Jurors
Critical Mass 2017 Jurors!
*Denotes Pre-screening Juror
*Kyohei Abe, Director and Chief Curator, Detroit Center for Creative Photography
*Tuula Alajoki, Festival Director and Curator, Backlight Photo Festival
Anna Alexander, Director of Photography, Wired Magazine
Peg Amison, Artistic Director, East Wing
Phil Anderson, Founder and Editor, Of The Afternoon
Christina Androulidaka, Founder and Director, Can Gallery
Regina Anzenberger, Founder, Anzenberger Agency and Gallery
Elizabeth Avedon, Curator and Writer, L’Oeil de la Photographie
Simon Bainbridge, Editor and Editorial Director, British Journal of Photography and Aptitude
James Barker, Director, PhotoPlace Gallery
*Zemie Barr, Owner/Curator and Exhibitions Manager, Wolff Gallery and Blue Sky Gallery
Sam Barzilay, Creative Director, United Photo Industries Inc
Douglas Beasley, Publisher, Shots Magazine
Alexa Becker, Acquisition Editor, Kehrer Verlag Publishers
Nathalie Belayche, Founder and Curator, Food For Your Eyes
*Mary Bisbee-Beek, Director, READ/SEE Publicity and Marketing
Maia Boboia + Alexandra Gibbs, Junior Agents, Eye Forward Agency
Ellee Bokharachi, Associate Director, Tilt Gallery
Liz Bordow, Art Director, Palm Press
Howard Bossen, Photography Curator, Michigan State University Museum
David Bram, Founding Editor and Publisher, Fraction
Pete Brook, Editor/Curator, Prison Photography/Prison Obscura
Dr. Elizabeth Brown, Independent Curator, Core Faculty, Photographic Center Northwest
Leslie K. Brown, Independent Curator
Kate Bubacz, Deputy Photo Director, Buzzfeed News
Paul Buckley, Senior VP Executive Creative Director, Penguin Random House
Susan Burnstine, Columnist, Black and White Photography Magazine
Tim Carpenter, Publisher, TIS Books
Alessandra Capodacqua, Independent Curator, Professor of Photography at NYU Florence
Zora Carrier, Executive Director, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
*Carlos Carvalho, Director, FestFoto International Festival of Photography
Giangiacomo Cirla, Editor-in-Chief, PHROOM Magazine
Kathleen Clark, Editor and Independent Curator
Stacey Clarkson James, Art Director, Harper’s Magazine
Patricia Conde Juaristi, Director, Patricia Conde Galeria
Linda Connor, Founder and President, PhotoAlliance
Daniel Cooney, Director, Daniel Cooney Fine Art
Alyssa Coppelman, Independent Photo Editor
Elizabeth Corden & Jan Potts, Co-Founders, Corden Potts Gallery
Catherine Couturier, Director, Catherine Couturier Gallery
Melanie Craven, Director, Tilt Gallery
Taylor Curry, Co-Founder, AINT BAD
Mia Dalglish, Curator, Pictura Gallery
*Karen Davis, Co-Director, Davis Orton Gallery
Ashlyn Davis, Executive Director, Houston Center for Photography
Jennifer DeCarlo, Director, JDC Fine Art
Luca Desienna, Editor, Gomma Books Ltd.
*Crista Dix, Founding Director, Wall Space Gallery
Maggie Downing, Manager of Collections and Exhibitions, MOPA
Dustin Drankoski, Photo Director, Mashable
Janice Driesbach, Consulting Curator, Akron Art Museum
Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Independent Curator and Consultant
Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography
Heidi Erdmann, Founder and Director, The Photographers Gallery ZA
JJ Estrada, Director, La Fototeca
Liza Faktor, Co-Chief of Content/Co-Founder, Screen
Joshua Farr, Gallery Director, Vermont Center for Photography
*Andrew Fedynak, Owner and Publisher, Zatara Press
Jon Feinstein, Co-Founder, Humble Arts Foundation
Kayt Fitzmorris, Artist Representative, Redeye Represents
*Roy Flukinger, Senior Research Curator, Harry Ransom Center
Harris Fogel, Director, Sol Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts
Michael Foley, Director, Foley Gallery
Yoav Friedlander & Dana Stirling, Founding Editors, Float Magazine
Hannah Frieser, Executive Director, The Center for Photography at Woodstock
Jen Friis, Photography Art Historian & Publisher, KATALOG – Journal of Photography & Video
Jenny Gerow, Assistant Curator, BRIC Arts Media
Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director, The Center for Fine Art Photography
Mary Goodwin, Founder and Publisher, Waltz Books
Michael & Chelsea Granger, Directors, LightBox Photographic Gallery
Kris Graves, Director, Kris Graves Projects
William Green, Curatorial Assistant, George Eastman Museum
Kristen Gresh, Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tom Griggs, Founding Editor, Fotoazo
Hava Gurevich, Director, Art2art Circulating Exhibitions
Allie Haeussiein, Associate Director, Pier 24 Photography
Leslie Hammons, Director, Weinstein Gallery
Nick Haymes, Founding Publisher, Little Big Man Books & Gallery
Divya Rao Heffley, Senior Program Manager, Carnegie Museum of Art
Stephanie Heimann, Photo Director, The New Republic
Lydia Hess, Art Director, Amber Lotus Publishing
Lyla Rose Holdstein, Euqinom Projects
Elizabeth Houston, Director, Elizabeth Houston Gallery
Jason Houston, Photography Editor & Advisory Board, International League of Conservation Photographers
Michael Itkoff, Co-Founder, Daylight Books
*Drazenka Jalsic Ernecic, Senior Curator, Koprivnica Museum
*Lisa Janes, Founder and Director, Alibi Fine Art
Ann Jastrab, Independent Curator and Writer, All About Photo
John Jenkins, Publisher, Decode Books
Guo Jing, Art Director, Shangtuf Image and Art Club
Peter Johnson, Founding Director, Captured 52
Todd Johnson, Founding Director, Black Box Gallery
Jessica Johnston, Assistant Director and Curator of Collections, Visual Studies Workshop
Samantha Johnston, Executive Director, Colorado Photographic Arts Center
Gregory Jones, Founding Editor, In the In-Between: Journal of Digital Imaging Artists
Hélène Joye-Cagnard, Director, Journées Photographiques de Bienne
Patricia Karallis, Founding Editor, Paper Journal
Christy Karpinski, Editor, F-Stop Magazine
Mindaugas Kavaliauskas, Director, KAUNAS PHOTO festival
Arlette Kayafas, Director, Gallery Kayafas
Anne Kelly, Gallery Director, Photo-Eye Gallery
*Dennis Kiel, Director, Dishman Art Museum
*Kat Kiernan, Editor-in-Chief, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine
Cathy Kimball, Executive Director, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Deborah Klochko, Executive Director, Museum of Photographic Arts
Debra Klomp Ching, Owner and Director, Klompching Gallery
Sarah Kobos, Photo Editor, Buzzfeed
Michael Kominek, Owner, Kominek Books
Paul Kopeikin, Founding Director, Kopeikin Gallery
*Geoffrey Koslov, President, Foto Relevance
Chris Kovacs, Publisher, Adore Noir Magazine
Angela Krass, Founder, Orange Alloy Consulting
Michelle Lamuniere, Photography Specialist, Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers
Christina Lane, Editor, Visual Stories
Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, Director, The Sheldon Art Gallery
Sharon Lavier O’Keefe, Director, Camerawork Gallery
Pilar Law, Director, Edition One Gallery
Larissa Leclair, Founder, Indie PhotoBook Library
Sarah Leen, Directory of Photography, National Geographic Magazine
Dan Leers, Curator of Photography, Carnegie Museum of Art
Linde Lehtinen, Assistant Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Graham Letorney, Senior Designer, Shutterstock
*Stu Levy, Portland Art Museum Photo Council Board and Photolucida Board
*Ryan Libre, Director, Documentary Arts Asia
*Alejandro Malo, Editor and Independant Curator, ZoneZero
Silvia Mangialardi, Artistic Director, Encuentros Abiertos – Festival de la Luz
Peppa Martin, Founding Director, Truth and Beauty Gallery
Nadja Masri, Head of Photo Editors’ Program, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie
Stacey McCarroll Cutshaw, Curator, Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography
Sandee Mcgee, Gallery Director, Umpqua Valley Arts Association
Lesley Meyer, Photo Editor and Archivist, Annenberg Space for Photography
Kevin Miller, Associate Curator, Southeast Museum of Photography
Blue Mitchell, Publisher, One Twelve Publishing
Dina Mitrani, Founding Director, Dina Mitrani Gallery
*Jeff Moorfoot, Editor, BETA Developments in Photography
Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director, Society for Humanistic Photography (GFHF)
*Laura Moya, Executive Director, Photolucida
Jennifer Murray, Executive Director, Filter Photo
Susan Nalband, Founding Director, 555 Gallery
*Lou Noble, Editor-in-Chief, The Photographic Journal
Maela Ohana, Founder, Archive Collective
*George Olson, Portland Art Museum Photography Council Board
Rodrigo Orrantia, Photography Curator, Institute of International Visual Arts
*Chantel Paul, Gallery Director, SDSU Downtown Gallery
Rick Perez, Art Advisor & Project Manager, O’Connor & Associates Art Advisors
Laura Pressley, Executive Director, Center
Krista Prestek, Director of Visuals, GQ Magazine
Madeline Yale, Photography Specialist and Independent Curator
Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, Artistic Director, Festival of Political Photography
Mary Anne Redding, Assistant Director and Curator, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Rixon Reed, Founding Director, Photo-Eye
Conor Risch, Senior Editor, Photo District News Seattle
Rebecca Robertson, Photo Editor, Photo District News NY
Heidi Romano, Curator and Editor, Unless You Will
*David Rosenberg, Writer and Independent Curator, Photography Magazine and Kinescope Gallery
Dana Salvo, Director, Clark Gallery
Danny Sanchez, Associate Director, Themes+Projects
Eve Schillo, Assistant Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA
Jennifer Schlesinger, Owner and Director, Obscura Gallery
Martha Schneider, Founding Director, Schneider Gallery
*Bill Schwab, Publisher, North Light Press
Randall Scott, Founding Director, Randall Scott Projects
*Rob Schaeffer, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Princeton Architectural Press
*Tina Schelhorn, Galerie Lichtblick, Director
Ariel Shanberg, Independent Curator
Dan Shepherd, Director, Gallery 1/1
Paloma Shutes, Photo Editor, The California Sunday Magazine
Mark Sink, Founding Director, Month of Photography, Denver
Claude Smith, Exhibitions & Fulcrum Fund Program Manager, 516 Arts
Aline Smithson, Founder and Editor, Lenscratch
Christina Spielvogel, Exhibitions Committee, Blue Sky Gallery
Susan Spiritus, Founding Director, Susan Spiritus Gallery
*Elin Spring, Founding Editor, What Will You Remember
Daphne Srinivasan, Associate, Etherton Gallery
Mary Stanley, Founder, Young Collectors Club
Enrico Stefanelli, Founder and Artistic Director, Photolux Festival (Italy)
Nathaniel Stein, Associate Curator, Cincinnati Art Museum
Gordon Stettinius, Founding Director, Candela Books
Jennifer Stoots, Fine Art Appraiser, Stoots LLC
Takeki Sugiyama, Director, Mirage Gallery
Fiona Sweet, Creative Director, Ballarat International Foto Biennale
Scott Thode, Editorial Director, Visura
*Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
Thea Traff, Associate Photo Editor, The New Yorker Magazine
Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Judy Walgren, Editorial Director, ViewFind
Vaughn Wallace, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Magazine
April Watson, Curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Bridget Watson Payne, Senior Editor, Art Publishing, Chronicle Books
Francine Weiss Ph.D, Senior Curator, Newport Art Museum
Amy Dailey Williams, Executive Director, New Orleans Photo Alliance
Peter Wisse, Independent Curator and Editor
Amy Wolff, Co-Founder & Creative Director, CoEdit Collection
Tim Wride, Curator of Photography, Norton Museum of Art
Yuko Yamaji, Curator, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts
Alison Zavos, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Feature Shoot
Del Zogg, Independent Curator
Manfred Zollner, Deputy Editor in Chief, fotoMAGAZIN
