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Jury


SUSAN BARAZ

IPA 2023 CURATOR


Susan Baraz helped found and is Co-Chair of the prestigious Lucie Awards. She gave the awards the name, “Lucie”, as it’s a derivation of Lux, meaning Light, which is what all photography is based on. She is the Head of Judging for the renowned photo competition, “The International Photo Awards” (IPA) and oversees it’s 80 exceptional jurors from around the world.

Susan, along with Hossein Farmani, curated the Climate Change Accord Exhibition for the U.N with 250 images from top photographer’s donating their compelling work. This show has traveled around the globe. Susan is the only American to be invited to curate HIPA, the Prince of Dubai’s photo competition. For 20 years, Susan was the Director of Photography for AtEdge, a high end, invitation only, commercial publication and marketing program.

In 1987 she helped establish and was Chair of “Focus on AIDS”, which became the largest fine art photography auction/benefit in the United States. It raised and gave away millions to AIDS organizations and built the only stand alone, Children’’s AIDS hospital, in world, “Asha Kirana”, located in Mysore India, also a safe house for AIDS street orphans in Tanzania. .

Susan is a photography curator and consultant in both commercial and fine art photography and enjoys helping to present photographers best images to get assignment work, as well as helping outstanding work get seen by gallery owners. She is also an avid collector. Susan has edited fine art photo books, curated exhibitions at the Museum of Tolerance, Holocaust Museum in Wash. DC, “Water” exhibition for PX3, Dupon Gallery, Paris, IPA, 10th Anniversary “Best of Show”, Robert Berman Gallery, House of Lucie, Thailand, Ukraine at War, Budapest gallery, and galleries world wide. It’s an honor and thrill for Susan to be able to curate the “Best of Show” for this milestone, 20th anniversary.

CURRENT JURY


MEET THE GALLERISTS, PHOTO EDITORS AND DIRECTORS, ART COLLECTORS, AND OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY LUMINARIES THAT COMPRISE OUR JURY PANEL.

Amy Salzman

SENIOR ART PRODUCER / SAATCHI & SAATCHI NY

Angelika Hala

Photo Editor / Stern Magazine

Anne Morin

Head of diChroma Photography (Madrid)

Annette Fausboll

FOUNDER / UGLY DUCKLING PROJECTS (SINGAPORE)

Babsie M. Morabe

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY

Benoit Lagarde

CO-FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL / SPLASHLIGHT STUDIO

Bryan Yedinak

Publisher / MODERNBOOK GALLERY

Caroline Metcalfe

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY / CMC consulting

Chris Peters

SENIOR ART PRODUCER / COLLE MCVOY

Christian Caujolle

Critic, Artistic Director and Curator

Claudia Grimaldi Marks

Photography and Creative Director / Getty Images

Claudio Composti

Founder and Artistic Director / mc2 Gallery

Damian Heinisch

Photography Educator / Ambassador for Leica

Dan Rubin

PHOTOGRAPHER / DESIGNER / The Photographic Journal

Daria Bonera

DIRECTOR / DB AGENCY

David Clarke

FORMER HEAD OF PHOTOGRAPHY / TATE

Elizabeth Poje

OWNER / ELIZABETH POJE + ASSOCIATES

Emanuele Cucuzza

FOUNDER / IMAGE IN PROGRESS

Emre Küheylan

LECTURER OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND CURATOR / Izmir University of Economics

Fon Windsor-Clive

Advisory board member / The Royal Photographic Society of Thailand

Frank Meo

FOUNDER / THEPHOTOCLOSER.COM

Gloria Crespo MacLennan

Photo editor and Art journalist / El País

Guo Jing

Vice President / Global Photographic Union

Guy Venables

GUY>ENABLES CREATIVE / FOUNDER

Hiroshi Osaka

NIKON PHOTO CONTEST

Irina Chmyreva, PhD.

ART DIRECTOR / PHOTOVISA

Jamason Chen

CURATOR, EDUCATOR / Loyola University Chicago

Jan Corey Helford

OWNER / COREY HELFORD GALLERY

Jean Loh

CURATOR / Beaugeste Gallery

Joel Grimes

PHOTOGRAPHER / EDUCATOR / Joel Grimes Academy

John Kenney

FOUNDER / JOHN KENNEY AND ARTIST MANAGEMENT AGENCY

John Tao

Ming Chuan University Art Center Consultant / Founder of ARTAO

Juan Curto

OWNER / CAMARA OSCURA GALERIA DE ARTE

Kelly Chiello

Associate Photo Director / InStyle, Birdie, Brides, and Shape Magazine

Ken Geiger

Picture Editor, Photojournalist / Freelance

Kenneth Zane

Senior Art/Photography Producer / VMLY&R

Kevin O’Connor

FOUNDING PARTNER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / KALECTIV

Kirk McKoy

PHOTO EDITOR / LOS ANGELES TIMES

Laara Matsen

Photo Editor/Educator, VATN

Lisa Kunst

VMLY&R COMMERCE

Marie A. Monteleone

Photo Editor / Bloomberg News

Michael Itkoff

CO-FOUNDER / DAYLIGHT BOOKS

Michael Pritchard

DIRECTOR / THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Michael Zajakowski

Director of Photography / CHICAGO magazine

Miriam Leuchter

JOSEPHINE HERRICK PROJECT / Executive Director

Nan Oshin

CREATIVE DIRECTOR / Freelance

Paris Chong

GALLERY DIRECTOR / LEICA GALLERY LA

Patricia Lanza

ART CONSULTANT & CURATOR / Freelance

Patti O’Halloran

Agent / Elizabeth Poje + Associates

Péter Baki PhD

DIRECTOR / Hungarian Museum of Photography

Phillip Prodger

Executive Director of Curatorial Exhibitions in Pasadena, California

Quentin Nardi

Chief Photo Editor / Smithsonian Magazine

Robert Berman

FOUNDER/OWNER / ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY

Roger Ballen

Founder - Inside Out Centre for the Arts, Johannesburg

Rohit Vohra

APF MAGAZINE / CO-FOUNDER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Ronald Beinner

Photography Editor, Producer, Consultant

Ryan Libre

FOUNDER / STUDIO SAKSE / DOCUMENTARY ARTS ASIA

Sadie Quarrier

Deputy Director of Photography / National Geographic

Sayaka Ikemoto

Educator, Photographer / Nikon School

Shana Nys Dambrot

CRITIC / CURATOR / AUTHOR / LA Weekly

Shoun A. Hill

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE / UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN

Tang Jiongming

PROFESSOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY / SHANGHAI VISUAL ARTS INSTITUTE

Wang Baoguo

DEPUTY EDITOR / CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHERS MAGAZINE

Wang Wenlan

SENIOR ADVISOR / CHINA PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION

William Snyder

PROGRAM CHAIR, PHOTOJOURNALISM / ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

XuXin Zhao

PRESIDENT / GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION

Zhai Honggang

DIRECTOR / SINA IMAGES

PAST JURY


Adrian Appel

KATAPOLT

Alex Ng

PHOTONEWS.HK

Alice Gabriner

Amanda Renshaw

PUBLISHER. EDITOR. AUTHOR

Amber Terranova

MAGNUM EDUCATION

Amy Silberman

DWELL

Amy Wolff

PDN

Ana Marie Alfelor-De Jesus

University of the Philippines

Andy Adams

FlakPhoto

Anna G. Alexander

Dwell

Ashley Givens

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM

Audrey Landreth

APPLE

Billy Murray

MicroFame Media

Bob Ahern

GETTY IMAGES

Brett Rogers

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY

Brian Paul Clamp

CLAMPART

Cara Owsley

CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

Catherine Edelman

CATHERINE EDELMAN GALLERY

Cathy Xiaoyuan Fan

CHIEF EDITOR, ARTNET NEWS CHINA

Celia Davies

BRIGHTON PHOTO BIENNIAL

Charlie Holtz

RAY BROWN

Charlotte Morgan

MORGAN LOCKYER

Cheryl Newman

TELEGRAPH MAGAZINE

Christina Force

CREATIVE ASIA PLUS

Claudia Hinterseer

South China Morning Post

Collier Brown

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Craig Cohen

POWERHOUSE BOOKS

Cynthia Held

HELD & ASSOCIATES

Damien Poulain

OODEE BOOKS

Dana Salvo

CLARK GALLERY

Danielle A. Scruggs

GETTY IMAGES

Dawn Whitmore

Freelance

Diego Rubio

FCB GLOBAL

Donald R. Winslow

John Cabot University

Ed Han

ED HAN CONSULTING

Elisa Merlo

Wallpaper* City Guides

Enrico Dungca

Photographer

Eric David

VISUAL ARTIST

Flore & Romain Degoul

GALERIE, PARIS- BEIJING

Frank Maresca

RICCO MARESCA GALLERY

Giovanna Calvenzi

Gabriele Basilico Archive in Milan

Gordon Undy

POINT LIGHT GALLERY

Howard Greenberg

HOWARD GREENBERG GALLERY

Hugh Merrell

MERRELL PUBLISHERS

I-Chan Park

PHOTO DOT

James Reid

FIELD PROJECTS

Jiang Rong

Photo World magazine, China

Jo Ann Tansman

J@ – JO ANN TANSMAN

Jocelyn Phillips

INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIALIST

Jodie Jacobson

BLIND SPOT

John Wood

21ST EDITIONS

Jon Feinstein

HUMBLE ARTS FOUNDATION / CO-FOUNDER

Julie Castellano

EDWYNN HOUK GALLERY

Karra Rees

CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Kathleen Clark

Freelance

Katy Niker

BURNHAM-NIKER

Kelli Grant

YAHOO NEWS

Keren Sachs

SHUTTERSTOCK

Kiran Koshy

SLASH DYNAMIC LA

Kon Gouriotis

AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Kristina Hicks

SAATCHI + SAATCHI

Leah Mitchell

LEO BURNETT

Lesley Martin

APERTURE FOUNDATION

Li Zhensheng

LUCIE HONOREE, DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Liz Lapp

SHUTTERSTOCK

Louisa J. Curtis

CHATTERBOX ENTERPRISES

Lucy Bell

LUCY BELL FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY

Manuela Oprea

BLOOMBERG MARKETS MAGAZINE AND BLOOM

Marla Hamburg Kennedy

HAMBURG KENNEDY PHOTOGRAPHS

Melissa Dale

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY MAGAZINE

Michael Bilbrey

LEO BURNETT

Michael Foley

FOLEY GALLERY

Michael Norseng

ESQUIRE MAGAZINE

Michiel Munneke

WORLD PRESS PHOTO

Mick Moore

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Na Risong

Inter Art Center

Nicole Lloyd

DEUTSCH

Nigel Roberts

LEAGAS DELANEY LONDON

Paul Moakley

TIME MAGAZINE

Pei Ketron

Freelance

Peter Southwick

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Rhoni Epstein

RHONI EPSTEIN PHOTO GROUP

Rob Haggart

A PHOTO EDITOR

Ron Ceballos

CONGRESS MGMT.

Rosemary Wilman Honfrps

THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Roy L. Flukinger

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN

Russell Joslin

SKELETON KEY PRESS

Sabine Guedamour

GALERIE ESTHER

Sarah Rosen

Freelance

Scott Thode

VISURA.CO

Sherrie Berger

Photography Consultant

Sofia Lahti

THE FINNISH MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Stacey Baker

NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE

Stephen B. Freligh

NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

Stephen Bulger

STEPHEN BULGER GALLERY

Stephen Perloff

THE PHOTO REVIEW

Steven B. Smith

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Sujong Song

PHOTOGRAPHY CONSULTANT

Susan Spiritus

SUSAN SPIRITUS GALLERY

Susan White

WeWork

Susan Zadeh

EYEMAZING

Tara Pixley, PhD.

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

Tiffany Sprague

YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY

TIm Dillingham

MCCANN NY

Tim Paton

MAGNUM PHOTOS

Timothy Bruns

JWT NY

Todd James

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Trish Lambe

GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Valérie Racine

PHOTO LIFE AND PHOTO SOLUTION MAGAZINES

Vanessa Hallett

PHILLIPS–DEPUTY

Vladimir Neskoromny

SONY ALPHA PROFESSIONAL PROJECT

Yiwei Lu

Yiwei Gallery