JURY
Kate Bubacz She/Her
Lead Photo Editor
The Wall Street Journal
katebubacz.com
New York, USA
Kate is a lead photo editor at The Wall Street Journal and the former photo director for BuzzFeed News. She has spent her career translating complex topics into tangible visuals and storylines that connect audiences with issues in a powerful way. Her work has been widely recognized for its impact, including recognition by the Covering Climate Now Journalism awards, the Overseas Press Club, the National Press Photographers Association, the Society of Publication Designers, and American Photography
Lars Lindemann He/Him
International Projects Curator
Cortona On The Move
IG: larslindemann_
Hamburg, Germany
Lars Lindemann is a Hamburg based curator, adviser and editor. At the moment he's working on a number of exhibition projects inside and outside of his native Germany. Lars has been a jury member for various national and international photo contests, including the Prix Carmignac and the World Press Photo Award in 2020 and 2021. He was GEO magazines Director of Photography from 2015 till 2023. Lars is one of the founders of the Hamburg Portfolio Review and International Projects Curator of the Italian photo festival Cortona On The Move.
Headshot ©David Kern
Fiona Shields She/Her
Head of Photography
The Guardian News & Media Group​
London, United Kingdom
Fiona Shields has over 20 years' picture editing experience across a range of newspaper titles. She is also a curator, speaker on photojournalism, and photography mentor. She was picture editor of The Guardian for ten years before taking up the role of head of Photography for the Guardian News and Media Group. Throughout her career, she has been involved in the coverage of some of the most historic news stories of our time including the events surrounding 9/11, continuing conflicts around the world, large-scale natural disasters, and the humanitarian crises resulting from the growing refugee numbers across the globe. In addition she has judged numerous high-profile photographic awards including the Sony World Photography Awards, The Carmignac Photojournalism Award, and The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize. She is a regular nominator for the Prix Pictet Prize and was chair of the global jury for the World Press Photo Awards 2024.
Marie Monteleone She/Her
Senior Photo Editor
Bloomberg News
mariemonteleone.com
New York, USA
Marie A. Monteleone is a senior photo editor for Bloomberg News, where she commissions visuals for Enterprise stories globally. While at Bloomberg News, she has lead the expansion and diversification of the roster of freelance photographers. Prior to Bloomberg, she worked for ABC News, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The New York Post, and W Magazine. Ms. Monteleone has been a guest speaker at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, The International Center of Photography, Parsons School of Design, The Bronx Documentary Center, Leica Gallery New York, The Women Photograph Workshop, The Eddie Adams Workshop and Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay. She has served on the jury for World Press Photo in 2024 and 2023, International Photography Awards 2024 and 2023, World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program, Diversify Photo, The Women Photograph X Getty Grant, and Photoville - The Fence. Marie Monteleone studied photography at Parsons School of Design in New York. She lives and works in New York, United States.
Corinne Perkins She/Her
North America Editor
Reuters Pictures
New York, USA
Corinne Perkins is the North America editor for Reuters Pictures. She oversees staff and freelance photographers covering breaking news and in-depth stories across the U.S. and Canada. In 2018, she was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for comprehensive coverage of the immigration story. Originally from the Australian mining town of Mount Isa, Corinne began her career with Reuters as a freelance editorial assistant at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She was hired in 2005 as an editor-in-charge on the Singapore global pictures desk, before joining the reuters.com team in Toronto in 2007 as online visuals editor where she developed the “Photographer’s Blog” into a renowned forum to discuss pictures and tell photographers’ stories from around the world. Corinne has built up the Reuters Instagram account to over 5 million followers. Corinne continues to advocate for an inclusive and diverse photo community dedicated to telling important stories through images.
Amnon Bar-Tur He/Him
Founder, BarTur Photo Award
barturphotoaward.org
New York, USA
Born 1942 in Israel, Amnon Bar-Tur served in Israeli army as a military photographer and correspondent. After completing his service he was invited to join “Haartz” leading daily paper photographing for their weekend supplement.
In 1966 Bar-Tur moved to England to study photography at London College of Printing and Graphic Arts (now London College of Communication, UAL). In 1968 Bar-Tur joined forces with friend Jeff Vickers to expand DPM design consultants, providing photography, graphic design services to high profile clients. His work was widely syndicated and published worldwide.
In 1976, Bar-Tur moved his family from England to the United States to grow his graphic design & production business. In 1981 he established Chroma Copy (later named C2media) in York City with two English partners Jeff Vickers and David Manning. C2media grew to be one of the largest digital imaging company’s in the US with 6 offices and more than 500 employees. Bar-Tur and his partner sold the business in 2010 and it still thriving under the name c2imaging.
For the last ten years, Bar-Tur and his son Armon have worked together developing student housing in the UK, Germany, Scandinavia and Poland.
