NEW YORK, NY.- The International Center of Photography announced the honorees of the 2015 Infinity Awards including Graciela Iturbide, who will receive the Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement Award at the gala event on Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, in New York City.

“We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2015 Infinity Awards,” said Executive Director Mark Lubell. “We look forward to honoring this incredible group of artists, who demonstrate the range of image-making today. Using tools as diverse as drones, transmedia installations, and a Rolleiflex—they show us the power of the image to offer new perspectives, inspire discussion, and communicate ideas.”

THE 2015 RECIPIENTS

• Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement: Graciela Iturbide

• Art: Larry Fink

• New Media: Question Bridge: Black Males (Chris Johnson, Hank Willis Thomas, Bayeté Ross Smith, Kamal Sinclair & Jesse Williams)

• Photojournalism: Tomas van Houtryve

• Publication: LaToya Ruby Frazier, The Notion of Family

• Special Presentation: Mario Testino

• Trustee: The Lean In Collection, by Getty Images & LeanIn.Org

• Young Photographer: Evgenia Arbugaeva

The Infinity Awards are widely respected as the leading honor for excellence in photography. The awards are also ICP’s largest annual fundraiser and support all of ICP’s programs, including exhibitions, education, collections, and community outreach. Since 1985, the annual ICP Infinity Awards have recognized major contributions and emerging talent in the field. Past winners include Berenice Abbott, Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, David Guttenfelder, André Kertész, Karl Lagerfeld, Annie Leibovitz, Helen Levitt, Mary Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, Daidō Moriyama, James Nachtwey, Gordon Parks, Jürgen Schadeberg, Malick Sidibé, and Ai Weiwei.

More than 500 prominent individuals from the art, business, entertainment, fashion, philanthropy, and photography worlds attend the event each year to celebrate photography, creative expression, and artistic achievement.