Jurors
2023 Critical Mass Prescreening Panel:
Allison Stewart, Art Director + Photo Editor + Free Juice Founder – Houston, TX
Allison Retina Stewart is an art director, photo editor, researcher, and photographer who incorporates contemporary street authenticity and equitable visual communication in her work. She champions BIPOC creatives in the industry and aims to reshape the media landscape with validating representation. Allison currently works as an Art Director at Facebook and is the founder of Free Juice, a 501(c)3 nonprofit accelerating diversity in the photography industry through mentorship.
allisonstewart.com | Freejuice.info | @allisonretina
Brittani Taylor, Exhibitions Director, The Light Factory – Charlotte, NC
Brittani Taylor is currently the Director of Exhibitions at The Light Factory in Charlotte, NC and a freelance photographer specializing in portraits, events, and products. She continues to be inspired by the world and the people she meets along her artistic journey. She is a visual artist, creative director, and photographer who exhibits a true love for art and the creative process.
brittanitaylor | thelightfactory.org | @brittani.taylorr
Draženka Jalšić Ernečić, Senior Curator, Koprivnica Museum
Draženka Jalšić Ernečić is Senior Curator at Koprivnica Museum where she curates the museum art collections. She emphasizes graphic design, photography, and printing processes. She writes articles, critics, essays, and reviews on photography, the anthropology of photography, and visual communication. She writes on photography in professional and specialized magazines, portals, and online editions. Exhibition and portfolio reviews, essays, and selections on photography were in specialized websites and magazines in Europe and America. She is a member of the jury and photo curator in the Culture in Focus Annual Competition, the biennial of fine art photography Vizura, and the biennial of applied and commercial photography ProART.
www.muzej-koprivnica.hr | @djalsic
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
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
Helen Trompeteler , Deputy Director of Programs, Silver Eye Center for Photography – Pittsburgh, PA
Helen Trompeteler is Deputy Director of Programs at Silver Eye Center for Photography. A passionate advocate for the arts, Helen brings twenty years of curatorial experience to Silver Eye, following roles at the National Portrait Gallery (UK), Royal Collection Trust (UK), and as an independent curator. She is deeply committed to supporting and sharing the vision of underrepresented artists through original exhibitions and unique education programs. Helen has published extensively on photography for numerous books and art publications worldwide.
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
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.
Molly Roberts, Editor + Curator – Baltimore, MD
Molly Roberts is a visual communications professional residing in Baltimore, Maryland. Currently she is focused on independent curation and has curated exhibits for PhotoWorks, ArtWorks Projects, Women Photojournalists of Washington, Gallery 1448, and SXSE Gallery, among others. She also continues to work on book projects for National Geographic.Committed to the power of visual communication to educate and inform, Roberts created Humaneyes USA, a small non-profit using artistic and innovative approaches to inspire informed discussion, encourage civic engagement and create solutions for pressing American issues. Roberts is a regular reviewer at La Luz Workshops, Palm Springs Photo Festival, Social Documentary Network, and Review Santa Fe, and Photolucida as well as the annual Women Photojournalists of Washington portfolio review, of which she is a co-director and member of the Board of Directors.
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
Tiffany Jones, Founder, Overlapse Books – London, England
Tiffany Jones is the founder of Overlapse, a London-based photobook imprint started in 2015. With over 30 years dedicated to arts publishing and photojournalism, she is an editor, designer, researcher and educator working with global programmes and institutions. She collaborates in tandem with photographers and artists to communicate through the making of unique, desirable, and beautifully produced books. Subjects and stories address social, cultural, and environmental issues, and highlight enduring and universal themes connected to human experience. Notable publications include ‘You can call me Nana’ by Will Harris (finalist, 2021 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation First Photobook prize); ‘A Parallel Road’ by Amani Willett (top 10 photobooks of 2021, David Campany for ICP); and ‘Beyond Drifting: Imperfectly Known Animals’ by Mandy Barker (nominated for the 2018 Deutsche Börse Foundation Prize).
*Photolucida’s Interim Program Director, Polly Gaillard will also be on the prescreening team.
2023 Critical Mass Jurors – More Coming Soon!
Juror list is in process = more to come!
Alan Rapp, Editorial Director, Monacelli Press
Alexa Dilworth, Independent Editor + Writer (former Publishing Director and Senior Editor, Duke Center for Documentary Studies)
Aline Smithson, Founder + Editor, LENSCRATCH
Allie Haeusslein, Director, Pier 24 Photography
*Allison Stewart, Art Director + Photo Editor + Free Juice Founder
Alyssa Coppelman, Independent Photo Editor
Andrew Fedynak, Publisher + Designer, Zatara Press
Andy Adams, Director, Flak Photo Projects
Anette Skuggedal, Founder, Lumina Gallery
Angela Bryant, Director, Rose Gallery
Angela Ferreira, Artistic Director, Museu de Fotografia – Brazil
Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art
Anna Alexander, Director of Photography, WIRED
Anne Kelly, Director, Photo-Eye Gallery
Anne Massoni, Executive Director, Houston Center for Photography
Arianna Rinaldo, Independent Curator + Photo Editor + Photo Consultant
Arthur Ollman, Independent Curator, Founding Director, Museum of Photographic Arts
Aurélie Jouan, Indpendent Visual Curator
Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography, Cleveland Museum of Art
Blue Mitchell, Publisher, One Twelve Publishing
*Brittani Taylor, Exhibitions Director, The Light Factory
Caitlin Clay, Curator of Exhibitions, Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Caterina Mestrovich, Independent Curator
Chloe Coleman, Foreign Photo Editor, The Washington Post
Colin Pantall, Artist + Writer + Educator
Conor Moynihan, Assistant Curator, RISD Museum
Cortney Norman, Associate Director, Yancey Richardson Gallery
Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography
Daniel Boetker-Smith, Director, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia
Daniel Milnor, Artist + Educator + Blurb Evangelist
Danny Sanchez, Associate Director, Themes+Projects Gallery
Darren Ching, Co-Founder, Klompching Gallery
Debra Klomp Ching, Co-Founder, Klompching Gallery
Dennis Keeley, Artist + Educator
Dina Mitrani, Founding Director, Dina Mitrani Gallery – Miami
Donna Garcia, Artistic Director + Curator, Atlanta Photography Group
Douglas McCulloh, Senior Curator + Interim Executive Director, UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography
*Drazenka Jalsic Ernecic, Senior Curator, Koprivnica Museum – Croatia
Eirini Alexandrou, Gallery Director, Elliott Gallery
Elin Spring, Founding Editor, What Will You Remember
Elinor Carucci, Artist + Educator
*Elizabeth Avedon, Curator and Writer, L’Oeil de la Photographie
Elizabeth Greenberg, Arnold & Augusta Newman Provost, Maine Media
Emily Lanctot, Director + Curator, DeVos Art Museum
Erin Barnett, Art Historian + Curator + Writer, School of Visual Arts
*Federico Estol, Artistic Director, San José Foto Festival – Uruguay
Frances Jakubek, Independent Consultant
Frank Meo, Director, Projections
Gail Fletcher, Photo Editor, The Guardian
Geoffrey Koslov, President, Foto Relevance
George Olson, Independent Editor + Creative Consultant
Gerald Slota, Artist + Educator
Giuseppe Oliverio, Founder + Director, PHmuseum – Italy
Gordon Stettinius, Director, Candela Books + Gallery
Gregory Eddi Jones, Director, Eddi Jones Projects
Guo Jing, Chief Art Director, Shangtuf Image and Art
Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director + Curator, Center for Fine Art Photography
Harvey Stein, Artist + Educator + Author + Curator
Heidi Erdmann Rasch, Independent Curator + Art Historian + Founder of the Photographers Gallery ZA in Cape Town, South Africa
Hernease Davis, Assistant Curator, Visual Studies Workshop
Howard Bossen, Photography Curator, Michigan State University Museum
*Helen Trompeteler, Deputy Director, Silver Eye Center for Photography
Ihiro Hayami, Founder + Creative Director, T3 Photo Festival Tokyo
Sybylla Smith, Independent Curator, Educator + Consultant
Jackson Siegal, Associate Director, ClampArt
James Barker, Director, PhotoPlace Gallery
Jane Yeomans, Senior Photo Editor + Visuals Producer, Bloomberg Businessweek
Jeff Moorfoot, Editor, BETA Developments in Photography
Jen Schmitz, Artist Representative, RedEye Represents
Jennifer DeCarlo, jdc Fine Art
Jennifer Yoffy, Founder + Publisher, Yoffy Press
Jens Friis, Photo Art Historian + Publisher, KATALOG – Journal of Photography & Video
Jessica Roscio, Director + Curator, Danforth Museum
Jon Feinstein, Co-Founder and Co-Curatorial Director, Humble Arts Foundation
Jonathan Blaustein, Founder + Director, Antidote Photo Retreat
Jonathan Hobin, Creative Director, SPAO Centre
John Jenkins, Publisher, Decode Books
Judy Walgren, Founder + Editorial Director, JujuPhoto
*Julian Lucas, Founder, Mirrored Society + Photolucida Board
Julie Castellano, Director, Edwyn Houk Gallery
Karen Davis, Co-Director, Davis Orton Gallery
Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Karen Harvey, Creative Director, Shutter Hub
Kari Wehrs, Photography Program Chair, Maine Media
Kay Tuttle, Executive Director, The Light Factory Photo Arts Center
Keren Sachs, Founder + CEO, The Luupe
Kristin Soloman, Executive Director, Blue Sky Gallery
Kyohei Abe, Director + Chief Curator, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography
Luca Desienna, Editor, Gomma Books/Gomma Grant
Lauren Richman, Curator of Photography, Norton Museum of Art
Lauren Szumita, Curator, Fitchburg Art Museum
Leslie K. Brown, PhD., Independent Curator + Scholar + Educator
Lesly Deschler Canossi, Photo Educator, Cultural Producer, Co-founder Women Picturing Revolution
*Lia J. Latty, Founder, Black Is Magazine
Linda Connor, Founder, PhotoAlliance
Linda Zhengová, Editor, GUP Magazine
Lisa Cates, Director, New Orleans Photo Alliance
Louie Palu, Founder + Photographer, Archive 192
Maarten Schilt, Founder, Schilt Publishing
Madeline Yale Preston, Photography Specialist + Arts Advisor
Mana Mehrabian and Krista Brand, Founders + Curators, Side x Side Gallery
Manjari Sharma, Artist + Educator
Marieke van der Krabben, Executive Director, Saint Petersburg Month of Photography (SPMOP) and Lumen Photo Fest
Mark Sink, Founding Director, Month of Photography, Denver
Martha Schneider, Art Consultant
Mary Anne Redding, Curator, Turchin Center for Visual Arts
Mary Stanley, Independent Curator
Maura Allen, Consultant + Photolucida Board
Max Fields, Curator + Director of Publishing, FotoFest
Meghan Jordan, Curator, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Mia Dalglish + Lisa Woodward, Co-Curators, Pictura Gallery
Michael Foley, Founding Director, Foley Gallery
Michael Itkoff, Co-founder, Daylight Books
Michael Kirchoff, Editor, Analog Forever Magazine
Michael Pannier, Executive Director, The Southeast Center for Photography
*Molly Roberts, Independent Visuals Editor + Curator
Nancy Farese, Founder, Catchlight
Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography
Olga Yatskevich, Co-Founder, 10×10 Photobooks
Paloma Shutes, Photo Editor
Paris Chong, Manager + Curator, Leica Gallery
Pascale Georgiev, Publisher + Editorial Director, Atelier Editions
Peggy Sue Amison, Artistic Director, East Wing, Dubai UAE
*Peter M. Krask, Creative Director + Photolucida Board
Phillip Toledano, Artist + Educator
*Polly Gaillard, Interim Program Director, Photolucida
Rachael Nusbaum, Photo Editor + Photolucida Board
Regina Anzenberger, Anzenberger Gallery, Austria
Richard Renaldi, Artist + Educator
Robin O’Dell, Executive Curator, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
Rodrigo Orrantia Gomez, Photography Historian + Curator
Rotem Rozental, Executive Director, Los Angeles Center for Photography
Sage Paisner, Executive Director, Foto Forum Santa Fe
Samantha Johnston, Executive Director + Curator, Colorado Photographic Arts Center
Sandee McGee, Assistant Manager, Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center
Sarah Kobos, Senior Photo Research Coordinator, The Tonight Show
*Sarah Leen, Founder + Editor, Visual Thinking Collective
Selma Fernández Richter, Founder, La Luz
Shana Lopes, PhD, Assistant Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sharon Lavier O’Keefe, Director, Camerawork Gallery
Sherri Littlefield, Director, Treat Gallery
Sian Davey, Artist
Sophie Barner, Assistant Curator + Gallery Manager, Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts
Stephen Perloff, Founder + Editor, The Photo Review
Stu Levy, Portland Art Museum Photo Council, Photolucida Board
Stuart Rome, Artist + Educator
Susan Burnstine, Columnist + Contributor, Black and White Photography Magazine, UK
Susie Morrill, Chairperson, Photography at Oregon Gallery Committee
Thea Traff, TIME magazine
Tim Carpenter, Artist + Writer
*Tiffany Jones, Founder, Overlapse Books
Tracey Woods, Director of Photography + Creative Consultant + Producer, The Luupe
Trish Lambe,, Artistic Director, Photo Museum Ireland
Victor Rivera, Exhibitions Manager, Lightwork
Wendy McMurdo, Artist + Senior Lecturer, Falmouth University – Edinburgh
Whitney Matewe, Photo Editor, TIME
Willie Osterman, Artist + Educator
Xavier Soule, CEO + Curator, Abvent Group + Galerie Vu
Yoav Friedlander + Dana Sterling, Founding Editors, Float Magazine
Yuko Yamaji, Curator, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts
Zsolt Batori, Director, PH21 Gallery – Budapest
*Pre-screening jurors
