Photo London & Arles
Rebecca Morse is Curator in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where she recently organized the exhibitions Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld and Larry Sultan: Here and Home. Previous exhibitions include Amanda Ross Ho: Teeny Tiny Woman, Cai Guo-Qiang: Ladder to the Sky, Rodarte: States of Matter, The Artist’s Museum, and Florian Maier-Aichen organized for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) where she was Associate Curator through 2013. She has written about the evolving relationship between photography and sculpture, contemporary photography in Los Angeles, and photography’s changing role in contemporary art beginning in the 1980s.
Elena Boille is deputy editor-in-chief and photo editor of the magazine Internazionale. Boille graduated with a degree in history of art and she co-founded, in 1993, the Italian news magazine Internazionale. She has judged many photo competitions and participated in portfolio reviews; Boille also teaches photo editing workshops and taught a photo editing class at Luiss Business School in Rome.
Sacha Lecca is the Deputy Photo Editor at Rolling Stone magazine, as well as a photographer with over 20 years experience in magazine publishing. Lecca was a photo researcher and then photo editor at Newsweek as well as a photo editor for multiple titles at CMP Media before taking his current position at Rolling Stone.
United Kingdom
Nadav Kander is a London-based photographer, artist and director, known for his portraiture and landscapes. His work is included in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and other galleries and museums. Kander’s work has been published on the cover of The New York Times Magazine, TIME and many other publications. In 2009, he was honored to publish the largest portfolio of work by the same photographer The New York Times Magazine has ever showcased in one single issue.
Kander published his first monograph, Beauty’s Nothing (Arena Editions) in 2001. He followed up the book with numerous catalogues of his work that accompanied exhibitions at Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York; Shine Gallery, London; and Flowers Gallery, London. In October 2009 Kander was announced as the winner of the prestigious Prix Pictet Earth, 2009 for his “Yangtze—The Long River” series. He was chosen from a shortlist of 12 nominees that included Ed Kashi, Andreas Gursky and Naoya Hatakeyama. The award was presented by Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet.
Siobhán Bohnacker is a Senior Photo Editor at The New Yorker, where she commissions original photography for the magazine, and curates on photography for newyorker.com. Prior to joining The New Yorker, she worked as a Photo Editor at The New York Times Magazine and from 2009-2012, worked with NGOs and non-profits, as well as advertising clients, on the production of high-profile portfolios and campaigns. She has served as on-set producer on over 200 photo shoots, most notably, at The White House, for “Going The Distance”, David Remnick’s profile of President Barack Obama (2014), and “Portraits Of Power”, an ASME-winning portfolio of 56 heads of state, photographed at the United Nations and published in The New Yorker in 2009. A Fellow of The Royal Society of The Arts, Siobhán has been a guest lecturer at such institutions as Yale, The Cooper Union, the School of Visual Arts, and has served on the jury for numerous international photo contests.
Kaycee Olsen is a gallery director and appraiser based in Los Angeles, California. Currently she is the director of Von Lintel Gallery in Los Angeles. Olsen has more than a decade of experience in the art business, having served as the owner of Kaycee Olsen Gallery, as well as working at Christie’s, and as a modern and contemporary art dealer. Olsen’s academic training includes a BA in Art History from the University of Southern California and a BA in Liberal Arts, Art History study abroad at the London Metropolitan University as well as MA studies in Art History. Her affiliations include Art Table, and the Photographic Arts Council, with past affiliations at LACMA, the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, and Words Without Pictures.
Christophe Laloi graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la photographie d’Arles, France, in 1996 with a master’s degree in the history of art. After graduation, he founded the Voies Off Festival at the Rencontres d’Arles. He continues to act as artistic director and director of programming at the festival, where he selects more than 60 artists each year from five continents. He organizes portfolio reviews, as well as a variety of exhibitions, and he has been a lecturer at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie d’Arles for ten years. He has also been a reviewer for many festivals in France, Denmark, Turkey, Spain, and England. In 2007, Mr. Laloi opened the Galerie Voies Off, an exhibition space that presents emerging and established photographers throughout the year.
Jim Casper is the editor-in-chief of LensCulture, one of the leading online destinations to discover contemporary photography from around the world. As an active member in the contemporary photography world, Casper organizes annual international photography events, travels around the world to meet with photographers and review their portfolios, curates art exhibitions, writes about photography and culture, lectures, conducts workshops, serves as an international juror and nominator for key awards, and is an advisor to arts and education organizations.
Winner, LensCulture Portrait Awards 2017
Who Enter
| 6 Winners & 8 Jurors‘ picks | 25 Finalists | Editors‘ Picks** | Every Entrant | |
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| $22,000 in Grant Awards | ||||
| Exhibition in Arles and Photo London | ||||
| Visibility with LensCulture Insiders | ||||
| Portrait Awards 2018 Online Exhibition | ||||
| A Series of International Photo Festival Projections | ||||
| Published in The Best of LensCulture, Volume 3 | ||||
| International Press Exposure | ||||
| Opportunity for LensCulture Instagram Takeover | ||||
| Feature Article on LensCulture | ||||
| LensCulture Network Membership | ||||
| Massive Exposure to our Global Audience of 2.8 Million | ||||
| Submission Review by Photo Industry Professional* | ||||
| Engage with the Global Photography Community | ||||
| Opportunities for Immediate Exposure | ||||
| LensCulture Portfolio Account*** |
**Editors’ Picks: During the competition, LensCulture’s editors will curate hundreds of entries for immediate exposure to our global audience through the competition gallery and our Facebook page.
***LensCulture Portfolio Account: Available for all Series entries and 5+ Single entries
3rd Place: $1500
3rd Place: $1000
to receive special distinction and $1,000.
All of the winners, jurors’ picks, and finalists will have their work seen by thousands of photography professionals at the world-renowned Photo London, being held at Somerset House this spring. Images by the selected photographers will be exhibited to gallerists, collectors, and publishers in an exhibition running from May 17-20, 2018.
Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap Cambodia
Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival, Atlanta, GA, United States
Backlight Photo Festival, Tampere, Finland
Balkan Photo Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belgrade Photo Month, Belgrade, Serbia
Biennial of the Possible Image, Liège, Belgium
BredaPhoto International Photo Festival, Breda, Netherlands
Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton, United Kingdom
Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, United Kingdom
Budapest Photo Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Chania International Photo Festival, Chania, Greece
Circulation(s), Paris, France
Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cortona on the Move, Cortona, Italy
DarmStadt Days of Photography, Darmstadt, Germany
Emerging Talents Festival, Rome, Italy
Encontros da Imagem Photography Festival, Braga, Portugal
FestFoto, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes, Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Festival della Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy
Festival Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
Festival Internacional Fotografia Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile
Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL, United States
Focus on the Story International Photo Festival, Washington, D.C., USA
FOCUS Photography Festival, Mumbai, India
FORMAT, Derby, United Kingdom
FOTO SOLO, New York, NY, United States
FOTOFESTIWAL - International Festival of Photography, Lodz, Poland
FotoLeggendo, Rome, Italy
Fotopub Portfolio Review, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Gazebook: Sicily Photobook Festival, Punta Secca, Italy/Sicily
GETXOPHOTO International Photography Festival, Getxo, Spain
Head On Photo Festival, Bondi Beach - Sydney, Australia
Indian Photo Fest, Hyderabad, India
Indian Photo Fest, Madhapur, India
Internationaal Fotofestival Overpelt, Overpelt, Belgium
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival Xiamen, China
Kaunas Photo Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
Krakow Photomonth Festival, Krakow, Poland
Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
Landskrona Foto Festival, Landskrona, Sweden
Liège Photobook Festival, Liège, Belgium
Los Angeles Festival of Photography, LA, CA, United States
LuganoPhotoDays, Lugano, Switzerland
Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, CA, United States
MedPhoto Festival, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Month of Photography Denver, Denver, CO, United States
Mostra São Paulo de Fotografia, São Paulo, Brazil
Obscura Festival, Penang, Malaysia
Odessa Photo Days Festival, Odessa, Ukraine
OFF_festival Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Organ Vida - International Photography Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
PHOTO IS:RAEL, Tel Aviv, Israel
Photo Kyiv, the International Art Fair, Kyiv, Ukraine
Photo Romania Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Photography Festival Bialystok INTERPHOTO, Bialystok, Poland
Photolux Festival. International Biennial of Photography, Lucca, Italy
Photomed, Sanary-sur-mer, France
PHOTOMONTH East London, London, United Kingdom
PhotOn Festival, Valencia, Spain
PhotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia
PondyPHOTO 2016, Pondicherry, India
Porto Photo Festival, Porto, Portugal
Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
San Jose Foto Festival, San Jose, Uruguay
SCAN Tarragona, International Photography Festival, Tarragona, Spain
Street Photo San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tokyo International Photography Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Valongo, Valongo, Santos, Brazil
Vienna PhotoBook Festival, Vienna, Austria
Warsaw Photo Days, Warsaw, Poland
Aaron Schuman, Director/Editor, SeeSaw Magazine, UK
Ada Takahashi, Director, Robert Koch Gallery, USA
Afton Almaraz, Senior Picture Editor, Getty Images, USA
Aida Muluneh, Founder and General Manager, Desta for Africa Creative Consulting PLC, Ethiopia
Alan Taylor, Senior Editor, The Atlantic, USA
Alessandra Capodacqua, Instructor, Photographer and Independent Curator, NYU, Italy
Alessia Glaviano, Senior Photo Editor, Vogue Italia and L'Uomo Vogue, Italy
Alex Webb, Photographer, Magnum
Alexa Becker, Acquisitions Editor, Kehrer Verlag Publishers, Germany
Alona Pardo, Curator, Barbican Art Gallery, UK
Amy Feitelberg, Photo Art Director, Square, USA
Amy Pereira, Photography Director, Curator and Consultant, USA
Amy Wolff, Photo Director, Hearst Digital Media, USA
Andy Greenacre, Director of Photography, Telegraph Magazine, UK
Ángel Luis González Fernández, Founder and CEO, PhotoIreland Foundation, Ireland
Anna Dickson, Visual Lead, Image Search, Google, USA
Anna Goldwater Alexander, Director of Photography, WIRED, USA
Anna Gripp, Editor-in-Chief, Photonews, Germany
Anna Walker Skillman, Owner/Director, Jackson Fine Arts, USA
Anne Bourgeois-Vignon, Executive Creative Director, Culture Trip, UK
Anne Farrar, Director of Photography, National Geographic Traveler, USA
Anne McNeill, Director, Impressions Gallery, UK
Anne Morin, Director, diChroma Photography, Spain
Anne Wilkes-Tucker, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Antony Dickson, Features Photo Editor, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Arianna Rinaldo, Artistic Director, Cortona On The Move, Spain
Ariel Shanberg, Executive Director, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, USA
Azu Nwagbogu, Director, African Artists’ Foundation, Nigeria
Barbara Čeferin, Owner, Galerija Fotografija, Slovenia
Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography, The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
Bernadette Tuazon, Director of Photography, CNN Digital, USA
Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Curator, Photography Specialist, BBD Photography, USA
Bisi Silva, Founder and Director, Centre for Contemporary Art, Nigeria
Bonnie Rubenstein, Artistic Director, CONTACT Photography Festival, Canada
Brett Roegiers, Photo Editor, CNN.com, USA
Brian Paul Clamp, Owner/Director, ClampArt Gallery, USA
Brian Storm, Founder & Executive Producer, MediaStorm, USA
Bronwen Latimer, Senior Photo Editor, The Washington Post, USA
Bruno Ceschel, Director, Self Publish, Be Happy, UK
Carlos Carvalho, Director, FestFoto de Porto Allegre, Brazil
Caroline Hunter, Picture Editor, Guardian Weekend Magazine, UK
Caroline Wall, Director, Robert Mann Gallery, USA
Catherine Edelman, Owner, Catherine Edelman Gallery, USA
Celia Davies, Curator, Arts Council England, UK
Celina Lunsford, Artistic Director & Chief Curator, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany
Charles Guice, Founder/Director, Charles Guice Contemporary, USA
Charlotte Cotton, Curator & Writer, USA
Charlotte van Lingen, Head of Presentation, Museum Het Valkhof, Netherlands
Chelsea Matiash, Senior Editor, Digiital Storytelling, The New York Times, USA
Chris Littlewood, Independent Curator, Christopher Littlewood, UK
Chris Pichler, Founder & Publisher, Nazraeli Press, USA
Christopher McCall, Director, Pier 24 Photography, USA
Christopher Rauschenberg, Founding Member, Blue Sky Photographers' Collective and Gallery, USA
Christy Havranek, Photo Director, Huffington Post, USA
Clare Grafik, Head of Exhibitions, The Photographer's Gallery, UK
Claude Bussac, Director, PHotoEspaña International Festival, Spain
Corey Keller, Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
Corinne Tapia, Director, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, USA
Cristina De Middel, Artist, Juana de Aizpuru, UK
Daphné Anglès, Journalist, The New York Times Paris, France
Daphne Palmer, Director, Fraenkel Gallery
Darius Himes, International Head of Photographs, Christie's, USA
Darren Ching, Owner, Klompching Gallery, USA
David Alan Harvey, Photographer, Magnum Photos, USA
David Campbell, Director, Programs, World Press Photo, Netherlands
David Chickey, Publisher, Radius Books, USA
David Drake, Director, Ffotogallery, UK
David Hurn, Photographer, Magnum Photos, UK
Deborah Klochko, Director, Museum of Photographic Arts, USA
Debra Klomp, Ching Owner/Director, Klompching Gallery, USA
Denise Wolff, Senior Editor, Aperture, USA
Dewi Lewis, Owner, Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
Dimitri Beck, Director of Photography, Polka Magazine, France
Dina Mitrani, Gallery Owner, Dina Mitrani Gallery, USA
Donna Cohen, Photo Director, Bloomberg LP, USA
Dr. Shahidul Alam, Director, Chobi Mela Festival of Photography, Bangladesh
Ed Carey, Director, Gallery 291, USA
Eder Chiodetto, Independent Photography Curator, Brazil
Elena Boille, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Photo Editor, Internazionale, Italy
Elena Firsova, Managing Editor, Foto&Video Magazine Moscow Russian Federation
Elie Domit, Director, East Wing Gallery, Qatar
Elinor Carucci, Photographer, USA
Elisa Medde, Editor, FOAM Magazine, Netherlands
Elissa Curtis, Deputy Photo Director, The Wall Street Journal, USA
Elizabeth Avedon, Independent Curator, Photo Editor, USA
Els Barents, Photo Historian, Writer & Researcher, Els Barents, Netherlands
Emilia van Lynden, Art Consultant, Emilia Van Lynden Art Consultancy, Netherlands
Emma Bowkett, Director of Photography, FT Weekend Magazine, UK
Enrico Bossan, Project Head, Galerrie delle prigioni, Italy
Enrico Stefanelli, Founder, President and Artistic Director, Photolux Festival, Italy
Erik Vroons, Chief Editor, GUP Magazine, Netherlands
Evan Pricco, Editor-in-Chief and Web Editor, Juxtapoz Magazine, USA
Evgeny Berezner, Deputy General Director, ROSIZO State Museum & Exhibition Center, Russia
Felicia Anastasia, Founder & Creative Director, Anastasia Photo Gallery, USA
Fiona Rogers, Chief Operating Officer, Magnum Photos, UK
Fiona Shields, Head of Photography, The Guardian, UK
Francesca Morisini, Photo Editor at Condé Nast Italia
Francis Hodgson, Professor of Photography, University of Brighton, UK
Francoise Callier, Program Coordinator, Angkor Photo Festival, France
Fred Ritchin, Dean of the School, International Center of Photography, USA
Frits Gierstberg, Curator, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Netherlands
Gaia Tripoli, Photo Editor, The New York Times, UK
Gail Marowitz, Creative Director, The Visual Strategist, USA
Genevieve Fussell, Senior Photo Editor, The New Yorker, USA
Gilles Steinmann, Photo Editor, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland
Giulia Ticozzi, Photo Editor, La Repubblica, Italy
Greg Hobson, Curator of Photographs, National Media Museum, UK
Gunther Dietrich, Director, Photo Edition Gallery, Germany
Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director/Curator, The Center for Fine Art Photography, USA
Hannah Watson, Director, TJ Boulting Gallery and Trolley Books, UK
Hideko Kataoka, Director of Photography, Newsweek, Japan
Ian Shive, CEO & Founder, Tandem Stills + Motion, USA
Iata Cannabrava, Photographer & Festival Organizer, Estudio Madalena, Brazil
Ihiro Hayami, Director, Tokyo Institute of Photography, Japan
Ishida Tetsuro, Curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
Jacob Aue Sobol, Photographer, Magnum Photos, Denmark
James Estrin, Photographer/Lens Blog Editor, The New York Times, USA
Jean-Jacques Viau, Digital Marketing Manager, Leica Camera, Germany
Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, USA
Jeff Moorfoot, Editor, BETA Developments in Photography, Australia
Jennifer Blessing, Senior Curator of Photography, Guggenheim, USA
Jennifer Murray, Executive Director, Filter Photo, USA
Jennifer Pastore, Executive Photography Director, WSJ Magazine, USA
Jenny Smets, Director of Photography, Vrij Nederland, Netherlands
Jessica Lim, Director, Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops, Cambodia
Jessie Wender, Photo Editor, The New York Times, USA
Joanna Milter, Director of Photography, THE NEW YORKER
Joanne Junga Yang, Director, Y&G Art, South Korea
Johan Sjöström, Curator of Exhibitions, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden
John Duncan, Editor, Source Photographic Review, UK
Jolene Hanson, Director, The G2 Gallery, USA
Jon Jones, Head of Photography, Tortoise Media, UK
Jorge de la Torriente, Owner / Photographer, De La Gallery, USA
Juli Lowe, Director, Catherine Edelman Gallery, USA
Julien Jourdes, Co-Founder and COO, Blink.la, USA
Kacy Burdette, Photo Editor, Adweek, USA
Karen Davis, Director/Co-owner, Davis Orton Gallery,USA
Karen McQuaid, Curator, The Photographers’ Gallery, UK
Karol Hordziej, Artistic Director, Krakow Photomonth, Poland
Kathy Moran, Senior Editor, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, The New York Times Magazine, USA
Kaycee Olsen, Art Consultant & Fine Art Appraiser, Kevin Barry Fine Art, USA
Kenneth Dickerman, Photo Editor, The Washington Post, USA
Kottie Gaydos, Curator & Editor in Chief, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, USA
Kristen Gresh, Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, USA
Lars Boering, Managing Director, World Press Photo, Netherlands
Laura Moya, Director, Photolucida, USA
Laura Pressley, Executive Director, CENTER, USA
Lauren Ford, Commissioning Director and Producer, Dazed Magazine, UK
Lekgetho Makola, Director, Market Photo Workshop, South Africa
Lesley Martin, Creative Director, Aperture Foundation, USA
Linda Benedict-Jones, Executive Director, Silver Eye Center for Photography, USA
Lisa J. Sutcliffe, Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum, USA
Louise Clements, Artistic Director, Derby QUAD Limited and FORMAT International Photography Festival, UK
Luc Rabaey, Owner, 44 Gallery, Belgium
Lucy Bell, Director, Lucy Bell Fine Art, UK
Lucy Conticello, Director of Photography, M Magazine, Le Monde, France
Maarten Schilt, Publisher & Gallerist, Schilt Publishing & Gallery, Netherlands
Magdalena Herrera, Director of Photography, GEO France, France
Manila Camarini, Photo Editor, D La Repubblica, Italy
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, President & Founder, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film, USA
Marc Prüst, Artistic Director, Photography Consultant and Curator, Netherlands
Marcel Feil, Artistic Deputy Director, FOAM, Netherlands
Marcia Allert, Director of Photography, The Dallas Morning News, USA
Margaret Kelly, Director, Exhibition and Art Fairs, Pace/Macgill Gallery, USA
Margy Dudley, Owner, Open Shutter Gallery, USA
Marion Hislen, Déléguée à la photographie, Ministere de la Culture, France
Mark Murrmann, Photo Editor, Mother Jones, USA
Martin Parr, Photographer, Magnum Photos, UK
Mary Virginia Swanson, Photography Marketing Advisor, Educator, Author, USA
MaryAnn Camilleri, Founder, The Magenta Foundation, Canada
MaryAnne Golon, Director of Photography, The Washington Post, USA
Matthew Craig, Co-Founder and CEO, Blink, USA
Matthew Tucker, Broadcast Journalist/Picture Producer, BBC News Online, UK
Maya Byskov, Project Manager, Centrifuge, Germany
Mazie Harris, Assistant Curator, Getty Museum, USA
Meaghan Looram, Director of Photography, The New York Times, USA
Melissa Ryan, Deputy Director of Photography, Nature Conservancy Magazine, USA
Mia Diehl, Photography Director, Fortune Magazine, USA
Michael Dooney, Director, Jarvis Dooney Galerry, Germany
Michael Famighetti, Editor, Aperture Magazine, USA
Michael Foley, Owner, Foley Gallery, USA
Michael Hoppen, Owner, Michael Hoppen Gallery, UK
Michael Mack, Founder, MACK Books, UK
Michael Weir, Director/Founder, Belfast Photo Festival, UK
Michelle Dunn Marsh, Chief Strategist, Photographic Center Northwest, USA
Miyako Yoshinaga, Director, Mikayo Yoshinga Gallery, USA
Molly Roberts, Senior Photography Editor, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Monica Allende, Artistic Director, GetxoPhoto & Landskrona Foto Festival, UK
Moritz Neumüller, Academic Director of Photography, IED Madrid, Spain
Moshe Rosenzveig, Founder and Director, Head On Photo Festival, Australia
Muhammed Muheisen, Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist, Netherlands
Mutsuko Ota, Editorial Director, IMA magazine, Japan
Nadav Kander, Award-Winning Photographer, UK
Nakamori Yasufumi, Assistant Curator, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA
Natalie Matutschovsky, Photography Art Director, Apple, USA
Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, USA
Newsha Tavakolian, Photographer, Magnum Photos, Iran
Nicolas Jimenez, Director of Photography, Le Monde, France
Oliva Maria Rubio, Directora Artística de La Fábrica, PhotoEspaña
Olivier Laurent, Photography Editor, The Washington Post, USA
Patricia Lanza, Art Consultant & Creative Director, USA
Paul di Felice, Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography, USA
Pavel Banka, Editor in Chief, Fotograf Magazine, Czech Republic
Paweł Szypulski, Curator, Krakow Month of Photography, Poland
Peggy Sue Amison, Artistic Director, East Wing Gallery, Qatar
Phillip Prodger, Senior Research Scholar, Yale Center For British Art, USA
Raffaela Lepanto, Photo Editor/University of the Arts London, UK
Rebecca Morse, Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA, USA
Regina Maria Anzenberger, Founder, Anzenberger Gallery, Austria
Régina Monfort, Photo Editor, FotoEvidence, USA
Richard A. Brooks, Deputy Photo Director, Asia Pacific, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Hong Kong
Richard Renaldi, Photographer, Richard Renaldi Photography, USA
Roger Archibald, Photo Editor, Society of Environmental Journalists, USA
Ron Haviv, Visual Journalist, Filmmaker, Co-Founder, The VII Foundation, USA
Roxanne Behr, Visuals Director, GQ Magazine, USA
Roy Kahmann, Founder & Owner, Kahmann Gallery | GUP Magazine, Netherlands
Rui Prata, Director, Museu da Imagem, Portugal
Ruth Offen, Director/Curator, WaterWorks Gallery, USA
Sacha Lecca, Deputy Photo Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine, USA
Sadie Quarrier, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Sam Barzilay, Creative Director, United Photo Industries and Photoville, USA
Sarah Leen, Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs, Museum of the City of New York, USA
Sean O’Hagan, Critic and Writer, The Guardian and The Observer, UK
Selva Barni, Founder & Editor, Fantom Editions, Italy
Serge Belet, Senior Exhibitions Manager, National Gallery of Canada, Canada
Shoair Mavlian, Director & Curator, PHOTOWORKS, UK
Silvia Mangialardi, Artistic Director, Encuentros Abiertos, Argentina
Simon Bainbridge, Editorial Director, British Journal of Photography, UK
Siobhán Bohnacker, Senior Photo Editor, The New Yorker, USA
Stacey Baker, Associate Photo Editor, The New York Times Magazine, USA
Stephen Mayes, Executive Director, Tim Hetherington Trust, USA
Stephen Perloff, Editor, The Photo Review, USA
Steven Evans, Executive Director, FotoFest International, USA
Sujong Song, Independent Photography Professional, South Korea
Susan Spiritus, Owner, Susan Spiritus Gallery, USA
Susan White, Photography Director, WeWork, USA
Susan Zadeh, Founder/Photography Director, Eyemazing Editions, Netherlands
Taj Forer, Cofounder, Fabl and Daylight Books, USA
Thomas Seelig, Director, Folkwang Museum, Switzerland
Todd Hido, Artist and Photographer, USA
Todd James, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Society, USA
Todd Tubutis, Director, Art Museum of West Virginia University, USA
Tomoka Aya, Owner/Director, The Third EyeGallery Aya, Tokyo, Japan
Ute Noll, Photo Director, Du Kulturmagazin, Germany
Volker Lensch, Photo Editor, Stern Magazine, Germany
Whitney Johnson, VP Visual Experiences, National Geographic, USA
Wim Melis, Curator, Noorderlicht Photography, Netherlands
Xavier Canonne, Director, Musée de la Photographie, Belgium
Xavier Soule, CEO, Agence VU & Gallery VU, France
Yasunori Hoki, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Super Labo Publishing, Japan
Yuko Yamaji, Curator, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
Yumi Goto, Curator, Editor, Publisher, Founder, Reminders Project, Japan
Yuting Duan, Festival Founder and Director, Lianzhou Foto, China
& Benefits Include:
- Permanent Exhibition in the LensCulture Online Gallery: The selected work will be featured in a permanent exhibition in LensCulture’s online gallery. It will be accessible to gallerists, photo editors, and curators from all over the world.
- A Free LensCulture Portfolio Account to Showcase Your Work: Get a FREE LensCulture Portfolio Account when you submit a full series or 5 single images to the Portrait Awards! Our platform offers an easy-to-use, professional-looking display for your photographs.
- LensCulture Network Membership: Winning photographers and the jurors’ picks will receive membership to the LensCulture Network. Network members benefit from entry into all of our annual competitions at no additional cost.
Thank you! This was really a terrific and thoughtful review. It’s tough once you hit a point in your work to get the type of critical review that pushes you forward, and I think you guys do as good a job as I’ve seen given the format and resources (i.e. not an in-person critique or formal portfolio review). In fact, your reviewers’ suggestions on a previous project helped me be named as PhotoLucida finalist in 2016 which led to a show at the Annenberg Space for Photography in LA.
This review helped me much more than I was expecting!! I was a bit lost selecting the photos for this portfolio, and now I have a better idea on what to do and how to proceed with this idea! Again, thank you!!!
Wow! Thank you so much for the review on my submission. I wasn’t sure if submitting my work would be worth the price since I’m an amateur, but to receive the high quality feedback that I did is really a great surprise. It is the kind of honest review that is difficult to find, but it gave me both praise and critique and was very helpful. Thank you to your entire team for delivering a superior experience!
It’s one thing to make the photographs, but to get those pictures in a forum to motivate change: that’s the most important thing. So to win an award from LensCulture—to be on this platform with millions of viewers—no one could ask for something better than that.
Renée ByerPulitzer-Prize Winning JournalistUnited StatesThe exposure on LensCulture generated some interest in this series especially from online publications around the world. My series was featured in AINT-BAD, Lenscratch, Wired Japan, and il Post, among others. Since the award, I have also held a series of solo shows around the US.
Astrid ReischwitzFinalist,
Exposure Awards 2017United StatesThe LensCulture award led to a lot of exposure as well as licensing of the images, a couple of exhibitions, and a ton of interviews, so it has truly been great. A lot of doors have been opened because of this. I'm now starting to work on my next project.
Rasmus DegnbolFinalist,
Exposure Awards 2017DenmarkBecause of the press from the Emerging Talent awards, I had my work featured in the New Journal of Zurich, one of the oldest newspapers in the world. My series was also written about in a number of publications, from Fast Company to Wired. I was also fortunate to show the work at the Aperture Foundation in their Summer Open exhibition, titled “On Freedom.” Next month I’ll be showing at Candela Gallery in Richmond for an exhibition “The Theory of Place.” Lastly, I’m working with Daylight Books on the production of my first monograph due out next summer, "No Man’s Land: Views from a Surveillance State."
Marcus DeSienoEmerging Talent,
Emerging Talent Awards 2016United StatesIt’s been a very good experience for me. I had my photo featured on the BBC and Daily Telegraph and Amateur Photographer websites, amongst others. After the announcement, I also had requests to print the image in two publications (one in France, one in Germany) among other news.
Alan O’RiordanFinalist,
Exposure Awards 2017United KingdomWinning this prize and being selected by Phillip Prodger, Head of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, not only made us happy and gave us international recognition, but it also encouraged us to continue innovating, thinking and doing, going beyond established models and boundaries.
Albarrán CabreraJuror’s Pick,
Portrait Awards 2017SpainWinning has boosted my career and increased visibility. Articles have been published in international publications like The Guardian, HANT Magazine, FemmesPHOTOgraphes Magazine, Het Parool, DIE ZEIT etc. I have been approached by several galleries for solo exhibitions and by Hermitage State Museum in St. Petersburg.
Marinka MasséusWinner,
Portrait Awards 2019NetherlandsBeing selected as a finalist in the Awards brought positive news indeed. I was contacted by several websites and was published in several online publications. The best were National Geographic Travel and Wired! Hypebeast, Highsnobiety, Unrated, and a few other sites published my work as well. I was also really glad to be included in The Best of LensCulture. The Awards definitely helped my project receive exposure! Many thanks!
Sylvain HeraudFinalist,
Exposure Awards 2017FranceAfter the Exposure Awards, my work was published in the following publications: İgnant, My Modern Met, Kwerfeldein, Art Upon, Fotoblogia, Lonely Planet, Fubiz and P3. I also exhibited my work at the following festivals: La Quatrieme Image International Photo Festival in Paris, France, and Shongzhuang Internatioanal Photo Biennale in Beijing, China. Finally, I was also selected as the 1st Prize Winner for The Independent Photographer Documentary Award 2017 as well as a Finalist in The Independent Photographer Emerging Talent Award 2017 and the Documentary Category in the 10th Pollux Awards. Culture Trip also included me in a list of the 10 best Turkish photographers.
Nadir BucanFinalist,
Exposure Awards 2017Turkey‘Red String’ was published in several magazines after winning the LensCulture Award. Thanks to my recent visibility, the work has received very appealing offers, such as a solo exhibition and inclusion in a photo festival.
Yoshikatsu FujiiJuror’s Pick,
Emerging Talent Awards 2016JapanI received a lot of good news, press, and sales after the Portrait Awards!
Medina DuggerWinner,
Portrait Awards 2017Nigeria
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