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Note: Please pay attention to “Reviewer Preferences” listed by some of our reviewers at the end of their bios. This will help in making your reviewer selections.
REVIEWER BIOGRAPHIES
Kyohei Abe
Kyohei Abe is the Director and Chief Curator, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography. Established in 2010, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography (DCCP) began as the first non-profit center dedicated exclusively to contemporary photography. With a mission to foster the appreciation and understanding of photography by promoting contemporary lens-based artists, DCCP strives to support creative discourse and a visual understanding of the still and moving frame. As a non-profit the Center seeks to broaden its outreach among Detroit’s diverse communities through exhibitions and programming in collaboration with local institutions. In 2012, DCCP shifted it’s operation to a solely online gallery supplemented by small edition artist book publications. While inspired by a wide range of photography, Abe is most interested in seeing intelligent and coherent work displaying a fresh perspective.
Reviewer Preference: Open to seeing motion samples in addition to still photography.
Leigh Andersen
Leigh Anderson is a photographer's agent, artist's consultant and visual content strategist based in Los Angeles. Leigh helps photographers and visual artists refine their vision, identify their strengths, streamline their creative and demystify the process of getting hired. I also work with brands to source, manage and hire creative talent for their campaigns, calling on my network of photographers, creative directors and producers to put together the best creative team for every project.
Regina Anzenberger
Regina Anzenberger, Director, Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Jamie Appelbaum
Jamie Appelbaum is a principal with Beyond Creative Management. Prior to this she worked as an art producer at McGarry Bowen
Rebekah Baker
Rebekah Baker works at Publicis New York as an Associate Producer. Prior to this assignment she worked in the same capacity at Saatchi & Saatchi NY. Rebekah graduated from the Advertising Program at Brigham Young University in April 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a production emphasis.
Anthony Bannon
Anthony Bannon is a medalist in the history and criticism of photography from the Royal Academy of Photography in Great Britain. He is the emeritus director of the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY and the Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State. Forthcoming with Steidl Verdlag is Beatitude: The Beat Attitude: Photographs by Joey Tranchina and exhibitions with catalogs on photographs by John Wood and Mark Maio. . He is a trustee on the boards of the Photo Review and Artpark, the New York State Park for the arts in Lewiston on the Niagara Gorge.
Ron Beinner
Ron Beinner is a long time photography editor, producer and creative collaborator. He spent over two decades with Vanity Fair magazine and currently works on a variety of visual projects in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
Sherrie Berger
Sherrie Berger (sherrieberger.com) is a photography consultant with a background in photography, art, and business. She has extensive experience in entertainment, high-end celebrity portraiture, fine art photography, production, editing, marketing, curating and media relations. In addition to teaching and inspiring a wide variety of photographers, from emerging to Pulitzer Prize winning, Sherrie continues to consult privately with clients on events, such as The Lucie Awards, and Pop Art Photo Show, on exhibitions, and with individual photographers, ranging from the presentation of their bodies of work to overall career trajectories. Her career began at ABC television where she led the network photo department, overseeing a team of photographers, publicists, producers and editors. Subsequently, working at one of the world’s leading international stock and syndication agencies, she continued to work with the industry’s most talented photographers.
Daria Bonera
Born in Milan, after graduating in Fashion Marketing from St Martins School in London, I started working for Grazia Neri Photo Agency, where I represented several international agencies and photographers and I selected new talents for the Agency. In 2008 I went to New York to work as the agent of documentary photographer Donna Ferrato and representing Grazia Neri’s photographers all through the US, while collaborating with the major publications. In 2009, I came back to Milano and I started my own Agency, DB, where I represent a few selected photographers and film directors for fashion, advertising and digital campaigns. I have been invited as a portfolio reviewer at several festivals and as a member part of the Jury of many International Photography Awards, a nominator for the Prix Pictet and I collaborate as a mentor and teacher of visual communication with some photography schools. From 2009 to 2019 I was the photo editor of the magazine "Touring National Geographic Traveler Italia". Since 2021, I am the visual editor of Cesura photo collective for editorial and commercial projects.
Jigisha Bouverat
Jigisha Bouverat, owner/agent of JBC, was the Director of Art Production for TBWAChiatDay for 20+ years during which she managed and mentored teams of Art Producers responsible for revolutionizing the creative and business practices in the industry. Now as an agent, she brings a unique level of experience and perspective from both sides of the business. JBC is a collective with a shared commitment to the art and commerce industry. Reviewer Preferences: Interested in seeing motion work and integrated content.
Brenna Britton
Brenna has over 25 years of experience producing and art directing shoots for television (streaming), sports, technology, fashion and film. A content producer that has delivered across a multitude of genres and platforms for brands like AMAZON Studios, GoPro, People, InStyle, WIRED, ESPN, and ABC. Currently at Amazon Studio, she oversees a creative content capture team of 22 producers (Photo and AV). She built the team from the ground up to deliver assets for 360 Global Campaign launches.
Gaye Ann Bruno
Craig Calefate
Craig Calefate a Photo Producer + Editor with over 12 year's experience in entertainment photography at HBO, Apple, NBC-Universal, and Sony Pictures. My specializations include overseeing unit, marketing shoot, and event photo production globally across series, film, unscripted, specials, news, and sports.
Andi Campognone
Andi Campognone is the Museum Manager/Curator for the City of Lancaster, responsible for the development and maintenance of partnerships and community engagement initiatives with local artists, local businesses, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles County Supervisors office and higher level institutions. She develops curatorial direction for exhibition programming and educational programming and additionally she is directing the Museum accreditation process for MOAH.
She is also the Owner/Director of AC Projects, a private consulting organization focused on promoting arts and culture.
Jessica Carroll
Jessica Carroll is director of Major League Baseball’s photo department where she oversees all aspects of photography for the league office. This includes directing photo operations at high-profile events such as the All-Star Game and World Series; hiring photographers for portrait and action assignments; maintaining the photo archive; and developing league-wide photography policies and procedures. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s photojournalism program in 2003, Jessica went on to work in the photography departments at the United States Golf Association and Golf Digest Magazine. She has been with MLB since 2008.
Rose Cefalu
Rose's photo experience in Los Angeles covers 25 years of working as a photography director, producer, art buyer and photo agent. She produces award winning content as a freelance photography director for magazines and websites such as Emmy magazine. She has worked as a photo producer and entertainment editor for such magazines at Loaded, Bauer’s Heat, the BBC’s Star Magazine, Torontos FW, and New Zealand’s Pavement Magazine to name a few. H
Barbara Ceferin
Barbara Ceferin is the Director of the prestigious Galerja Fotografia in Slovenia.
Kelly Chiello
Kelly Chiello is the Visuals Editor for InStyle. She commissions fashion, beauty and portraiture photography. She's been with InStyle for about 5 years and has watched the digital brand grow a lot during that time. When she's not at work, she loves talking about dogs and ghost stories.
Paris Chong
Paris Chong is the Gallery Director of the Leica Gallery Los Angeles.
Amy Cooper
Amy V. Cooper is a photography consultant, creative business mentor, accountability strategist, thought partner, and mindset coach with over 25 years of experience in the photography industry. She has worked as a photographer agent, advertising agency art buyer, and entertainment & magazine photo editor. Amy has hired photographers to shoot campaigns for companies like UPS, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola. She’s represented and created winning bids for artists with brands like Mary Kay, Netflix and Disney. Amy specializes in supporting artists to develop portfolios, branding, client lists, and marketing strategies that honor their authentic creative journey.
Juan Curto
Juan Curto is the owner and director of Camara Oscura, an art gallery specialising in international contemporary photography. The gallery opened in 2007 and exhibits the work of emerging and mid-career artists, not only in the gallery but in the most reputed art fairs worldwide. Camara Oscura has rapidly become a successful and trendsetting gallery. Mr. Curto teaches marketing of art, and photography, at Universidad Nebrija and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos -both in Madrid, Spain- as well as at other institutions. He is regularly requested to jury and review portfolios at the main awards and festivals of photography. Last but not least, he is a passionate collector of contemporary and primitive photography from 1996.
Suzanne Darmory
Suzanne has over 25 years of international experience championing Fortune 500 brands and articulating their vision through marketing and advertising initiatives. Suzanne leads the integrated marketing and creative strategy at Jackson Hewitt with a customer-centric approach to help drive growth through compelling and impactful strategic brand solutions. In addition to founding her own advertising agency (The AGNCY), she spent most of her career at world-class companies in New York (Arnold, Deutsch, Grey, JWT, Moxie, Mcgarrybowen, Ogilvy, R/GA, Zeta) and in London (Bates UK, Euro RSCG, Imagination, Ogilvy & Mather).
Shelley de Soto
Shelley de Soto is the owner and director of De Soto Gallery in Los Angeles. The gallery specializes in photography, video, and installations by emerging artists. The gallery hosts regular exhibitions and attends various art fairs annually. Previously, Shelley worked as the Director of Stephen Cohen Gallery. She studied Art History at UC Berkeley and Photography at Art Center College of Design.
Joshua Farr
Joshua Farr is the Director at the Vermont Center for Photography located in Brattleboro, VT. Since 2011, Josh has been responsible for curating the center’s monthly photographic exhibitions as well as assisting with the organizing of photographic workshops, artists talks, publications/catalogues, & portfolio reviews.
Annette Fausboll
Annette Fausboll Founder of Ugly Duckling Projects Artist Agent and Executive Producer of Ugly Duckling Projects in Singapore, Annette brings decades of experience in representing photographers and filmmakers producing ad campaigns in Asia and Globally.
Kristi Fitts
Kristi Fitts has been working at HBO and now HBO Max for 6 years and is currently Sr. Photo Producer. Her team is responsible for all series and brand related photography, covering on set photography, social media specific and ad campaign photography. Previous to HBO Kristi worked at A&E Entertainment, Sony Television and MGM.
Christina Force
Christina Force specialises in sharing her 30 years of experience working with ad industry creatives from around the globe. As founder of photo agency The Collective Force she secured countless large-scale global photographic assignments, in particular from South East Asia, during her 15 years at the helm.
She now works with photographers and agents worldwide as a consultant and editor, and through her unique online mentoring programs. She is co-chair of Creative Asia Plus, the first portfolio review event in Asia promoting connections between ad agency creatives in the region and photographers from beyond Asia. She is also co-founder of The Series Project, a workshop designed with an ex-creative director to help photographers develop their personal project skills.
Her mission is to help commercial photographers get paid to shoot what they love.
Maura Friedman
Maura Friedman is a senior photo editor at National Geographic where she works with photographers on stories at the intersection of history, environment, and place. Previously, Maura served as lead photo editor and projects photographer at the Urban Institute, a multimedia reporter at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, and an independent visual journalist producing photo and video stories across the Southeast United States
Kayte Geldzahler
Kayte is an Art Producer has been helping create compelling photographic content in the advertising space for the past 14 years. Experience includes working at major ad agencies such as Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, and McGarry Bowen. She’s led production on large-scale campaigns for brands that include American Express, United Airlines, Verizon, Burt’s Bees, Chase, P&G, Marriott, Northrop Grumman, and Crayola.
Shawn Gill
Experienced Creative Director with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in Graphics, User Experience, Logo Design, Integrated Marketing, and Advertising.
Celine Grouard
Celine Grouard is a New York-based photo editor where since 2013 she handles art direction and production of photo shoots for Fast Company magazine, as well as contributing to the Fast Company website. Her work for Fast Company has spanned a wide range of assignments—from assigning still life, portraitures, and conceptual photographs to handling event photography, and more. Prior to working at Fast Company she lived in the Bay Area and was a photo editor for Wired magazine.
She has a keen eye for the medium and loves to have productive critiques that inspire artists.
Allison Grynberg
Allison Grynberg has over 15 years of experience in the world of design. Having worked with brands such as Avon, Coty, Louboutin Beauté, Victoria's Secret and Grey Advertising, she has become an expert in crafting innovative brand experiences.
Angelika Hala
Angelika Hala has been the New York photo editor and producer for the stern Magazine group for some 20 years, and commissions, researches and licenses photography for a wide range of features from documentary, sports, science and news to portrait and fashion, working with established photographers as well as developing talent. She participated in multiple portfolio reviews across the United States and internationally, and was juror for The Fence/Photoville and ZEKE Awards; and mentor at the Eddie Adams Workshops.
Marla Hamburg Kennedy
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs (HKP) is the preeminent private art advisory service that emphasizes a highly-individualized, client-oriented approach to art investment. Our team of specialists cater to seasoned collectors and interested novices alike, with both market-savvy advice and personalized, confidential consultation.
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn has been a part of WIRED's photo team for 2 years where she started as the photo fellow in 2019. Prior to WIRED, she graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and minor in fine arts. She's contributed to The Washington Afro American and Washington Informer.
Jeana Hong
Jeana Hong Oh is an art buyer / producer able to use her extensive experience on the client, art buying and agency sides of the business to help photographers, photo assistants, digital techs, videographers, multimedia content creators and owners of photo/video businesses. She has spent the last 20+ years working for such brands as CBS, Coty, The Gap, Kipling, Mercedes-Benz, Nautica, NBC and Samsung. Reviewer Preference: Open to seeing motion samples in addition to still photography.
Jeremy Kaplan
Trailer Park Group is the industry leader in entertainment marketing and content production spanning N. America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Specializing in Streaming, Film, Gaming, Music, and Sports, Trailer Park Group delivers best-in-class creative, content, production, and strategy capabilities via a network of fully integrated specialty studios.
Maggie Kennedy
Maggie Kennedy is the photography and visuals director at Garden & Gun magazine. Since the premiere issue in 2007, she has helped shape the visual identity of the G&G brand. Prior to returning to her Southern roots, Maggie spent ten years with Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in San Francisco. There, she held the position of Creative Director for the Williams-Sonoma catalog, allowing her to oversee all aspects of the high-end brand’s creative development and production as well as collaborate with world-renowned photographers, stylists and chefs. Her work has been recognized with two National Magazine Awards in General Excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors, American Photography and Photo District News. She has also served as a judge and captain in The Society of Publication Designer’s Annual Design Competitions and been the recipient of Gold and Silver medals from SPD.
Jennifer Lamping
Jen Lamping is VP / Director of Art Production at Rubin, Postaer, and Associates (RPA) in Los Angeles. She's worked at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), as an artist rep at Giant Artists, done production at TBWA\Chiat\Day, Saatchi & Saatchi, and now RPA. She also founded GALLERY 2525, an in-house art gallery at RPA that showcases a variety of local and world-renowned artists, as well as an artist speaking series called, ART TALKS.
Gregg Lhotsky
Gregg Lhotsky is an agent and partner at Bernstein & Andriulli, one of the oldest and largest repping firms in the country. He previously was the marketing director (and developer) of EDGE. Prior to his career as an agent, he worked as the Director of Photography at Photonica and was a Photo Editor at FPG. He was the President of SPAR the trade association for artist representatives and teaches at ICP. Review Preferences: I will see anyone but they should have an eye towards the commercial marketplace. Fine artists, hobbyists’ and photo journalists need not apply.
Shana Lopes
Shana Lopes, PhD, is an Assistant Curator of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She has organized exhibitions on cyanotypes, the 1906 earthquake, Atget, Wright Morris, and Eikoh Hosoe. She is the co-curator of Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue, which pairs recent acquisitions with existing work from the collection, and A Living for Us All: Artists and the WPA. Most recently, she organized Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection, on view now. Over the past fifteen years, she has gained curatorial experience at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Claudia Marks
Claudia Marks is the Senior Art Director at Getty Images.
Norman Maslov
Norman Maslov, is an Artist's Agent representing a small group of extremely creative commercial photographers who constantly cross the line between fine ads and fine art. His agency, Norman Maslov, Agent Internationale
Marie Monteleone
Marie Monteleone is the Deputy Photo Editor for Bloomberg Visual Media, overseeing all assignments for North America. At Bloomberg, she assigns for breaking news and feature photo essays. Prior to Bloomberg, she has worked for ABC News, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The New York Post, and W Magazine. Marie has been guest faculty at The International Center of Photography, Parsons School of Design, The Eddie Adams Workshop, and The Women Photograph Workshop.
Will Morel
Looking for: Conceptual, Health/Wellness, Illustration, Lifestyle, Motion, Personal, Portrait,
Product, Still Life
Rebecca Morgan
Rebecca Morgan works with DAC Art Consulting in Atlanta, GA and the former Gallery Director of Arnika Dawkins Gallery. Rebecca gained experience in all facets of the art industry by working administratively for galleries, museums and art fairs.
Quentin Nardi
Quentin Nardi is chief photo editor for Smithsonian magazine. A photo editor and director professional with more than 20 years of national magazine and editorial photo editing experience in both print and digital platforms. Prior to Smithsonian, Nardi spent nine years as a photo editor for Outside, Ski magazine and as director of photography for AARP, where she helped to redefine the visual direction of AARP The Magazine. Nardi earned a BFA in photography from the University of New Mexico
irene opezzo
Irene Opezzo is Photo Director at Robb Report. She has been employed at several publications in the US and Italy, such as Vice News, Vogue Italia, and the national daily newspaper La Stampa. She's been producing photo shoots and commissioning experienced and emerging photographers for more than ten years, pursuing innovative ways to approach visual storytelling.
Judith Peyrat
Judith Peyrat is the Director of the prestigious Paris Gallery, Baudoin Lebon.
Carolyn Potts
Carolyn Potts, creative consultant, works with photographers worldwide refocusing their marketing so that it’s as professional and compelling as their imagery. She's created 10,000+ portfolio edits/presentations for photographers. She provides portfolio edits, marketing strategies, and business systems that help them land the projects they want and need.
Deirdre Read
Deirdre Finzer Read is a Deputy Visual Research Editor for Oprah Daily, O, The Oprah Magazine: Quarterly, & Prevention at Hearst Magazines. She also contributes to O, The Oprah Magazine's Instagram account. She worked on staff as a Photo Editor Specialist at National Geographic Magazine, a Supporting Picture Editor at Time Magazine, and an Assistant Photo Editor at World Picture News.
Britt Salvesen
Britt Salvesen joined LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) in October 2009 as Curator and head of both the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and the Department of Prints and Drawings. Previously, she was Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), University of Arizona. Prior to joining CCP, Salvesen was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Milwaukee Art Museum (2002–04), and associate editor of scholarly publications at the Art Institute of Chicago (1994–2002).
Patti Schumann
Patti Schumann, founding agent of Schumann & Company, passionately combines her love of all things visual with her keen instinct for strategic marketing solutions. Patti is noted for her extraordinary roster of internationally acclaimed photographers / directors. She takes great pride in the development of long-term professional relationships that are founded with collaborative and artistic integrity. She tirelessly promotes and consults on industry standards through involvement and engagement with professional associates including ASMP, APA, AIGA, ADC and others.Reviewer Preference: Open to seeing motion samples in addition to still photography.
Jackson Siegal
Jackson Siegal is the Associate Director at CLAMP GALLERY and a New York City based artist working with photography as it relates and intersects with varying media, including sculpture, drawing, painting, and text. He is a graduate of the Bard College Photography Program. Jackson is most interested in reviewing developed and innovative bodies of work suitable for exhibition. All types of imagery is welcome—from documentary to landscape, still life to portrait, conceptual to mixed media. However, Jackson is not interested in reviewing commercial work intended for stock or advertising. Aside from offering criticism and critique of the work itself, Jackson can also provide advice and direction in terms of promoting projects. In exceptional cases, CLAMP is able to offer exhibition opportunities to artists.
Mark Sink
Mark Sink, a private art consultant, represents and curates local and international cutting-edge fine art photography. Mark is a co-founder of The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, founder of the Month of Photography Denver and The Big Picture Colorado street art projects and the Denver Collage Club. His personal fine art photography is shown and collected world wide.
Aline Smithson
Aline Smithson is a visual artist, educator, and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of LENSCRATCH, a daily journal on photography that has given exposure and opportunities to thousands of photographers. Reviewer Preference: She hopes to see work that is cohesive, created with intention, and deeply considered.
Kristin Taylor
Kristin Taylor is Curator of Academic Programs and Collections at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago. She has curated the exhibitions Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency; Chicago Stories: Carlos Javier Ortiz and David Schalliol; and Beyond the Frame, among others. She manages the museum’s podcast, Focal Point, which engages artists in discussion around the themes and processes in contemporary photography.
Pamela Jean Tinnen
Pamela is a curator and writer based in New York. She has worked for over a decade as a curator specializing in public-art at NYU, as well as for contemporary art galleries. Her artistic, academic and curatorial interests most often engage photography, noir-theory, semiotics, dark-tourism, aesthetics and visual-culture.
Kenneth Zane
VMLY&R SENIOR ART/PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCER Ken Zane brings over 25 years of industry experience to his position of Senior Art/Photo Producer. He started out as a freelance fashion photographer in New York and is known for his roles as a Senior Art Producer at Digitas in Philadephia/NYC, FCB and Leo Burnett in Chicago, supporting clients like Coca-Cola, GM, McDonald’s, Miller-Coors, P&G, Intel, Pfizer, 3M, Amex, Olay, Eli Lilly, Nestle, Firestone, Phillip Morris, Brooks, Pantene, Intel, E.J. Gallo and Kellogg’s, to name just a few. He left Leo Burnett in 2017 to work on the client-side as a Senior Photo Producer at Gap Inc./OLD NAVY in San Francisco. Currently, he is thrilled to join the team at VMLY&R where he’s been working for over a year.
Kyohei Abe
Kyohei Abe is the Director and Chief Curator, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography. Established in 2010, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography (DCCP) began as the first non-profit center dedicated exclusively to contemporary photography. With a mission to foster the appreciation and understanding of photography by promoting contemporary lens-based artists, DCCP strives to support creative discourse and a visual understanding of the still and moving frame. As a non-profit the Center seeks to broaden its outreach among Detroit’s diverse communities through exhibitions and programming in collaboration with local institutions. In 2012, DCCP shifted it’s operation to a solely online gallery supplemented by small edition artist book publications. While inspired by a wide range of photography, Abe is most interested in seeing intelligent and coherent work displaying a fresh perspective.
Reviewer Preference: Open to seeing motion samples in addition to still photography.
Leigh Andersen
Leigh Anderson is a photographer's agent, artist's consultant and visual content strategist based in Los Angeles. Leigh helps photographers and visual artists refine their vision, identify their strengths, streamline their creative and demystify the process of getting hired. I also work with brands to source, manage and hire creative talent for their campaigns, calling on my network of photographers, creative directors and producers to put together the best creative team for every project.
Regina Anzenberger
Regina Anzenberger, Director, Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Jamie Appelbaum
Jamie Appelbaum is a principal with Beyond Creative Management. Prior to this she worked as an art producer at McGarry Bowen
Rebekah Baker
Rebekah Baker works at Publicis New York as an Associate Producer. Prior to this assignment she worked in the same capacity at Saatchi & Saatchi NY. Rebekah graduated from the Advertising Program at Brigham Young University in April 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a production emphasis.
Anthony Bannon
Anthony Bannon is a medalist in the history and criticism of photography from the Royal Academy of Photography in Great Britain. He is the emeritus director of the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY and the Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State. Forthcoming with Steidl Verdlag is Beatitude: The Beat Attitude: Photographs by Joey Tranchina and exhibitions with catalogs on photographs by John Wood and Mark Maio. . He is a trustee on the boards of the Photo Review and Artpark, the New York State Park for the arts in Lewiston on the Niagara Gorge.
Ron Beinner
Ron Beinner is a long time photography editor, producer and creative collaborator. He spent over two decades with Vanity Fair magazine and currently works on a variety of visual projects in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
Sherrie Berger
Sherrie Berger (sherrieberger.com) is a photography consultant with a background in photography, art, and business. She has extensive experience in entertainment, high-end celebrity portraiture, fine art photography, production, editing, marketing, curating and media relations. In addition to teaching and inspiring a wide variety of photographers, from emerging to Pulitzer Prize winning, Sherrie continues to consult privately with clients on events, such as The Lucie Awards, and Pop Art Photo Show, on exhibitions, and with individual photographers, ranging from the presentation of their bodies of work to overall career trajectories. Her career began at ABC television where she led the network photo department, overseeing a team of photographers, publicists, producers and editors. Subsequently, working at one of the world’s leading international stock and syndication agencies, she continued to work with the industry’s most talented photographers.
Daria Bonera
Born in Milan, after graduating in Fashion Marketing from St Martins School in London, I started working for Grazia Neri Photo Agency, where I represented several international agencies and photographers and I selected new talents for the Agency. In 2008 I went to New York to work as the agent of documentary photographer Donna Ferrato and representing Grazia Neri’s photographers all through the US, while collaborating with the major publications. In 2009, I came back to Milano and I started my own Agency, DB, where I represent a few selected photographers and film directors for fashion, advertising and digital campaigns. I have been invited as a portfolio reviewer at several festivals and as a member part of the Jury of many International Photography Awards, a nominator for the Prix Pictet and I collaborate as a mentor and teacher of visual communication with some photography schools. From 2009 to 2019 I was the photo editor of the magazine "Touring National Geographic Traveler Italia". Since 2021, I am the visual editor of Cesura photo collective for editorial and commercial projects.
Jigisha Bouverat
Jigisha Bouverat, owner/agent of JBC, was the Director of Art Production for TBWAChiatDay for 20+ years during which she managed and mentored teams of Art Producers responsible for revolutionizing the creative and business practices in the industry. Now as an agent, she brings a unique level of experience and perspective from both sides of the business. JBC is a collective with a shared commitment to the art and commerce industry. Reviewer Preferences: Interested in seeing motion work and integrated content.
Brenna Britton
Brenna has over 25 years of experience producing and art directing shoots for television (streaming), sports, technology, fashion and film. A content producer that has delivered across a multitude of genres and platforms for brands like AMAZON Studios, GoPro, People, InStyle, WIRED, ESPN, and ABC. Currently at Amazon Studio, she oversees a creative content capture team of 22 producers (Photo and AV). She built the team from the ground up to deliver assets for 360 Global Campaign launches.
Gaye Ann Bruno
Craig Calefate
Craig Calefate a Photo Producer + Editor with over 12 year's experience in entertainment photography at HBO, Apple, NBC-Universal, and Sony Pictures. My specializations include overseeing unit, marketing shoot, and event photo production globally across series, film, unscripted, specials, news, and sports.
Andi Campognone
Andi Campognone is the Museum Manager/Curator for the City of Lancaster, responsible for the development and maintenance of partnerships and community engagement initiatives with local artists, local businesses, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles County Supervisors office and higher level institutions. She develops curatorial direction for exhibition programming and educational programming and additionally she is directing the Museum accreditation process for MOAH.
She is also the Owner/Director of AC Projects, a private consulting organization focused on promoting arts and culture.
Jessica Carroll
Jessica Carroll is director of Major League Baseball’s photo department where she oversees all aspects of photography for the league office. This includes directing photo operations at high-profile events such as the All-Star Game and World Series; hiring photographers for portrait and action assignments; maintaining the photo archive; and developing league-wide photography policies and procedures. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s photojournalism program in 2003, Jessica went on to work in the photography departments at the United States Golf Association and Golf Digest Magazine. She has been with MLB since 2008.
Rose Cefalu
Rose's photo experience in Los Angeles covers 25 years of working as a photography director, producer, art buyer and photo agent. She produces award winning content as a freelance photography director for magazines and websites such as Emmy magazine. She has worked as a photo producer and entertainment editor for such magazines at Loaded, Bauer’s Heat, the BBC’s Star Magazine, Torontos FW, and New Zealand’s Pavement Magazine to name a few. H
Barbara Ceferin
Barbara Ceferin is the Director of the prestigious Galerja Fotografia in Slovenia.
Kelly Chiello
Kelly Chiello is the Visuals Editor for InStyle. She commissions fashion, beauty and portraiture photography. She's been with InStyle for about 5 years and has watched the digital brand grow a lot during that time. When she's not at work, she loves talking about dogs and ghost stories.
Paris Chong
Paris Chong is the Gallery Director of the Leica Gallery Los Angeles.
Amy Cooper
Amy V. Cooper is a photography consultant, creative business mentor, accountability strategist, thought partner, and mindset coach with over 25 years of experience in the photography industry. She has worked as a photographer agent, advertising agency art buyer, and entertainment & magazine photo editor. Amy has hired photographers to shoot campaigns for companies like UPS, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola. She’s represented and created winning bids for artists with brands like Mary Kay, Netflix and Disney. Amy specializes in supporting artists to develop portfolios, branding, client lists, and marketing strategies that honor their authentic creative journey.
Juan Curto
Juan Curto is the owner and director of Camara Oscura, an art gallery specialising in international contemporary photography. The gallery opened in 2007 and exhibits the work of emerging and mid-career artists, not only in the gallery but in the most reputed art fairs worldwide. Camara Oscura has rapidly become a successful and trendsetting gallery. Mr. Curto teaches marketing of art, and photography, at Universidad Nebrija and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos -both in Madrid, Spain- as well as at other institutions. He is regularly requested to jury and review portfolios at the main awards and festivals of photography. Last but not least, he is a passionate collector of contemporary and primitive photography from 1996.
Suzanne Darmory
Suzanne has over 25 years of international experience championing Fortune 500 brands and articulating their vision through marketing and advertising initiatives. Suzanne leads the integrated marketing and creative strategy at Jackson Hewitt with a customer-centric approach to help drive growth through compelling and impactful strategic brand solutions. In addition to founding her own advertising agency (The AGNCY), she spent most of her career at world-class companies in New York (Arnold, Deutsch, Grey, JWT, Moxie, Mcgarrybowen, Ogilvy, R/GA, Zeta) and in London (Bates UK, Euro RSCG, Imagination, Ogilvy & Mather).
Shelley de Soto
Shelley de Soto is the owner and director of De Soto Gallery in Los Angeles. The gallery specializes in photography, video, and installations by emerging artists. The gallery hosts regular exhibitions and attends various art fairs annually. Previously, Shelley worked as the Director of Stephen Cohen Gallery. She studied Art History at UC Berkeley and Photography at Art Center College of Design.
Joshua Farr
Joshua Farr is the Director at the Vermont Center for Photography located in Brattleboro, VT. Since 2011, Josh has been responsible for curating the center’s monthly photographic exhibitions as well as assisting with the organizing of photographic workshops, artists talks, publications/catalogues, & portfolio reviews.
Annette Fausboll
Annette Fausboll Founder of Ugly Duckling Projects Artist Agent and Executive Producer of Ugly Duckling Projects in Singapore, Annette brings decades of experience in representing photographers and filmmakers producing ad campaigns in Asia and Globally.
Kristi Fitts
Kristi Fitts has been working at HBO and now HBO Max for 6 years and is currently Sr. Photo Producer. Her team is responsible for all series and brand related photography, covering on set photography, social media specific and ad campaign photography. Previous to HBO Kristi worked at A&E Entertainment, Sony Television and MGM.
Christina Force
Christina Force specialises in sharing her 30 years of experience working with ad industry creatives from around the globe. As founder of photo agency The Collective Force she secured countless large-scale global photographic assignments, in particular from South East Asia, during her 15 years at the helm.
She now works with photographers and agents worldwide as a consultant and editor, and through her unique online mentoring programs. She is co-chair of Creative Asia Plus, the first portfolio review event in Asia promoting connections between ad agency creatives in the region and photographers from beyond Asia. She is also co-founder of The Series Project, a workshop designed with an ex-creative director to help photographers develop their personal project skills.
Her mission is to help commercial photographers get paid to shoot what they love.
Maura Friedman
Maura Friedman is a senior photo editor at National Geographic where she works with photographers on stories at the intersection of history, environment, and place. Previously, Maura served as lead photo editor and projects photographer at the Urban Institute, a multimedia reporter at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, and an independent visual journalist producing photo and video stories across the Southeast United States
Kayte Geldzahler
Kayte is an Art Producer has been helping create compelling photographic content in the advertising space for the past 14 years. Experience includes working at major ad agencies such as Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, and McGarry Bowen. She’s led production on large-scale campaigns for brands that include American Express, United Airlines, Verizon, Burt’s Bees, Chase, P&G, Marriott, Northrop Grumman, and Crayola.
Shawn Gill
Experienced Creative Director with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in Graphics, User Experience, Logo Design, Integrated Marketing, and Advertising.
Celine Grouard
Celine Grouard is a New York-based photo editor where since 2013 she handles art direction and production of photo shoots for Fast Company magazine, as well as contributing to the Fast Company website. Her work for Fast Company has spanned a wide range of assignments—from assigning still life, portraitures, and conceptual photographs to handling event photography, and more. Prior to working at Fast Company she lived in the Bay Area and was a photo editor for Wired magazine.
She has a keen eye for the medium and loves to have productive critiques that inspire artists.
Allison Grynberg
Allison Grynberg has over 15 years of experience in the world of design. Having worked with brands such as Avon, Coty, Louboutin Beauté, Victoria's Secret and Grey Advertising, she has become an expert in crafting innovative brand experiences.
Angelika Hala
Angelika Hala has been the New York photo editor and producer for the stern Magazine group for some 20 years, and commissions, researches and licenses photography for a wide range of features from documentary, sports, science and news to portrait and fashion, working with established photographers as well as developing talent. She participated in multiple portfolio reviews across the United States and internationally, and was juror for The Fence/Photoville and ZEKE Awards; and mentor at the Eddie Adams Workshops.
Marla Hamburg Kennedy
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs (HKP) is the preeminent private art advisory service that emphasizes a highly-individualized, client-oriented approach to art investment. Our team of specialists cater to seasoned collectors and interested novices alike, with both market-savvy advice and personalized, confidential consultation.
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn has been a part of WIRED's photo team for 2 years where she started as the photo fellow in 2019. Prior to WIRED, she graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and minor in fine arts. She's contributed to The Washington Afro American and Washington Informer.
Jeana Hong
Jeana Hong Oh is an art buyer / producer able to use her extensive experience on the client, art buying and agency sides of the business to help photographers, photo assistants, digital techs, videographers, multimedia content creators and owners of photo/video businesses. She has spent the last 20+ years working for such brands as CBS, Coty, The Gap, Kipling, Mercedes-Benz, Nautica, NBC and Samsung. Reviewer Preference: Open to seeing motion samples in addition to still photography.
Jeremy Kaplan
Trailer Park Group is the industry leader in entertainment marketing and content production spanning N. America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Specializing in Streaming, Film, Gaming, Music, and Sports, Trailer Park Group delivers best-in-class creative, content, production, and strategy capabilities via a network of fully integrated specialty studios.
Maggie Kennedy
Maggie Kennedy is the photography and visuals director at Garden & Gun magazine. Since the premiere issue in 2007, she has helped shape the visual identity of the G&G brand. Prior to returning to her Southern roots, Maggie spent ten years with Williams-Sonoma, Inc. in San Francisco. There, she held the position of Creative Director for the Williams-Sonoma catalog, allowing her to oversee all aspects of the high-end brand’s creative development and production as well as collaborate with world-renowned photographers, stylists and chefs. Her work has been recognized with two National Magazine Awards in General Excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors, American Photography and Photo District News. She has also served as a judge and captain in The Society of Publication Designer’s Annual Design Competitions and been the recipient of Gold and Silver medals from SPD.
Jennifer Lamping
Jen Lamping is VP / Director of Art Production at Rubin, Postaer, and Associates (RPA) in Los Angeles. She's worked at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), as an artist rep at Giant Artists, done production at TBWA\Chiat\Day, Saatchi & Saatchi, and now RPA. She also founded GALLERY 2525, an in-house art gallery at RPA that showcases a variety of local and world-renowned artists, as well as an artist speaking series called, ART TALKS.
Gregg Lhotsky
Gregg Lhotsky is an agent and partner at Bernstein & Andriulli, one of the oldest and largest repping firms in the country. He previously was the marketing director (and developer) of EDGE. Prior to his career as an agent, he worked as the Director of Photography at Photonica and was a Photo Editor at FPG. He was the President of SPAR the trade association for artist representatives and teaches at ICP. Review Preferences: I will see anyone but they should have an eye towards the commercial marketplace. Fine artists, hobbyists’ and photo journalists need not apply.
Shana Lopes
Shana Lopes, PhD, is an Assistant Curator of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She has organized exhibitions on cyanotypes, the 1906 earthquake, Atget, Wright Morris, and Eikoh Hosoe. She is the co-curator of Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue, which pairs recent acquisitions with existing work from the collection, and A Living for Us All: Artists and the WPA. Most recently, she organized Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection, on view now. Over the past fifteen years, she has gained curatorial experience at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Claudia Marks
Claudia Marks is the Senior Art Director at Getty Images.
Norman Maslov
Norman Maslov, is an Artist's Agent representing a small group of extremely creative commercial photographers who constantly cross the line between fine ads and fine art. His agency, Norman Maslov, Agent Internationale
Marie Monteleone
Marie Monteleone is the Deputy Photo Editor for Bloomberg Visual Media, overseeing all assignments for North America. At Bloomberg, she assigns for breaking news and feature photo essays. Prior to Bloomberg, she has worked for ABC News, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The New York Post, and W Magazine. Marie has been guest faculty at The International Center of Photography, Parsons School of Design, The Eddie Adams Workshop, and The Women Photograph Workshop.
Will Morel
Looking for: Conceptual, Health/Wellness, Illustration, Lifestyle, Motion, Personal, Portrait,
Product, Still Life
Rebecca Morgan
Rebecca Morgan works with DAC Art Consulting in Atlanta, GA and the former Gallery Director of Arnika Dawkins Gallery. Rebecca gained experience in all facets of the art industry by working administratively for galleries, museums and art fairs.
Quentin Nardi
Quentin Nardi is chief photo editor for Smithsonian magazine. A photo editor and director professional with more than 20 years of national magazine and editorial photo editing experience in both print and digital platforms. Prior to Smithsonian, Nardi spent nine years as a photo editor for Outside, Ski magazine and as director of photography for AARP, where she helped to redefine the visual direction of AARP The Magazine. Nardi earned a BFA in photography from the University of New Mexico
irene opezzo
Irene Opezzo is Photo Director at Robb Report. She has been employed at several publications in the US and Italy, such as Vice News, Vogue Italia, and the national daily newspaper La Stampa. She's been producing photo shoots and commissioning experienced and emerging photographers for more than ten years, pursuing innovative ways to approach visual storytelling.
Judith Peyrat
Judith Peyrat is the Director of the prestigious Paris Gallery, Baudoin Lebon.
Carolyn Potts
Carolyn Potts, creative consultant, works with photographers worldwide refocusing their marketing so that it’s as professional and compelling as their imagery. She's created 10,000+ portfolio edits/presentations for photographers. She provides portfolio edits, marketing strategies, and business systems that help them land the projects they want and need.
Deirdre Read
Deirdre Finzer Read is a Deputy Visual Research Editor for Oprah Daily, O, The Oprah Magazine: Quarterly, & Prevention at Hearst Magazines. She also contributes to O, The Oprah Magazine's Instagram account. She worked on staff as a Photo Editor Specialist at National Geographic Magazine, a Supporting Picture Editor at Time Magazine, and an Assistant Photo Editor at World Picture News.
Britt Salvesen
Britt Salvesen joined LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) in October 2009 as Curator and head of both the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and the Department of Prints and Drawings. Previously, she was Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), University of Arizona. Prior to joining CCP, Salvesen was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Milwaukee Art Museum (2002–04), and associate editor of scholarly publications at the Art Institute of Chicago (1994–2002).
Patti Schumann
Patti Schumann, founding agent of Schumann & Company, passionately combines her love of all things visual with her keen instinct for strategic marketing solutions. Patti is noted for her extraordinary roster of internationally acclaimed photographers / directors. She takes great pride in the development of long-term professional relationships that are founded with collaborative and artistic integrity. She tirelessly promotes and consults on industry standards through involvement and engagement with professional associates including ASMP, APA, AIGA, ADC and others.Reviewer Preference: Open to seeing motion samples in addition to still photography.
Jackson Siegal
Jackson Siegal is the Associate Director at CLAMP GALLERY and a New York City based artist working with photography as it relates and intersects with varying media, including sculpture, drawing, painting, and text. He is a graduate of the Bard College Photography Program. Jackson is most interested in reviewing developed and innovative bodies of work suitable for exhibition. All types of imagery is welcome—from documentary to landscape, still life to portrait, conceptual to mixed media. However, Jackson is not interested in reviewing commercial work intended for stock or advertising. Aside from offering criticism and critique of the work itself, Jackson can also provide advice and direction in terms of promoting projects. In exceptional cases, CLAMP is able to offer exhibition opportunities to artists.
Mark Sink
Mark Sink, a private art consultant, represents and curates local and international cutting-edge fine art photography. Mark is a co-founder of The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, founder of the Month of Photography Denver and The Big Picture Colorado street art projects and the Denver Collage Club. His personal fine art photography is shown and collected world wide.
Aline Smithson
Aline Smithson is a visual artist, educator, and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of LENSCRATCH, a daily journal on photography that has given exposure and opportunities to thousands of photographers. Reviewer Preference: She hopes to see work that is cohesive, created with intention, and deeply considered.
Kristin Taylor
Kristin Taylor is Curator of Academic Programs and Collections at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago. She has curated the exhibitions Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency; Chicago Stories: Carlos Javier Ortiz and David Schalliol; and Beyond the Frame, among others. She manages the museum’s podcast, Focal Point, which engages artists in discussion around the themes and processes in contemporary photography.
Pamela Jean Tinnen
Pamela is a curator and writer based in New York. She has worked for over a decade as a curator specializing in public-art at NYU, as well as for contemporary art galleries. Her artistic, academic and curatorial interests most often engage photography, noir-theory, semiotics, dark-tourism, aesthetics and visual-culture.
Kenneth Zane
VMLY&R SENIOR ART/PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCER Ken Zane brings over 25 years of industry experience to his position of Senior Art/Photo Producer. He started out as a freelance fashion photographer in New York and is known for his roles as a Senior Art Producer at Digitas in Philadephia/NYC, FCB and Leo Burnett in Chicago, supporting clients like Coca-Cola, GM, McDonald’s, Miller-Coors, P&G, Intel, Pfizer, 3M, Amex, Olay, Eli Lilly, Nestle, Firestone, Phillip Morris, Brooks, Pantene, Intel, E.J. Gallo and Kellogg’s, to name just a few. He left Leo Burnett in 2017 to work on the client-side as a Senior Photo Producer at Gap Inc./OLD NAVY in San Francisco. Currently, he is thrilled to join the team at VMLY&R where he’s been working for over a year.