Jurors
2022 Critical Mass Prescreening Panel:
Elizabeth Avedon, Curator + Writer + Consultant – New York, NY
Elizabeth Avedon is an independent curator, writer, and photo consultant, often contributing to L’Oeil de la Photographie. Former director of Photo-eye Gallery and Creative Director for the Gere Foundation, Elizabeth has received recognition for her curatorial work, exhibition design, and publishing projects, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Amon Carter Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Art Institute of Chicago. She’s juried for the Leica Women Foto Project Awards, the Lucie Photo Book Awards and the Prix Carmignac Fondation Photojournalism Award in Paris. In 2017, Elizabeth received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Griffin Museum of Photography.
elizabethavedon.com | @elizabethavedon
Donna Garcia, Executive Director, Atlanta Photography Group – Atlanta, GA
Donna Garcia is Executive Director of the Atlanta Photography Group and Gallery, a contributing editor for LENSCRATCH, and co-host/co-founder of the Modern Art and Culture Podcast, and teaches workshops nationally. As Executive Director at the Atlanta Photography Group, she oversees the curation of twelve solo or group exhibitions annually, featuring the work by hundreds of international photographers. Ms. Garcia was formally a marketing and art director at Ogilvy, NYC where she initiated strategic and creative development programs around high-profile events, including James Bond’s Skyfall, Coachella, Art Basel, Ultra Miami, World Cup, The Latin Grammys, and the Oscars.
atlantaphotographygroup.com | donnagarcia.com | @donnagarcia23
Julian Lucas, Founder, Mirrored Society + Photolucida Board – Los Angeles, CA
Julian Lucas is a fine art photographer/photojournalist and writer living in Los Angeles. Julian is the founder and owner of Mirrored Society bookstore. His bookstore has published several publications for photographers both nationally and internationally. He most recently organized the Print Pomona Art Book Fair, which was held at the Benton Museum at Pomona College and primarily supports artists, photographers, and smaller galleries. Julian is currently working on an initiative to provide a professional platform to serve as a resource to culturally underserved communities.
mirroredsociety.com | julian-lucas.com | @mirroredsociety
Debra Klomp Ching, Co-Founder, Klompching Gallery – New York, NY
Debra Klomp Ching is the co-owner of the Klompching Gallery — specializing in the exhibition and sale of contemporary fine art photographs. She is also a freelance consultant working with collectors and photographers, an educator with 25+ years experience in formal programs of study, a regular judge of photography awards, and a respected reviewer at select portfolio review events. In 2020 she launched her now sought-after online training webinars, focusing on the creative and business side of making/exhibiting/selling fine art photographs. She is the co-founder of the Fresh Annual Photography Exhibition and the Rhonda Wilson Award.
klompching.com | @klompchinggallery
Lia J. Latty, Founder, Black Is Magazine – Baltimore, MD
Lia J. Latty is a photographer who strives to connect with others in order to share their voices as a collective and initiate dialogue about social issues. Her work has been exhibited in Baltimore, New York, and at MICA, where she recently received her BFA. Lia is also the founder of Black Is, a publication that publishes the stories and work of Black photographers from around the world. Black Is is dedicated to creating a platform to showcase Black photographers whose work speaks to the diversity of Black communities and Black people. The magazine acts as a place of discussion and archival platform, keeping a database of all the Black photographers they interview/share the work of.
Peter M. Krask, Creative Director + Photolucida Board – New York, NY
Peter M. Krask is a creative director, photographer, writer and mentor. He is the Founder and Creative Director of The Creativity Guide which was launched in 2019. He is also a Dedicated Mentor at the New Museum’s incubator of art, design and technology, New Inc. and is an Expert Coach for Columbia University’s CUGrow program. He is on the faculty of the Paris-based International School of Management, and a contributor to a variety of Podcasts including The Forbidden Apple, Beautiful Voyager, Wrote, Problem Solvers, and Why Am I – sharing his expansive knowledge on how artists and entrepreneurs can understand and deepen their creative process.
petermkrask.com | @petermkrask
Sarah Leen, Founder, Visual Thinking Collective – Maine
Sarah Leen is the Founder of the Visual Thinking Collective, a community for independent women photo editors, teachers and curators dedicated to visual storytelling. She became the first female Director of Photography at National Geographic Magazine and Partners in 2013. Leen works with photographers and agencies consulting and editing visual projects and books. She believes in sharing her knowledge through mentoring and teaching photography and photo editing workshops at the Missouri Photo Workshops, the Maine Media Workshops, the Santa Fe Photo Workshops, the Eddie Adams Workshop and the PhotoLux Festival in Lucca, Italy.
visualthinkingcollective.com | @visualthinkingcollective | @roseleen
Federico Estol, Artistic Director, San José Foto Festival – Uruguay
Federico Estol is the Artistic Director of the of San José Foto Festival and the Editor of El Ministerio Ediciones publishing house. He is also a photographer, currently working on long term projects as social visual storyteller in the Latin American region. He has served as a Nominator for World Press Photo, Foam Paul Huf Award and the LOBA Leica Oscar Barnak award as well as a jury member and a reviewer for many international photo festivals in Latin America, Asia and Europe.
sanjosephoto.uy | @sanjosephoto | federicoestol.com
Maya Anner, Independent Curator, Writer + Researcher – Tel-Aviv, Israel
Maya Anner served as the Chief Curator of PHOTO IS:RAEL, the International Photography Festival between 2018-2021. She was previously the curator at ArtLink and has worked at the Photography department at the MoMA and at Tel-Aviv Museum of Art. Maya holds an MA in Art History and a Diploma in Curatorial and Museum Studies from the Tel-Aviv University and is pursuing her PhD in Art History at The Hebrew University. Selected curated exhibitions include: Alec Soth, Sleeping by the Mississippi; Jonas Bendiksen, The Last Testament; and Rafal Milach, The First March of Gentlemen. Maya has served as a juror for Photo Espana, Odesa Photo Days, Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair, Local Testimony, and is a nominator for Prix Pictet.
*Photolucida’s Executive Director, Laura Moya, will also be on the prescreening team.
2021 Critical Mass Finalist Round Jurors:
2022 Juror list is in process = more to come!
Kyohei Abe, Director + Chief Curator, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography
Andy Adams, Director, Flak Photo Projects
Anna Alexander, Director of Photography, WIRED
Peggy Sue Amison, Artistic Director, East Wing, Dubai UAE
Stephanie Amon, Photography Critic, Afterimage
* Maya Anner, Chief Curator, PHOTO IS:RAEL
*Elizabeth Avedon, Curator and Writer, L’Oeil de la Photographie
James Barker, Director, PhotoPlace Gallery
Sam Barzilay, Co-founder + Creative Director, Photoville
Douglas Beasley, Publisher, Shots Magazine
Howard Bossen, Photography Curator, Michigan State University Museum
Harper Brokaw-Falbo, Gallery Manager, Blue Sky + Photolucida Board
Leslie K. Brown, PhD., Independant Curator, Scholar and Educator
Kelly Burgess, Executive Director + Publisher, Too Tired Project
Jessica Burko, Creative Director, Photographic Resource Center
Susan Burnstine, Columnist + Contributor, Black and White Photography Magazine UK
Lesly Deschler Canossi, Educator, Cultural Producer, Co-founder Women Picturing Revolution
Zora Carrier, Executive Director, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
Brie Castell, Independent Curator + Consultant
Lisa Cates, Director, New Orleans Photo Alliance
*Debra Klomp Ching, Co-founder, Klompching Gallery
Giangiacomo Cirla, Editor-in-Chief, PHROOM Magazine
Kathleen Clark, Editor + Independent Curator
Caitlin Clay, Curator of Exhibitions, Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Chloe Coleman, Foreign Photo Editor, The Washington Post
Coco Conroy, Gallery Director, Jackson Fine Art
Alyssa Coppelman, Independent Photo Editor
Erik Robert Dallimore, Founder, Leon Gallery
Karen David, Co-Director, Davis Orton Gallery
Jennifer DeCarlo, jdc Fine Art
Luca Desienna, Editor, Gomma Books/Gomma Grant
Stephanie Dowda DeMer, Executive Director, Atlanta Celebrates Photography
Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography
Dustin Drankoski, Independent Curator/Creative Director
Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography
Heidi Erdmann, Director, Erdmann Contemporary
*Federico Estol, Creative Director, SAN JOSÉ FOTO Festival
Nancy Farese, Founder, Catchlight
Andrew Fedynak, Publisher + Designer, Zatara Press
Angela Ferreira, Artistic Director, Museu de Fotografia, Fortaleza
Elizabeth Flinsch, Editor, Shots Magazine + Photolucida Board
Yoav Friedlander + Dana Sterling, Founding Editors, Float Magazine
Jens Friis, Photo Art Historian + Publisher, KATALOG – Journal of Photography & Video
Gianluca Gamberini, Publisher, L’Artiere Edizioni
*Donna Garcia, Executive Director, Atlanta Photography Group + Gallery
Pascale Georgiev, Publisher + Editorial Director, Atelier Editions
Alessia Glaviano, Senior Photo Editor, VOGUE Italy
Fabian Gonclaves, Exhibition Coordinator, Art Museum of the Americas
Kristen Gresh, Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tom Griggs, Founding Editor, fototazo
Hava Gurevich, Director, art2art Circulating Exhibitions
Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Allie Haeusslein, Director, Pier 24 Photography
Leslie Hammons, Director, Weinstein Hammons Gallery
Gregory Harris, Associate Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art
Karen Harvey, Creative Director, Shutter Hub
Ihiro Hayami, Founder + Creative Director, T3 Photo Festival Tokyo
Stephanie Heimann, Photo Director, The New Republic
Jonathan Hobin, Creative Director, SPAO Centre
Jason Houston, Independent Curator, Educator + Editor
Katherine Humphries, Art Director, Harper’s Magazine
Michael Itkoff, Co-founder, Daylight Books
Drazenka Jalsic Ernecic, Senior Curator, Koprivnica Museum
Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art
John Jenkins, Publisher, Decode Books
Brooks Jensen, Founder/Publisher, LensWork
Guo Jing, Chief Art Director, Shangtuf Image and Art
Peter Johnson, Founding Director, Central + Grand
Samantha Johnson, Executive Director, Colorado Photographic Arts
Tiffany Jones, Publisher, Overlapse Books
Meghan Jordan, Curatorial Assistant, George Eastman House
Cristy Karpinsky, Editor, F-Stop Magazine
Arlette Kayafkas, Director, Gallery Kayafkas
Anne Kelly, Director, Photo-Eye Gallery
Maria Kelly, Assistant Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art
Dennis Kiel, Director, Dishman Art Museum
Sunyung Kim, Curator, Museum of Photography Seoul
Cathy Kimball, Independent Curator
Michael Kirchoff, Editor, Analog Forever Magazine, Catalyst: Interviews
Caitlin Kirkpatrick, Editor, Chronicle Books
Sarah Kobos, Senior Photo Research Coordinator, The Tonight Show
Oriana ‘O’ Koren, Founder + Head Curator, The Lit List
Geoffrey Koslov, President, Foto Relevance
*Peter M. Krask, Creative Director + Photolucida Board
Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, Executive Director, San Francisco Camerawork
Christina Lane, Independent Photo Editor + Consultant
Lisa J. Latty, Founder, Black Is Magazine
*Sarah Leen, Founder + Editor, Visual Thinking Collective
Stu Levy, Portland Art Museum Photo Council, Photolucida Board
Sherri Littlefield, Director, Treat Gallery
*Julian Lucas, Founder, Mirrored Society + Photolucida Board
Caleb Cane Marcus, Book Designer/Acquisitions Editor, KGP, Monolith Editions, Damiani
Silvia Mangialardi, Artistic Director, Fundacion Luz Austral
Francesca Mariani, Photo Editor, VOGUE Italy
Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray, Curator, Blue Star Contemporary
Mana Mehrabian and Krista Brand, Founders + Curators, Side x Side Gallery
Caterina Mestrovich, Associate Director, Atlas Gallery + Photography Specialist
Blue Mitchell, Publisher, One Twelve Publishing
Adam Monohon, Independent Curator + Scholar
Jeff Moorfoot, Editor, BETA Developments in Photography
Susie Morrill, Chairperson, Photography at Oregon Gallery Committee
Laura Moya, Director, Photolucida
Jennifer Murray, Executive Director, Filter Photo Festival
Nadja Masri, Head of Photo Editors’ Program, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie
Molly Newgard, Executive Director, Blue Sky Gallery
Alison Nordstrom, Independent Curator
Terry Novak, Executive Director, Photographic Center Northwest
Rachael Nusbaum, Photo Editor + Photolucida Board
Arthur Olmann, Independent Curator, Founding Director, Museum of Photographic Arts
George Olson, Independent Editor + Creative Consultant
Rodrigo Orrantia, Photography Historian + Curator
Sage Paisner, Executive Director, Foto Forum
Louie Palu, Founder + Photographer, Archive 192
Michael Pannier, Executive Director, The Southeast Center for Photography
Stacy Platt, Independent Curator + Writer
Madeline Yale Preston, Photography Specialist and Arts Advisor
Molly Roberts, Independent Visuals Editor + Curator
Jessica Roscio, Director + Curator, Danforth Museum
Dana Salvo, Director, Clark Gallery
Danny Sanchez, Associate Director, Themes+Projects Gallery
Tina Schelhorn, Director, Galerie Lichtblick
Maarten Schilt, Founder, Shilt Publishing
Jen Schmitz, Artist Representative, RedEye Represents
Martha Schneider, Art Consultant
Danielle Scruggs, Photo Editor + Independent Curator, Getty/VOX
Thom Sempere, Associate Curator of Photography, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Rob Shaeffer, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Princeton Architectural Press
Mark Sink, Founding Director, Month of Photography, Denver
Anette Skuggedal, Founder, Lumina Gallery
Small Talk Collective, Founders + Curators, Strange Paradise Gallery
J. Sybylla Smith, Independent Curator, Educator + Consultant
Aline Smithson, Founder + Editor, LENSCRATCH
Elin Spring, Founding Editor, What Will You Remember
Enrico Stefanelli, Founder + Artistic Director, Photolux Festival, Lucca
Gordon Stettinius, Founder, Candela Books and Gallery
Stacy Swiderski, Stacy Swiderski Consulting, Creative Consultant + Photo Editor
Kay Tuttle, Executive Director, The Light Factory Photo Arts Center
Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Erik Vroons, Chief Editor, GUP Magazine
Sarah Koenig Wagner, Exhibitions Manager, Medium Photo
Judy Walgren, Founder + Editorial Director, JujuPhoto
Dr. Laura Walsh, Director of the Gallatin Photojournalism Lab + Author + Editor, NYU
Wang Peiquan, Director, Lishui Photography Festival
Wang Xueke (Isabella), Director of International Department, Lishui Photography Festival
April Watson, Curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Lauren Wolfer, Assistant Curator, Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Amy Wilkins, Publisher, MW Editions
Yuko Yamaji, Curator, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts
Jane Yeomans, Senior Photo Editor + Visuals Producer, Bloomberg Businessweek
Tracey Woods, Director of Photography, Creative Consultant + Producer, The Luupe
