2018年LenCulture艺术摄影大奖揭晓，入围和获奖作品一览

上世纪，人们认为摄影属于机械操作，算不得艺术，因为摄影并未像纯艺术一样“提升想象”。在现代艺术推动者，也是摄影师阿尔弗雷德·斯蒂格利茨的推动下，摄影媒介终于走进艺术的殿堂。人们认同照相机跟铅笔和画笔一样都是工具，可以用来创造和捕捉画面。

今天，艺术摄影已经拓展到其他领域，还包括纪录片。

荷兰非营利摄影组织LensCulture此次评出38位获奖者，首次因作品涵盖挑战艺术摄影传统定义的“不同方式即摄影技巧”而授予摄影者奖项。获奖作品发人深省、温情，观念先进且给人启迪。

LensCulture的奖项既有单幅作品也有系列作品。系列作品和单幅作品获胜者以及评委选择奖的获奖者都将获得现金奖金。所有获奖作品、入围作品和评委选择青睐的作品都将收录在LensCulture举办的一场数字展览中，也将于2019年在纽约艺术展馆Aperture Gallery展出。精选的作品还将在2019年全年全球摄影活动中亮相。

本文的组图为此次获奖作品和入围作品。（财富中文网）

译者：Pessy

审校：夏林

Photography was not considered art in the 20th century. Instead, it was considered mechanical because it didn't "elevate the imagination" like fine art does.

Photographer and art promoter Alfred Stieglitz was instrumental in pushing for the medium to be brought into the art world. The camera, like a pencil or a paintbrush, is a tool and can be used to create images as well as capturing them.

Today, art photography has expanded to include other processes, including documentary.

For the first time, LensCulture has given 38 photographers awards for submitting works that covered "different approaches and photographic techniques" that challenge what art photography is. The winning images were thought-provoking, intimate, conceptual, and inspiring.

Awards were given for single images and for series of photos. Cash prizes will be given to the first place winners of the Series and Single Image awards as well as the winners of the Juror's Picks. All winners, finalists, and jurors' picks will be included in a digital exhibition hosted by LensCulture as well as presented at the Aperture Gallery in 2019. The selected work will also be screened at photo festivals worldwide throughout the year.

The gallery shows the winning photos and finalists.