Judges

Local jury

 Local jury’s role is to make a shortlist of best 100 photos, which will be published online on 3rd November, and voted for by the public.

 

Julia Rish

Julia Rish, Getty Images

Julia Michelle Rish has been the East Coast Entertainment Assignment Editor at Getty Images in New York City since 2006. Part of Julia’s role with Getty is to recruit exceptional photographers for the newsworthy entertainment events Getty covers worldwide. Julia enjoys working with the photographers and has an enduring appreciation and respect for quality images, therefore she takes care to assign photographers to venues and events where their unique talents can shine. Prior to Julia’s position with Getty, she worked with NYC celebrity photographer Patrick McMullan as director of bookings for four years. 

 

 

Benj Gershman

Benj Gershman, Look At Life

Bassist of touring rock band O.A.R. (www.ofarevolution.com). Has a professional background in photography and is the Founder of art community, Look At Life (www.lookatlife.com). 

 

Aharon Rotshild

Aharon Rothschild, Metro

Aharon Rothschild has been a Photographer and Photo Editor for Metro Newspaper since August 2006. Aharon shoots for all sections of the paper including Local News, Fashion and Entertainment. As a photographer he is always looking for a new idea; fresh perspective, and is often delighted and surprised when he finds it.

 

Rose Fiorentino, BlackBook Magazine

Rose Fiorentino is a photo editor and producer based in New York City. She is currently the photo editor of BlackBook Magazine, assigning some of the world's most renowned photographers as well as recruiting and developing emerging talent. Before joining BlackBook Magazine she was the Managing Photo Editor at PageSix.com. She has also worked at Corbis, the New York Post and the Ansel Adams Center for Photography in San Francisco. She is also working on a book of celebrity self-portraits to be published in 2009. 

 

Global jury
 

 Global jury’s role is to select the global winner from 100 finalists coming from all metro countries (5 finalists from each country).

Global Jury Chairman

Marco Delogu, professional photographer, Rome

Marco Delogu was born in 1960 in Rome, where he still lives and works. His work has often focused on group portraits of people with shared experiences, though in recent years he has turned his attention to nature, specifically the different ways in which people interact with the natural environment. Delogu has published more than 20 books, and has exhibited both in Italy and abroad – including at the Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici in Rome, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma, the Warburg Institute (London), the Henry Moore Foundation (Leeds), Centre George Pompidou (Paris), the Museé de l'Elysee (Lausanne) and the Moscow PhotoMuseum.

Delogu also works as a publisher and exhibition curator. In 2002 he founded the first FotoGrafia, the international festival of photography in Rome, of which he is still artistic director. In 2003 he founded the Punctum publishing house. He has curated more than 50 exhibitions featuring the work of some of the most important figures in world photography, including Josef Koudelka, Sally Mann, Olivo Barbieri, Don McCullin, Anders Petersen, Martin Parr and Graciela Iturbide.

 

Global Jury Members
Ed Viggiani

Ed Viggiani, São Paulo

Born in São Paulo in 1958, Ed Viggiani began teaching himself the art of photography in 1978. He has since worked for a diverse range of companies and organisations, including Jornal O Povo, Mark Propaganda Creative Agency, IstoÉ e Veja, Jornal Folha de S. Paulo and Jornal do Brasil in São Paulo. His work can be seen in the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, the Swiss Foundation in Zurich, Instituto Cultural Itaú de São Paulo and Fuji Photography House. His prizes include the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography Award (1991), the J.P. Morgan photographic essay prize (1999), the National Geographic award for cultural reportage (2002), and the International Association of Art Critics award for the best exhibition of the year.

 

Julia Rish

Julia Rish, Getty Images, NYC

Julia Michelle Rish has been the East Coast Entertainment Assignment Editor at Getty Images in New York City since 2006. Part of Julia’s role with Getty is to recruit exceptional photographers for the newsworthy entertainment events Getty covers worldwide.  Julia enjoys working with the photographers and has an enduring appreciation and respect for quality images, therefore she takes care to assign photographers to venues and events where their unique talents can shine. Prior to Julia’s position with Getty, she worked with NYC celebrity photographer Patrick McMullan as director of bookings for four years,

Julia was born in Guadalajara Mexico and then moved to the tri state area. She graduated with a BFA from Emerson College in Boston MA where she studied musical theater, photography, writing and communications. Currently she resides in NYC.

 

Paul Kelly 

Paul Kelly, Dublin

Paul has worked as a commercial photographer in Ireland for 6 years. His commissions, personal work and coverage of developmental issues have taken him to locations as diverse as Guatemala, Japan, Iceland and East Timor. He has exhibited in London, Dublin and Waterford. The major show last year 'Beyond Timor' was followed this summer by 'Dog Days' a retrospective of both shown and previously un-shown work.
This year he set up the Paul Kelly gallery in CHQ in Dublin's financial district.
In January Paul travels to Bolivia with journalist Fionnuala Cregan to examine how the political situation is affecting the people. In April he returns to Africa to cover new housing projects initiated by an Irish charity.
Paul's primary focus is people photography.

 

 

Paul Wearing, Toronto

Paul Wearing is a portrait and travel photographer currently living in Toronto. He has travelled extensively in South-east Asia and Bali. His most recent visit to the area found him shooting the ancient temples of Cambodia's Angkor Wat.

 

Urban Brådhe, Stockholm

Urban Brådhe is 58 years old, and has spent 37 years working as a press photographer and picture editor for several different daily newspapers. For the last 11 years he has been a staff photographer on the Metro newspaper in Stockholm. Brådhe has been a member of the board of the Swedish Journalists’ Union for two years. He is also on the board of the Swedish Press Photographers’ Club, for which he was the chairman for ten years. He is married with four children and lives in Bromma, just outside Stockholm.