "REQUIEM by the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina", Horst Faas and Tim Page, Editors. Random House.
*1997 - "The Killing Fields", Chris Riley and Douglas Niven, Editors. Twin Palms Publishers.
*1996 - "The Silence", Gilles Peress. Scalo.
*1995 - "Americans We, Photographs and Notes", Eugene Richards. Aperture.
*1994 - "Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age", Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Wanick Salgado. Aperture.
*1993 - "The New York School of Photographs 1936-1963", Jane Livingston. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc.
*1992 - "Passage", Irving Penn. Alfred A. Knopf and Callaway Editions.
*1991 - "Unguided Tour", Sylvia Plachy. Aperture.
*1990 - "On the Art of Fixing a Shadow". Bulfinch Press.
*1989 - "Exiles", Josef Koudelka. Centre National de la Photographie.
*1988 - "Desert Cantos", Richard Misrach. University of New Mexico Press.
*1987 - "New York to Nova Scotia", Robert Frank. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
*1986 - "Let Truth Be the Prejudice", W. Eugene Smith. Aperture.
*1985 - "Photo Poche". Centre National de la Photographie.

Design

*1999 - Bart Houtman and Guido van Lier
*1998 - J. Abbott Miller
*1997 - Chip Kidd
*1996 - Markus Rasp
*1995 - Yolanda Cuomo
*1993 - David Carson
*1992 - Gunter Rambow
*1991 - Gran Fury
*1989 - Michael Rand
*1988 - Werner Jeker
*1987 - Hans-Georg Pospischil
*1986 - Alan Richardson

Young Photographer

*2008 - Mikhael Subotzky
*2007 - Ryan McGinley
*2006 - Ahmet Polat
*2005 - Tomás Munita
*2004 - Tomoko Sawada
*2003 - Jonas Bendiksen
*2002 - Lynsey Addario
*2001 - Elinor Carucci
*2000 - Zach Gold
*1999 - Nicolai Fuglsig
*1998 - Michael Ackerman
*1997 - Lauren Greenfield
*1996 - Eva Leitolf
*1995 - Sean Doyle
*1994 - Fazal Sheikh
*1993 - Nick Waplington
*1992 - Klaus Reisinger
*1991 - Walter Dhladhla
*1990 - Miro Svolik
*1989 - Pablo Cabado
*1988 - Marc Trivier
*1987 - Paul Graham
*1986 - Anthony Suau
*1985 - Masaaki Miyazawa

Special Commendations

"The following individuals have also been recognized for significant contributions to photography."

*2002 - Special Recognition, The New York Times, "Portraits of Grief"
*1999 - Special Award, Professor L. Fritz Gruber
*1994 - Special Citation, Charles Kuralt
*1991 - Special Citation, Kazuo Suzuki
*1990 - Curatorial Achievement, Grace Mayer
*1988 - Certificate of Merit, Wu Yinxian

ee also

*International Center of Photography
*Cornell Capa

External links

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