Jurors
2021 Critical Mass Prescreening Panel:
Mark Alice Durant, Founder + Editor, Saint Lucy Books – Baltimore, MD
saintlucybooks.com | @saint_lucy_books
Christy Havranek, Photo Director, Huffpost – Hudson Valley, NY
huffpost.com | @huffpost | @chavranek
Bree Lamb, Managing Editor, Fraction Magazine – New Mexico
fractionmagazine.com | @fractionmedia
Victor Rivera, Exhibitions + Collections Manager, Light Work – Syracuse, NY
Roula Seikaly, Senior Editor + Co-Curatorial Director, Humble Arts Foundation – San Francisco, CA
hafny.org | @humbleartsfoundation | @roulaseikaly
Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director + Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography – Winchester MA
griffinmuseum.org | @griffinmuseum
Sara Urbaez, Art Director + Founder, LISTO – New York, NY
wearelisto.com | @wearelisto | saraurbaez.com
Tracey Woods, Director of Photography, The Luupe + Creative Consultant/Producer – Brooklyn, NY
theluupe.com | @theluupe | traceywoods.com
Efrem Zelony-Mindell, Independent Curator + Publisher – New York
efremzm.com | @efrem_zelony_mindell
*Photolucida’s Executive Director, Laura Moya, and Program Manager, Audra Osborne, will also be on the prescreening team.
2021 Critical Mass Finalist Round Jurors:
New jurors will be added each week as they are confirmed, the list currently includes 200 photo industry professionals – take a look!
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
Christina Androulidaki, Founder + Director, CAN Gallery – Greece
Elizabeth Avedon, Curator + Writer, L’Oeil de la Photographie
James Barker, Director, PhotoPlace Gallery
David M. Barreda, Digital Producer, Diversify Photo
Sam Barzilay, Creative Director + Co-Founder, Photoville
Douglas Beasley, Publisher, Shots Magazine
Alexa Becker, Contributing Editor, Kehrer Verlag Publishers
Erin Becker, Norma Jean Calderwood Director, Cambridge Art Association
Nathalie Belayche, Founder + Curator, Food For Your Eyes – Paris
Chris Bennett, Owner +Director, Image Works Fine Art
Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Independent Curator
Mary Bisbee-Beek, Director, READ/SEE Publicity and Marketing
Jonathan Blaustein, Writer, Founder + Director, Antidote Photo Retreat
Lars Boering, European Journalism Centre + triggertale.com, Director + Founder
Bill Boling + Clay Jordan, Publisher + Senior Editor, Fall Line Press
Howard Bossen, Photography Curator, Michigan State University Museum
Krista Brand + Mana Mehrabian, Founders + Curators, Side x Side Contemporary
Leslie K. Brown, PhD, Independent Curator + Educator
Kelly Burgess, Executive Director + Publisher, Too Tired Project
Jessica Burko, Exhibitions Curator, Photographic Resource Center – Boston
Susan Burnstine, Columnist + Contributor, Black & White Photography Magazine UK
Alessandra Capodacqua, Independent Curator
Zora Carrier, Executive Director, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
Carlos Carvalho + Sinara Sandri, Co-Directors, FestFoto International Festival of Photography
Brie Castell, Independent Curator + Consultant
Lisa Cates, Director, New Orleans Photo Alliance
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
Kelli Connell, Editor, Skylark Editions
Coco Conroy, Gallery Director, Jackson 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
Mia Dalglish + Lisa Woodward, Curator, Pictura Gallery
Karen Davis, Co-Director, Davis Orton Gallery
Jennifer DeCarlo, Director, JDC Fine Art
Alexa Dilworth, Senior Editor, Duke Center for Documentary Studies
Dustin Drankoski, Photo Director, Mashable
*Mark Alice Durant, Founding Editor, Saint Lucy Books
Gregory Eddi Jones, Founding Publisher, In the In-Between
Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography
Addie Elliott-Vassie, Director, ElliottHalls Gallery
Heidi Erdmann, Gallery Director, Erdmann Contemporary
JJ Estrada, Co-Founder, La Fototeca
Nancy Farese, Founder, Catchlight
Joshuar Farr, Executive Director + Curator, Vermont Center for Photography
Andrew Fedynak, Owner + Publisher, Zatara Press
Jon Feinstein, Co-Founder and Co-Curatorial Director, Humble Arts Foundation
Ângela Ferreira, Artistic Director, Museu de Fotografia, Fortaleza
Michael Foley, Director, Foley Gallery
Yoav Friedlander + Dana Stirling, Founding Editors, Float Magazine
Hannah Frieser, Executive Director, The Center for Photography at Woodstock
Jens Friis, Publisher, KATALOG – Journal of Photography + Video
Dr. Lena Fritsch, Curator of Modern + Contemporary Art, Ashmolean Museum/Oxford University
Gianluca Gamberini, Publisher, L’Artiere Edizioni
Donna Garcia, Incoming Executive Director, Atlanta Photography Group
Pascale Georgiev, Publisher + Editor, Atelier Editions
Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director, The Center For Fine Art Photography
Mary Goodwin, Publisher/Founder, Waltz Books + Aurora Photo Center
Yumi Goto, Curator, Reminders Photography Stronghold – Tokyo
Kristina Graber, Gallery Director, SF Camerawork
Kristen Gresh, Curator of Photographers, 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, Associate Director, Pier 24 Photography
Karen Harvey, Creative Director, Shutter Hub
*Christy Havranek, Photo Director, Huffpost
Ihiro Hayami, Founder, T3 Photo Festival
Stephanie Heimann, Photo Director, The New Republic
Jonathan Hobin, Creative Director, SPAO Centre
Elizabeth Houston, Director, Elizabeth Houston Gallery
Jason Houston, LensCulture Education & Editorial, LensCulture
Michael Itkoff, Co-Founder, Daylight Books
Drazenka Jalsic Ernecic, Senior Curator, Koprivnica Museum
Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art
John Jenkins, Owner, Decode Books
Brooks Jensen, Editor, LensWork
Guo Jing, Chief Art Director, Shangtuf Image and Art
Peter Johnson, Founding Director, Captured 52
Jessica Johnston, Assistant Director + Curator of Collections, Visual Studies Workshop
Samantha Johnston, Executive Director, Colorado Photographic Arts Center
Tiffany Jones, Publisher, Overlapse
Meghan Jordan, Curatorial Assistant, George Eastman Museum
Ellyn Kail, Editor, Feature Shoot
Arlette Kayafas, Director, Gallery Kayafas
Christy Karpinski, Editor, F-Stop Magazine
Anne Kelly, Gallery Director, Photo-Eye Gallery
Sarah Kennel, Keough Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art
Dennis Kiel, Director, Dishman Art Museum
Sunyoung Kim, Curator, The Museum of Photography Seoul (MoPS)
Cathy Kimball, Independent Curator, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Michael Kirchoff, Editor, Analog Forever Magazine + Catalyst: Interviews
Caitlin Kirkpatrick, Editor, Chronicle Books
Debra Klomp Ching, Owner + Director, Klomp Ching Gallery
Sarah Kobos, Senior Photo Editor, Wirecutter
O Koren, Independent Curator, Photo-Ethnographer + Founder, The Lit List
Geoffrey Koslov, President + Curator, Foto Relevance
Cat Lachowskyk, Writer, Editor + Researcher on Photography
Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, Associate Director, Artist Programs at the Regional Arts Commission – St. Louis
Michelle, Lamuniere, Photography Specialist, Skinner Auctioneers + Appraisers
*Bree Lamb, Assistant Editor, Fraction
Christina Lane, Visual Stories Photo Editor
Sharon Lavier O’Keefe, Director, Camerawork Gallery
Sarah Leen, Founder + Editor, Visual Thinking Collective
Linde B. Lehtinen, Assistant Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Pablo Lerma, Editor, Meteoro Editions
Stu Levy, Board Member, PAM Photo Council + Photolucida
Ryan Libre, Director, Studio Sakse
Sherri Littlefield, Director, Treat Gallery
Silvia Mangialardi, Artistic Director, Fundacion Luz Austral
Francesca Marani, Photo Editor, VOGUE Italy
Peppa Martin, Founding Director + Curator, The Commotion Digital Gallery
Nadja Masri, Head of Photo Editors’ Program, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie
Richard McCabe, Curator of Photography, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Douglas McCulloh, Senior Curator, California Museum of Photography
Caterina Mestrovich, Associate Director, Atlas Gallery + Photography Specialist
Amy Miller, Independent Curator
Blue Mitchell, Publisher, One Twelve Publishing
Dina Mitrani, Founding Director, Dina Mitrani Gallery
Luciana Molisani + José Fujocka, Co-Founders + Publishers, Lovely House Editora
Christiane Monarch, Founder/Co-Editor, Photomonitor + Hapax Magazine
Adam Monohon, Curatorial Assistant, Center For Creative Photography
Jeff Moorfoot, Editor, BETA Developments in Photography
Susie Morrill, Chair Person, Photography at Oregon Gallery Committee
Katharina Mouratidi + Dimitra Kardasi, Artistic Director + Gallery Manager, f3 – freiraum für fotografie
*Laura Moya, Director, Photolucida
Molly Newgard, Executive Director, Blue Sky Gallery
Ute Noll, Owner, Curator, Editor, Uno Art Space + Ute Noll Visual Projects
Alison Nordstrom, Independent Curator
Rachael NusBaum, Photolucida Board
David Oresick, Executive Director, Silver Eye Center for Photography
Rodrigo Orrantia, Photography Historian + Curator
*Audra Osborne, Program Manager, Photolucida
Louie Palu, Photographer + Director, Archive 192
Michael Pannier, Executive Director, The SE Center for Photography
Rick Perez, Art Advisor + Project Manager, O’Connor & Associates Art Advisors Inc
Pia Peterson, Editor, BuzzFeed News
Stacy Platt, Independent Curator + Writer
Madeline Yale Preston, Photography Specialist + Art Advisor
Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, Artist Director, Festival of Political Photography
Mary Anne Redding, Curator + Assistant Director, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Kirsten Rian, Independent Curator
Ariana Rinaldo, Curator, Cortona On The Move
*Victor Rivera, Exhibitions + Collections Manager, Light Work
Heidi Romano, Curator + Editor, Unless You Will
Jessica Roscio, Director + Curator, Danforth Museum
David Rosenberg, Communications Director, TEDx
Dana Salvo, Director, Clark Gallery
Danny Sanchez, Associate Director, Themes + Projects Gallery
Tina Schelhorn, Director, Galerie Lichtblick
Eve Schillo, Assistant Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA
Jen Schmitz, Artist Representative, Redeye Represents
Martha Schneider, Art Consultant
Danielle Scruggs, Photo Editor, Getty
*Roula Seikaly, Co-Founder and Co-Curatorial Director, Humble Arts Foundation
Dan Shepherd, Collector + Dealer of Experimental and Alternative Photography
Rob Shaeffer, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Princeton Architectural Press
Paloma Shutes, Freelance Photo Editor
Mark Sink, Founding Director, Month of Photography – Denver
Anette Skuggedal, Owner, Lumina Gallery – Oslo
Claude Smith, Exhibitions + Fulcrum Fund Program Manager, 516 Arts
J. Sybylla Smith, Independent Curator, Educator + Consultant
Heather Snider, Interim Executive Director, PhotoAlliance
Xavier Soule, CEO + Curator, Abvent Group – Galerie Vu
Elin Spring, Founding Editor, What Will You Remember
Daphne Srinivasan, Associate, Etherton Gallery
Enrico Stefanelli, Founder + Artistic Director, Photolux Festival – Lucca
Gordon Stettinius, Founder, Candela Gallery
Fiona Sweet, Creative Director, Ballarat International Foto Biennial
Stacy Swiderski, Creative Consultant + Photo Editor, Stacy Swiderski Consulting
Claire Sykes, Curator, Circuit Gallery
*Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director + Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
*Sara Urbaez, Founder, LISTO
Rasmus Vasli, Director + Co-Founder, Vaslisouza Gallery
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
April Watson, Curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Lauren Wolfer, Assistant Curator, Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Amy Wolff, Photo Director, Hearst Enthusiast Group
*Tracey Woods, Creative Consultant, Producer + Director of Photography, The Luupe
Yuko Yamaji, Curator, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts
Jane Yeomans, Senior Photo Editor + Visuals, Producer Bloomberg
*Efrem Zelony-Mindell, Independent Curator + Publisher
Manfred Zollner, Editor in Chief, fotoMAGAZIN + fotoMAGAZIN Edition
