Announcing the Critical Mass 2025 Prescreening Panel!

This year, we welcome back several returning jurors and are delighted to introduce some new voices to the panel. We’re grateful to this incredible group of photography professionals who will help shape our Top 200 finalists for this milestone 20th anniversary year!

From top left to bottom right:
Karen Williams, Photo Director + Consultant
Danny Sanchez, Associate Director, Themes+Projects Gallery
Ysabel Pinyol Blasi, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Monira Foundation
Valerie Kersz, Photography Advisor + Curator
Tiffany Jones, Founder, Overlapse Books
David Clifton-Strawn, Executive Director, Atlanta Photography Group
Federico Estol, Artistic Director, San José Foto Festival
Stephen Frailey, Founder & Editor, Dear Dave, Magazine
Gail Fletcher, Photo Editor, The Guardian
Daniel George, Submissions Editor, Lenscratch
Elizabeth Avedon, Independent Curator +  Photo Consultant
Draženka Jalšić, Senior Curator, Koprivnica Museum
Katie Lydiatt, Gallery Programming Manager, SPAO Photographic Arts Centre
Lia J. Latty, Founder, Black Is Magazine
Polly Gaillard, Program Director, Photolucida

Check out our growing list of jurors!