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International Photography Award Winners 2011

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 09:15 PM PDT

The International Photography Award winners and finalists have been announced and as usual, they're downright impressive. The IPAs are sponsored by the Lucie Foundation , whose mission is to discover innovative photography, honor great photographers, and promote photography in general. This year, they received 8,000 submissions. A whopping 70 jurors judged these submissions. Here are 41 of some of the best winning photos.

"5th Ave. Fix"
Lorin Crosby

"Five Minutes in Santa Fe"
Michael Crouser

"Burning Peak"
Rafael Rojas

" Magic World"
Name: Adam Balcerek, Poland

"Noorderlicht, Spitsbergen, Norway"
Philip Harvey

"A Night in Tahrir Square"
Jacopo Quaranta

"Friends"
Joanna Borowiec

"Nouakchott opus incertum"
Philippe Bernard

"Afghan Heroin: Not for Export"
Thomas Stanworth

"Gatorade Natural"
Brian Kuhlmann

"Our Oceans Aren't The Only Ones In Danger"
Adam Taylor

"Agent Orange"
Ed Kashi

"Go, My Beauty"
Gordon Welters

"Pastoral Scene"
Nikolas Despiniadis

"Black River"
Michael Mullady

"Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out"
Edmund Clark

"Pure Blood"
Ximena Etchart

"Buddies"
Serhat Demiroglu

"Gulf Oil Spill"
Daniel Beltra

"Remote Control"
Claudio Allia

"Chicago"
Ball & Albanese

"Heinz"
Maurice Heesen

"Strange Things Are Smoking"
Karen Divine

"Cold Places"
Sue Flood

"Innocence"
Claudio Allia

"Surplus"
Michael Krebs

"Desertic City"
Joanne Pouzenc

"Tibetan Monastery Kitchens"
Marrigje De Maar

"Docklands"
Rafal Krol

"Under Water Lilies"
William Scully

"Drough and Flooding Rains"
Melissa Powell

"Let Them Eat Cake"
John Wright

"Warsaw Chopin Airport"
Kacper Kowalski

"Langstrand"
Ulrike Klumpp

"Where Ships Were Born"
Paul Alexander Knox

"ELEMENTARZ"
Karolina Karlic

"Wild Card (1)"
Russ Lamoureux

"Geezz"
Lennette Newell

"Yangtze - The Long River"
Nadav Kander

"Nazi Americana"
Julie Platner

"Our Oceans Aren't The Only Ones In Danger"
Adam Taylor

Kurt Cobain's Daughter is All Grown Up

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:19 PM PDT

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter turns 19 next week and in this new photoshoot, Frances Bean Cobain is looking gorgeous than ever!

Designer and photographer Hedi Slimane posted these photographs of Frances on his website, showing her in glorious black and white. By the way, I do not condone smoking, but this picture is just too cool!