The Inter­na­tional Pho­tog­ra­phy Awards is an annual com­pe­ti­tion that was cre­ated to salute the achieve­ments of the world's finest pho­tog­ra­phers, to dis­cover new and emerg­ing tal­ent, and to pro­mote the appre­ci­a­tion of pho­tog­ra­phy.
Recently, the category winners were announced. Out of the thousands of entries IPA received this year, only the main category winners will move on as finalists to compete for IPA's top award of International Photographer of the Year. The winner will be announced at the annual Lucie Awards which is held at the Lincoln Center, New York on October 24th, 2011. That person will earn the coveted Lucie Statue and a cash prize of $10,000.