Last week my underwater beauty series "Thermocline" won the Beauty category of the International Photo Awards.

The 2009 International Photographer of the Year, Discovery of the Year, and Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year will be announced at the 2009 Lucie Awards. The finalists’ work will also be screened at the event, which will be held at the Alice Tully Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York on October 19.