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About Our Jury

Each year by choosing the best international jury we discover talented street photographers around the world. We are pleased to have wonderful professional jury members to showcasing the best street photographers from all submissions.

Meryl Meisler

Meryl Meisler​

Photographer

David Campany

International Center of Photography

Anna Godfrey

Prestel Editor

Nikos Economopoulos

Magnum Photos

Masoud Gharaei

Street Photographers Foundation

Richard Sandler

Street Photographer
Gulnara Samoilova

Gulnara Samoilova

Women Street Photographers
Bruce Gilden

Bruce Gilden

MANGNUM PHOTOS

Alejandra Martinez Moreno

Alejandra Martinez Moreno

CEO/Editor Burn Magazine
Nick Turpin

Nick Turpin

In Public

Donna Ferrato

Photographer

Melissa O’Shaughnessy

Up Photographers

Ruddy Roye

Ruddy Roye ​

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Wesley Verhoeve

International Center of Photography

Sarah Leen

Director of Photography National Geographic

Stefano Mirabella

Stefano Mirabella

italian Street photography festival

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra Hernandez

observadores urbanos

Juan Jose Reyes

Juan Jose Reyes

miami street photography festival

Rachel Barker

Wesley Verhoeve

International Center of Photography

Vineet Vohra

Leica Ambassador

Fariba Farshad

Fariba Farshad

FOUNDER PHOTO LONDON

David Gibson

David Gibson

photgrapher and writer

Kiran Karnani

Kiran Karnani

founder leica women foto project

Laurel Chor​

Laurel Chor

Photographer

Khashayar Javanmardi

Khashayar Javanmardi

Visual Storyteller

MELODY GYGAX

Melody Gygax

PHOTO EDITOR/CURATOR

Siegfried Hansen

Siegfried Hansen

Photographer

Andrea Bruce

National Geographic, The New York Times

Meryl Meisler

Meryl Meisler

Photographer

Meryl Meisler was born 1951 in the South Bronx and raised in North Massapequa, Long Island, NY. Inspired by Diane Arbus, Jacques Henri Lartigue as well as her dad Jack and grandfather Murray Meisler, Meryl began photographing herself, family, and friends while enrolled in a photography class taught by Cavalliere Ketchum at The University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1975, Meryl returned to New York City and studied with Lisette Model, continuing to photograph her hometown and the city around her.

Bruce Gilden

Bruce Gilden

Magnum Photos

Bruce Gilden (born 1946) is an American street photographer. He is best known for his candid close-up photographs of people on the streets of New York City, using a flashgun. He has had various books of his work published, has received the European Publishers Award for Photography and is a Guggenheim Fellow. Gilden has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1998. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Melissa O’Shaughnessy

Up Photographers

Melissa O’Shaughnessy is a photographer based in New York City. She is a member of UP, an international collective of 27 photographers, and her work is included in the third edition of Bystander: A History of Street Photography. Her first book, “Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs” was published by Aperture in October, 2020.

Wesley Verhoeve

International Center of Photography

Wesley Verhoeve is a photographer, creative director, and curator based in Amsterdam and working around the world.
He explores human stories with a focus on craft, curiosity, and community. He observes and documents people who are passionate about what they do.
His images have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Washington Post, Wired, New York Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, Business Insider, Volkskrant, and other publications.
He has been commissioned to shoot global marketing campaigns and people-centric stories by LinkedIn, Hanes, Squarespace, Royal Caribbean, Sweetgreen, Lyft, Airbnb, Shinola, and other companies.
Every Sunday Wesley publishes Process (https://www.readprocess.co/), a weekly newsletter about photography and finding your voice.
As the founding curator of the (http://icp.org/projected) Projected (http://icp.org/projected) series at the (http://icp.org/) International Center of Photography (http://icp.org/) he was responsible for 98 exhibits featuring work by over 300 photographers from 53 countries.

Sarah Leen

Sarah Leen

Director of Photography National Geographic

Sarah Leen is the director of photography for National Geographic magazine and National Geographic Partners. For nearly 20 years she worked as a freelance photographer for National Geographic magazine before she joined the staff as a senior photo editor in 2004. Sarah supervises all visual content and staff for National Geographic magazine, National Geographic Traveler magazine, the online News site, the Proof photography blog and the Your Shot photography community. She graduated with a B.A. in fine arts from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and continued with graduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism. She was the College Photographer of the Year in 1979 and worked as a staff photographer for both the Topeka Capital Journal and the Philadelphia Inquirer until 1988. She published 16 stories and had five covers for National Geographic magazine as a photographer. In 2010, Sarah curated the National Geographic exhibit “Water: Our Thirsty World” at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, and in 2013 she curated “The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years” at the Annenberg Space. She has won numerous awards for her photography both in the Pictures of the Year (POYi) and the World Press Photos competitions. In 2007 and 2008, she won first place Magazine Picture Editing Portfolio from POYi, and she earned second place in 2011. Her team of photo editors has twice won the Angus MacDougall Overall Excellence in Editing Award from the POYi competition.

Vineet Vohra

Leica Ambassador

Vineet Vohra is a Leica Ambassador born on 2nd November 1973 in New Delhi/India, with a first-class degree in fine arts from the prestigious College of Arts. He is a self-taught photographer, and street photography is a passion that he lives like a discipline.
Vohra began his professional career as a wildlife photographer for two years before turning his lens to the street in 2001. It instantly became his passion natural for him. For Vineet, street photography is a journey, and he travels every day, learning every day for which he strives to improve every day.
In general daily life, where the unexpected occurs, Vohra endeavours to be honest through his lens by harmonising between human elements and the environment focusing is how to make ordinary moments look extraordinary.

Fariba Farshad

Fariba Farshad

Founder Photo London

Fariba Farshad is co-Founder with Michael Benson of Candlestar, a company that specialises in the creation and development of major new international cultural initiatives including Condé Nast College of Fashion and the Prix Pictet, the global photography prize.  In 2015, Candlestar inaugurated the first edition of Photo London and in five years, the Fair has established itself as a key event in the international art world calendar.

David Gibson

David Gibson

Photographer and writer

David Gibson (1957) is a British street photographer and writer on photography. He was a member of the UP Photographers street photography collective.

Gibson’s books include The Street Photographer’s Manual (2014) and 100 Great Street Photographs(2017) / Street Photography: a History in 100 Iconic Images (2019). His photography has been published in a number of survey publications on street photography, and exhibited in group exhibitions in Britain (including at the Museum of London, which acquired his work for its permanent collection), at the Museum of the City of New York, and in France, Bangkok and Stockholm.

Kiran Karnani

Kiran Karnani

Founder Leica Women Foto Project

Kiran Karnani is a Marketing Executive with a proven track record of driving brand awareness in the premium sector through humanistic marketing strategies. Currently, she is the Vice President of Global Marketing for Hobolite, where she drives the brand’s market presence and desirability. Previously, Kiran served as the Vice President of Marketing for Leica Camera. During her tenure at Leica Camera USA, she was instrumental in expanding the brand’s social media footprint and spearheading initiatives that amplified diverse voices in visual storytelling. Kiran is the founder of the Leica Women Foto Project, an initiative designed to support and amplify the feminine gaze. She has been a guest on photo-interest podcasts including Photo Banter, Creativity Squared, and the Life of Phys.

She is a juror for the Chelsea International Photography Competition, and has served as juror for the Women Street Photographers Annual Exhibition, the Leica Society International Women in Photography Grant and the Alfabetismo Awards. Through her tenure at Leica, Kiran curated community programming at cultural institutions including Palm Springs Photo Festival, Photoville and Fotografiska. In 2020, she pioneered the Leica Women Summit – an annual symposium serving to amplify the female gaze through panel discussions, exhibitions and workshops. Kiran is an active member of Chief, a private women’s business networking organization for senior executives.

Beyond her professional roles, Kiran is dedicated to supporting the photography community. She volunteers as a mentor to photographers, providing marketing insights and guidance to help them navigate the industry. Kiran’s commitment to fostering talent and promoting diversity underscores her dedication to the photographic community and her belief in the transformative power of light in visual storytelling.

ⓒ Christopher Prentiss Michel

Laurel Chor​

Laurel Chor

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Laurel Chor (born 8 January 1990) is a Hong Kong photographer, journalist and filmmaker. She is also a rugby player and competed at the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup, it was Hong Kong’s first-ever World Cup appearance.
Chor graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in International Health and Development and is studying for a Master’s degree in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at Christ Church, Oxford.

Khashayar Javanmardi

Khashayar Javanmardi

Visual Storyteller

Khashayar Javanmardi (b. 1991) is a Persian lens-based artist whose evocative work explores the intricate relationships between nature, culture, and identity. Growing up along the shorelines of Iran has profoundly influenced his artistic vision. Currently based in Lausanne, Switzerland, his reflections on his homeland reveal the contradictions inherent in communicating themes of culture and global politics, portraying a personal narrative of devastation and longing. 

Javanmardi has been working as a photojournalist since the age of 19 with Jam Photo Agency, and his documentary work has been published in newspapers and publications worldwide. Javanmardi is also the founder and director of Hayaat Art Space. In 2023, Javanmardi was shortilsted and received the special jury mention for the prestigious Prix Elysée, was a winner of the Un/Fund Award 2023, and recently won second Prize for the PhMuseum 2024 Photography Grant.

He is currently the official photographer for Plateforme10 in Lausanne and works closely with the three museums of Photo Elysee, MUDAC and MCBA.

MELODY GYGAX

Melody Ggax

Photo Editor /Curator - former representative Magnum Photos

For the past 30 years I have shared my passion for photography in various positions such as picture editor, curator and educator, observing the visual world with a critical eye.

Freedom, democracy and photography – they form a triad that is more significant than ever – photography relevant to democracy is a new step on my career path.

melodygygax.com

Siegfried Hansen

Siegfried Hansen​

Photographer

Siegfried Hansen (born 1961) is a German street photographer known for his work in Hamburg. He was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.

Hansen has produced the books Hold the Line(2015) and Schlagermove (2017), and his work is included in a number of survey publications on street photography. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in Germany and in group exhibitions at Deichtorhallen in Hamburg and at Museo di Roma in Trastevere in Rome.