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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $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
Circulation(s), Paris, France
Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cortona on the Move, Cortona, Italy
DarmStadt Days of Photography, Darmstadt, Germany
Delhi Photo Festival Portfolio Reviews, New Delhi, India
Encontros da Imagem Photography Festival, Braga, Portugal
Eyes On, Vienna, Austria
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 De Fotografia Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
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
GuatePhoto Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Head On Photo Festival, Bondi Beach - Sydney, Australia
Indian Photo Fest, Hyderabad, India
Indian Photo Fest, Madhapur, India
Internationaal Fotofestival Overpelt, Overpelt, Belgium
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
Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, CA, United States
Month of Photography Denver, Denver, CO, United States
Mostra São Paulo de Fotografia, São Paulo, Brazil
Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, Kobe, Japan
Obscura Festival, Penang, Malaysia
Odessa Photo Days Festival, Odessa, Ukraine
OFF_festival Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Organ Vida - International Photography Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
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
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
Voies Off, Arles, France
Aaron Schuman, Director/Editor, SeeSaw Magazine, UK
Ada Takahashi, Director, Robert Koch Gallery, USA
Adina LoBiondo, Freelance Photo Editor, USA
Afton Almaraz, Senior Picture Editor, Getty Images, USA
Alan Taylor, Senior Editor, The Atlantic, USA
Alessandra Capodacqua, Photographer, Curator and Teacher of Photography/ The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Italy
Alessandro Zuffi, Freelance Photo Editor, Paris, France
Alessia Glaviano, Vogue Italia and L’Uomo Vogue Senior Photo Editor, Events Art Director at Conde Nast, Italy
Alexa Becker, Acquisitions Editor, Kehrer Verlag Publishers, Germany
Aline Smithson, Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Lenscratch, USA
Alison Nordstrom, Independent Scholar/Curator of Photographs, Alison Nordström, USA
Alyssa Coppelman, Photo Editor, Harper’s Magazine, USA
Amber Terranova, Executive Producer, SCREEN Projects, USA
Amy Feitelberg, Photo Art Director, Square, USA
Amy Pereira, Photography Director and Consultant, USA
Amy Wolff, Co-Founder and Creative Director, CoEdit Collection, USA
Andy Adams, Founder & Director, FlakPhoto, USA
Andy Greenacre, Picture Editor, Telegraph Magazine, UK
Ángel Luis González Fernández, Founder and Director, PhotoIreland, Ireland
Ann Jastrab Gallery, Director, RayKo Photo Center, USA
Ann Kendellen, Photographer and Reading Specialist, USA
Anna Dickson, Content and Community Photo Lead, Google, USA
Anna Gripp, Editor-in-chief, Photonews, Germany
Anna Walker Skillman, Owner/Director, Jackson Fine Arts, USA
Anne Bourgeois-Vignon, Global Digital Director, Magnum Photos, UK
Anne McNeill, Director, Impressions Gallery, UK
Anne Morin, Director, diChroma Photography, Spain
Anne Wilkes-Tucker, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, USA
Antony Dickson, Features Photo Editor, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Arianna Rinaldo, Artistic Director, Cortona On The Move, Spain
Ariel Shanberg, Independent Curator and Writer, USA
Audrey Turpin, Production Manager at CENTQUATRE, General Coordinator of Circulation(s) Festival, France
Barbara Čeferin, Owner, Galerija Fotografija, Slovenia
Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography, The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
Bas Vroege, Director, Paradox, Netherlands
Ben Zlotkin, Founder & Director, Edition One Books, USA
Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Curator, Photography Specialist and Arts Advocate, BBD Photography, USA
Bjarke Myrthu, Founder & CEO, Storyfriend and BLIND SPOT INC., USA
Bonnie Rubenstein, Artistic Director, Scotiabank 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, Officer, Multimedia at The Pew Charitable Trusts, USA
Carlos Carvalho, Owner, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Portugal
Caroline Hunter, Picture Editor, Guardian Weekend Magazine, UK
Catherine Edelman, Owner, Catherine Edelman Gallery, USA
Celeste Jovanovich, Sales Director, Fahey/Klein Gallery, USA
Celia Davies, Director, Photoworks, UK
Celina Lunsford, Artistic Director & Chief Curator, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany
Charles Guice, Founder/Director, Charles Guice Contemporary, USA
Charlotte van Lingen, Senior Curator, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
Chelsea Matiash, Senior Photo Editor, The Intercept, USA
Chris Jordan, Studio Manager, Chris Jordan Photographic Arts, USA
Chris Littlewood, Photography Director, Flowers Gallery, UK
Christophe de Jaeger, Programme Manager, BOZAR Photo, Belgium
Christophe Laloi, Artistic Director, Voies Off Arles, France
Christopher Rauschenberg, Founding Member, Blue Sky Photographers’ Collective and Gallery, USA
Clare Grafik, Head of Exhibitions, The Photographer’s Gallery, UK
Corey Keller, Curator at 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, Picture Editor/Bureau Manager, The New York Times Paris, France
Darbe Rotach, Senior Photo Editor, WebMD, USA
Darius Himes, International Head of Photographs, Christie’s, USA
Darren Ching, Owner, Klompching Gallery, USA
David Alan Harvey, Full Member Photographer, Magnum Photos, USA
David Birkitt, Founder, DMB Represents, UK
David Campbell, Director of Communications and Engagement, World Press Photo Foundation, Netherlands
David Chickey, Publisher, Radius Books, USA
David Drake, Director, Ffotogallery, UK
Dr David Kogan Ph.D., Owner, Cinderella Photography, Canada
Deborah Dragon, Photo Producer / Photo Editor, USA
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
Dmitri Beck, Director of Photography, Polka Magazine, France
Donna Cohen, Photo Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek, USA
Ed Carey, Director, Gallery 291, USA
Eder Chiodetto, Independent Photography Curator, Brazil
Eduard Planting, Owner, Eduard Planting Gallery | Fine Art Photographs, Netherlands
Elda Harrington, Owner, Escuela Argentina de Fotografia, Argentina
Elena Firsova, Managing Editor, Foto&Video Magazine, Russia
Elie Domit, Director, East Wing Gallery, Qatar
Elinor Carucci, Teacher of Photography, School of Visual Arts, USA
Elisa Medde, Managing Editor, FOAM Magazine, Netherlands
Elisabeth Biondi, Visuals Editor, Curator, Writer, Teacher, Advisor, Biondi Foto, USA
Elissa Curtis, Deputy Photo Director, The Wall Street Journal, USA
Elizabeth Avedon, Correspondent USA/Reporter, L’Oeil de la Photographie, USA
Elizabeth Johnson, Sr. Photo Editor, CNN Digital, USA
Elizabeth Lapp, Head of Social Marketing, Yahoo, USA
Els Barents, Independent Photo Historian, Writer & Researcher, Els Barents, Netherlands
Emily Adams, Photography Exhibition Specialist, Mexico
Emily Graham, Cultural & Education Manager, Magnum Photos, UK
Emma Bowkett, Director of Photography, FT Weekend Magazine, UK
Enrico Bossan, Photographer
Enrico Stefanelli, Founder, President and Artistic Director, Photolux Festival, Italy
Erik Vroons, Chief Editor, GUP Magazine, Netherlands
Evgeny Berezner, Deputy General Director, ROSIZO State Museum&Exhibition Center, Ministry of Culture of Russia, Russia
Felicia Anastasia, Founder & Creative Director, Anastasia Photo Gallery, USA
Fiona Rogers, Global Business Development Manager, Magnum Photos, UK
Francis Hodgson, Professor in the Culture of Photography at University of Brighton
Francoise Callier, Program Coordinator, Angkor Photo Festival, France
Frazier King, Member of Board and Exhibition Committee, Houston Center for Photography, USA
Freddy Denaes, Publisher, Editions de l’Oeil, France
Frits Gierstberg, Head of Exhibitions/Curator, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Netherlands
Gad Edery, CEO, Gad Collection, France
Gaia Tripoli, Photodesk - Deputy for Business and Assignments, International New York Times, Italy
Gail Marowitz, Creative Director, The Visual Strategist, USA
Garry Sommerfeld, Manager Photographic Services, NGV National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Genevieve Fussell, Senior Photo Editor, The New Yorker, USA
Gilles Steinmann, Photo Editor, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland
Greg Hobson, Curator of Photographs, National Media Museum, UK
Gregory Eddi Jones, Founding Editor, In the In-Between, USA
Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director/Curator, The Center for Fine Art Photography, USA
Hannah Watson, Director, TJ Boulting Gallery and Trolley Books, UK
Hélène Joye-Cagnard, Director, Journées photographiques de Bienne, Switzerland
Hideko Kataoka, Director of Photography, Newsweek, Japan
Ian Shive, CEO & Founder, Tandem Stills + Motion, USA
Iatã Cannabrava, Partner, Estúdio Madalena, Brazil
Ihiro Hayami, Director, Tokyo Institute of Photography, Japan
Ishida Tetsuro, Curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
Jacob Aue Sobol, Photographer, MagnumPhotos, Denmark
James Estrin, Photographer/Lens Blog Editor, The New York Times, USA
Jason Landry, Director, New Hampshire Institute of Art, USA
Jeanne Mercier, Editor, Coordinator, and Trainer, Afrique in visu, Morocco
Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, USA
Jeff Moorfoot, Editor, BETA Developments in Photography, Australia
Jennifer Blessing, Senior Curator of Photography, Guggenheim.org, USA
Jenny Smets, Member of the Supervisory Board, World Press Photo, Netherlands
Jeremy Ross, Freelance Photographer
Jessica Lim, Curator & Editor, 111 East Gallery
Jessie Wender, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic, USA
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, Director of Photography, Sunday Times, 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
Karen Davis, Director/Co-owner, Davis Orton Gallery,USA
Karen Downey, Project Manager, Arts Council, Ireland
Karin Bareman, Exhibitions & Projects Organiser, Autograph Abp, Netherlands
Karol Hordziej, President & Art Director, Foundation for Visual Art, Poland
Kathleen Prutting, Manager Photo Editor, CBS Broadcast Network, USA
Kathy Moran, Sr. Editor, Natural History at National Geographic Magazine, USA
Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, The New York Times Magazine, USA
Ken Geiger, Dep. Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Kenneth Dickerman, Foreign Photo Editor at The Washington Post, USA
Kottie Gaydos, Director of Operations & Curator, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, USA
Kris Graves, Studio Manager and Photographer, Guggenheim Museum, USA
Krzysztof, Candrowicz Director at Lodz Art Center, and Member of Fotoestiwal Collective, Poland
Kurt Mutchler, Senior Science Photo Editor, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Lars Boering, Managing Director, World Press Photo, Netherlands
Laura Pressley, Executive Director, CENTER, USA
Laura Serani, Artistic Director, Photography Residence Foundation Treilles, France
Lauren Ford, Acting Photographic Editor, asos.com, UK
Linda Benedict-Jones, Executive Director, Silver Eye Center for Photography, USA
Lisa J. Sutcliffe, Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum, USA
Lizzy Oppenheimer, Senior Photo Editor, InStyle, 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
Maarten Schilt, Publisher and Gallerist, Schilt Publishing & Gallery, Netherlands
Magdalena Herrera, Director of Photography, GEO France, France
Maja Saphir, Web Photo Editor, Fast Company, USA
Manila Camarini, Photo Editor, D La Repubblica, Italy
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, President/Founder, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film, USA
Marc Prüst, Curator at Noorderlicht Photogallery, Netherlands
Marcel Feil, Deputy Director of Artistic Affairs, FOAM, Netherlands
Marcia Allert, Director of Photography at The Dallas Morning News, USA
Margaret Kelly, Exhibition and Art Fair Manager, Pace/Macgill Gallery, USA
Margy Dudley, Owner, Open Shutter Gallery, USA
Maria Garcia Yelo, Deputy Manager, PHotoEspaña International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, Spain
Marie-Pierre, Subtil Chief Editor, 6 Mois, France
Marion Hislen, Director, Circulations Festival, France
Marisa Schwartz, Taylor Photo Editor, The New York Times, USA
Mark Murrmann, Photo Editor, Mother Jones, USA
Martin Parr, Award-Winning Photographer and Curator, UK
Mary Virginia, Swanson Manager of Institutional Giving, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation, USA
MaryAnn Camilleri, Founder, The Magenta Foundation; Director, Flash Forward Festival, Canada
Matt Shonfeld, Executive Director, Institute for Artist Management, UK
Matt Stuart, Independent Street Photographer, UK
Matthew Craig, Co-Founder and CEO, Blink, USA
Matt Tucker, Picture Editor, BuzzFeed, UK
Mauro Bedoni, Programme Manager at Derby QUAD Limited
Maya Byskov, Artistic Director, The Independent AIR, Germany
Meaghan Looram, Deputy Photo Editor, The New York Times, USA
Melissa Ryan, Director of Photography, Nature Conservancy Magazine, USA
Mia Diehl, Photography Director/Fortune Magazine, USA
Michael Dooney, Director, Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Germany
Michael Famighetti, Editor, Aperture Magazine, USA
Michael Foley, Owner, Foley Gallery, USA
Michael Mack, Founder, mackbooks.co.uk, UK
Michael Weir, Director/Founder, Belfast Photo Festival, UK
Michael Wichita, Director of Photography, AARP, USA
Michael Zajakowski, Features Picture Editor, Chicago Tribune, USA
Michelle Dunn Marsh, Executive Director at Pacific Center Northwest, Founder of Minor Matters Books, USA
Miriam Romais, Marketing & Strategic Development Advisor, Center for Photography at Woodstock, USA
Miyako Yoshinaga, Director, Mikayo Yoshinga Gallery, USA
Molly Roberts Chief, Photography Editor, Smithsonian Magazine, USA and Senior Photography Editor at National Geographic Magazine, USA
Monica Allende, Photography Editor, Curator, and Educator, UK
Moritz Neumüller, Academic Director of Photography Programs, Istituto Europeo di Design, Spain
Moshe Rosenzveig, Director, Head On Photo Festival, Australia
Mutsuko Ota, Editorial Director, IMA magazine, Japan
Natalie Matutschovsky, Senior Photo Editor, Time Magazine, USA
Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, USA
Nathalie Gallon, Director and Curator, Tarfa Project, France
Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director, Museum of Fine Arts Le Locle, Switzerland
Neil Binkley, Creative Director/Founder, BINKLEY +, USA
Newsha Tavakolian, Magnum Photographer, Iran
Olivier Laurent, Editor of LightBox, Time Magazine, USA
Patricia Lanza, Content Director, Annenberg Space for Photography, USA
Paul di Felice, Senior Lecturer (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, UAE
Phillip Prodger, Head of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, UK
Raffaela Lepanto, Photo Editor/Consultant, PhotoFusion Photography Centre, UK
Regina Maria Anzenberger, Founder, AnzenbergerGallery, Austria
Régina Monfort, Photo Editor, FotoEvidence, USA
Richard A. Brooks, Deputy Photo Director for Asia Pacific, Agence France-Presse (AFP), China
Rina Tokura, Editor-in-Chief, IMA Magazine and Concept Stores, Japan
Roger Archibald, Photo Editor, Society of Environmental Journalists, USA
Roger Tooth, Head of Photography, The Guardian, UK
Roman Härer, Creative Director, plainpicture, Germany
Roxanne Behr, Senior Photo Editor, New York Magazine, USA
Rui Prata, Director, Museu da Imagem, Portugal
Rupert Jenkins, Founder and Head of Corrections, Durrington Edits, USA
Ruth Offen, Director/Curator, www.waterworksgallery.com, USA
Sacha Lecca, Deputy Photo Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine, USA
Sadie Quarrier, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society, USA
Sam Barzilay, Creative Director, United Photo Industries, USA
Sara Guerrini, Freelance Photo Editor and Photography Consultant, Italy
Sarah Bonk, Freelance Photo Editor
Sarah Leen, Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, USA
Sarina Finkelstein, Photo Editor, Money Magazine, USA
Scott McKiernan, Founder/Director, ThePicturesofTheDay.com, USA
Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs, Museum of the City of New York, USA
Sébastian Hau, Director, Le Bal Books, France
Selva Barni, Founder & Editor, Fantom Editions, Italy
Serge Belet, Senior Exhibitions Manager / Exhibitions Management, National Gallery of Canada, Canada
Dr. Shahidul Alam, Director, Chobi Mela Festival of Photography, Bangladesh
Silvia Mangialardi, Director, Fotomundo Magazine, Argentina
Simon Lim, Freelance Photographer
Stacey Baker, Owner, Stacey Baker Photographic Artistry, USA
Stephen Mayes, Executive Director, Tim Hetherington Trust, USA
Stephen Perloff, Editor, The Photo Review, USA
Sujong Song, Independent Photography Professional, South Korea
Susan Spiritus, Owner, Susan Spiritus Gallery, USA
Susan Zadeh, Founder/Photography Director, Eyemazing Editions, Netherlands
Suzanne Opton, Photographer/Educator, International Center for Photography, USA
Taj Forer, Cofounder & CEO, Fabl, USA
Tala Skari, Director of Photography, International New York Times, France
Thomas Seelig, Director, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Tiffany Hagler-Geard, Director of Social Media / Staff Photographer/Videographer at Humane Society of New York Inc.
Todd Hido, Photographer, USA
Todd James, Sr. Photo Editor, National Geographic Society, USA
Todd Tubutis, Associate Director, Sheldon Museum of Art, USA
Tomoka Aya, Owner/Director, The Third EyeGallery Aya, Tokyo, Japan
Ute Noll, Photo Director, Du Kulturmagazin, Germany
Valerie Fougeirol, Co-commissioner with Rafal Lawandowski, Asymetria Gallery, France
Vangelis Ioakimidis, Director, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece
Volker Lensch, Photo Editor at Stern Magazine, G&J, Germany
Whitney Johnson, Deputy Director of Photography, National Geographic, USA
Wim Melis, Curator, Noorderlicht Photography, Netherlands
Xavier Canonne, Director, Musée de la Photographie, Belgium
Xavier Soule, CEO of Abvent Group and Gallery VU, France
Yuko Yamaji, Curator, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
Yumi Goto, Financial Analyst at Cushman & Wakefield, USA
Zoe Chun, Communications Director, Kukje Gallery, South Korea
& 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.
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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 LensCulture Award, 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.
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 2017SpainAmong other things, being selected as a Juror’s Pick by Susan White (Photography Director of Vanity Fair magazine) in the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2017 led to representation by a prestigious gallery.
Marinka MasséusJuror’s Pick,
Portrait Awards 2017NetherlandsBeing 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 I was named a finalist in the Exposure Awards, my work was published in the following publications: İgnant, My Modern Met, Kwerfeldein, Art Upon, Fotoblogia, Lonely Planet, Fubiz and P3. My work was also published in two printed magazines: Les Others and Renk.
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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