Nominators

Assistant professor, High School of Arts of Algiers, Algeria

Director, kó, Lagos, Nigeria

Photographer, Lagos, Nigeria

Founder/ Director, AAF African Artists’ Foundation/ LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria

Director/ Co-Head of Photography, Photo: & Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Johannesburg, South Africa

Chairman, Roger Ballen Photography , Johannesburg, South Africa

Professor, Department of Historical Studies, University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, South Africa

Author, Critic, Journalist and Curator, Cape Town, South Africa

Visual Arts Research & Practice Fellow, Stellenbosch University, Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa

Professor, Art Critic and Curator, Tunis, Tunisia

Executive Director and Chief Curator, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Founder, Africa Foto Fair and Addis Foto Fest, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Architect, Shahira Fahmy Architects, Cairo, Egypt

Curator & Editor, Cityscapes magazine, Cape Town, South Africa

Curator, and Founder, Art Bridge Project, Lagos, Nigeria

Director, Wunika Mukan Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria

Co-founder, Director, TINTERA Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

Founder & Director, Studio Sakse, Laiza

Photographer, Managing Director, Drik India Media Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Founder and Director, Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Director, WYNG Foundation, Hong Kong, China

Lecturer and art critic, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Co-founder, Doors Culture & Art agency, Beijing, China

Founders, Directors, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

Curator, , Beijing, China

Director, Wuguan Image (the Founder of Lianzhou Foto), Guangzhou, China

Publisher and Editor, Art Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, China

Director of Academic Initiatives, De Ying Foundation, Shanghai, China

Head of Art Collection, Taikang Insurance Group, Beijing, China

Chief Director, G/P Gallery, Shizuoka, Japan

Program Coordinator, Paris, France

Director, Landalp Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Founder & Director, F11 Limited, Happy Valley, Hong Kong

Advisor and Curator, C1 Art Advisory, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Collector, The Peak, Hong Kong

Editor in Chief, Galli Magazine, Hyderabad , India

Director, Farah Siddiqui Contemporary Art, Mumbai, India

Editor, Sanctuary Asia, Mumbai, India

Curator, Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, New Delhi, India

Director, PhotoInk, New Delhi, India

Co-founder and co-Director, KYOTOGRAPHIE, Kyoto, Japan

Chief Curator, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Co-Founder, Co-Executive Dir., KYOTOGRAPHIE, Kyoto, Japan

Professor, Graduate School, Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto, Japan

Photography Publisher and Editor, Goliga, Inc, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Curator, REMINDERS PHOTOGRAPHY STRONGHOLD / RPS KYOTO PAPEROLES, Tokyo, Japan

Curator, Chief of permanent collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Curator/Founder & Chief curator , KLEE INC./NPO TOKYO-GA, Tokyo, Japan

Curator, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan

Curator, Seoul , Korea

Director, Photoktm5, Kathmandu, Nepal

Professor Emerita , Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan

Director, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila, Taguig City, Philippines

Executive Director,  MAP Academy, Singapore, Singapore

Founder, Invisible Photographer Asia, Singapore, Singapore

Co-founder and Director , DECK Photography Art Centre, Singapore , Singapore, Singapore

Chief Executive Officer, The National Art Gallery Singapore, Singapore  , Singapore

Collector, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Publisher and Director, Serindia Publications, Bangkok, Thailand

Senior Curator, International Art (Photography), Tate, Singapore, Singapore

Founder and Publisher, IMAGELESS, Shanghai, China

Director, Goethe-Institut Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

Curator of Photography, Yokohama, Japan

Architect, SANAA, Tokyo, Japan

Curator, Writer, Photo Editor, New Delhi, India

Director, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Festival Director, Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India

Research Associate, Kunstbibliothek, Sammlung Fotografie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , Berlin, Germany

Curator , WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna, Austria

Director, Anzenberger Agency, Vienna, Austria

Director, MuseumsQuartier Wien, Vienna, Austria

Head of Department - Contemporary Photography, Albertina, Vienna, Austria

Art Director, Chief Representative, Leica Galleries International, Salzburg, Austria

Founder, GALLERY FIFTY ONE, Antwerp, Belgium

Director, Walter Leblanc Foundation, Brussels, Belgium

Curator, writer and researcher, Forest, Brussels, Belgium

Staff Photographer, Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Artistic director and Photography Curator, Hørsholm, Denmark

Photographer, Muonio, Finland

Artistic Director, Les Rencontres de Bamako, Paris, France

Photo Editor, Le Monde, Paris, France

Art Historian, Paris, France

Director of Photography, Le Nouvel Obs, Paris, France

Visual Artist, Director & Writer, Paris, France

Director, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles Cedex, France

Editor, Cabris, France

Director, Galerie Thomas Zander, Colombes, France

Co- founder/Chief Curator, Pingyao International Festival of Photography, Groix, France

Senior Project Leader, Project 21, Hyères, France

Director, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France

Director, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, France

Head of the Photographic Collections, Musee du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac , Paris, France

Artist, Paris, France

Art director, Galerie le Château d’Eau, Paris, France

Chief Curator of Photography, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Collector, Paris, France

Photographer and lecturer, Université Paris 8, Paris, France

Artistic Director, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, France

Head of the African Film Library , Institut Francais, Paris, France

Artistic Director, Paris, France

Co-Founder, DSL Collection, Paris, France

Co-Founder and curator, Afrique in visu, Marseille, France

Founder and Chairman, Jan Michalski Foundation, Paris, France

Curator, Editor and Writer, Paris, France

Head of the International Council, Fondation Maeght, Vence, France

Artistic Director, East Wing, Berlin, Germany

Principal Multimedia Expert, European Commission, Berlin, Germany

Media Artist and Publisher, Equivalence: European Photography, Berlin, Germany

Curator, writer and Director, Helsinki School, Berlin, Germany

Curator, Exhibitions Manager, Fotografiska, Berlin, Germany

Founder, Director, Simone Klein Photography & Art Advisory, Cologne, Germany

Head of Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

Chief Curator / Artistic Director, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Managing Director & Curator, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Artistic director, TRIENNIAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY HAMBURG, Hamburg, Germany

Chairman, Kulturforum Süd-Nord e.V., Hamburg, Germany

Editor-in-Chief, PHOTONEWS, Hamburg , Germany

Director, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany

Lecturer and Curator, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany

Professor, Department Literature-Art-Media , University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Head of the photography department, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany

Director, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

Director, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Athens, Greece

Curator, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Senior Curator, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Director, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Fashion stylist and design consultant, Milan, Italy

Co-Founder and Co-Director, Todi Circle , Baschi, Italy

Photographer, La Spezia, Italy

President, Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, Rome, Italy

President and Artistic Director, PHOTOLUX FESTIVAL, Lucca, Italy

Artistic Director & Photo Curator, Biennale Della Fotografia Femminile, Milan, Italy

Artistic Director, MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italy

President, Fondazione Sozzani, Milan, Italy

Curator and fine art photography critic, Director, Admira Photography, Milan, Italy

Founder and Director, Daria Bonera Photo Agency, Milano, Italy

Project Head, Galerrie delle prigioni, Padova, Italy

Founder, curator, book designer and educator, Leporello photobook et al., Rome, Italy

Curator, Book Designer, Educator, Rome University of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy

Editor in Chief, FK Magazine, Riga, Latvia

Founding Director, Kaunas Photo festival , Kaunas, Lithuania

Advisor and Curator, DutchCulture, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Co-founder, editor-in-chief, LensCulture, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Chief Special Projects , Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Head of International Cultural Policy & Coordination, DutchCulture, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Professional photography and media consultant, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Art curator, critic, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Director, Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Curator, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands

Curator, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands

Photography Consultant and Curator, Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Professor Emeritus, University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poznań, Poland

Director, PARALLEL Platform / Procurarte, Lisbon, Portugal

Photographer, Idataube, Moscow, Russia

Founder, The Curator Ship, Barcelona, Spain

Founder and Director, Photographic Social Vision Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

President, Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain

Head of Exhibitions, La Fabrica, Madrid, Spain

Founder, ALMADÁS, Madrid, Spain

Director, diChroma photography, Madrid, Spain

Chief Curator, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden

Curator of Photography, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

Global Vice President of Exhibitions, Fotografiska , Stockholm, Sweden

Founder, Willas Contemporary, Stockholm, Sweden

Founder, REZO Agency, Stockholm, Sweden

Founding director, CAP Prize – The Contemporary African Photography Prize, Basel, Switzerland

Author, lecturer, curator, , Chardonne, Switzerland

Director, MASILugano | Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

Director , EPFL ARTLAB, St-Sulpice, Switzerland

Writer, curator, Cully, Switzerland

Founder and Director, Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland

Director, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

Curator, Publicist and Consultant in Photography, Zurich, Switzerland

Photographer & Founder, MRO Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland

Art historian, critic and curator, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

Curator and Artistic Director, Spain Now!, London, UK

Partner, Lehmann Maupin, London, UK

Editor, Source Photographic Review, Belfast , United Kingdom

Professor in the Culture of Photography, , Brighton, United Kingdom

Director, Photographers Gallery, Brighton, United Kingdom

Consultant, The Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, United Kingdom

Rector, Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Director/Producer/Co-Founder, Photoworks/Forestry England/FORMAT, International Photography Festival, Derby, United Kingdom

Founder, Lisa Anderson Art Advisory, London, United Kingdom

Senior Advisor, London, United Kingdom

Photographer, London, United Kingdom

Curator, consultant and educator, London, United Kingdom

Writer and curator, London, United Kingdom

Director, Next Level Projects, London, United Kingdom

Director of Photography, FT Weekend Magazine, London, United Kingdom

Curator, Zelda Cheatle, London, United Kingdom

Editor & Curator, 1000 words, London, United Kingdom

Senior Lecturer, Narrative Ethics,  UAL / Jess Crombie Consultancy , London, United Kingdom

Chief Executive Officer, The Association of Photographers, London, United Kingdom

Collector, London, United Kingdom

Director , Chaussee 36 / Veritas Centre for Photography , London, United Kingdom

Chantal Fabres Fine Art Advisory, Latin American Photography and mixed media. Curator, , London, United Kingdom

Art Historian, Curator, Professor, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Editor and Consultant, Dorking, United Kingdom

Collector, London, United Kingdom

Curator, London, United Kingdom

Artist, London, United Kingdom

Curator and photography specialist, London, United Kingdom

Founder, MACK, London, United Kingdom

Executive Producer & Art Buyer, Bruton, United Kingdom

Senior Lecturer - History of Art/Photography, University of East London, London, United Kingdom

Senior Curator of International Art (Photography), Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom

Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Founder & Director, PHLSPH - Philosophy & Photography Lab, Thessaloniki, Greece

Artistic Director, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany

Senior Curator, FOAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Director, Foundation CAB, Brussels, Belgium

Artistic Director, Vienna Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

Chief Curator of Photography and Time-based Media, Bavarian State Painting Collecctions | Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

Professor, London Business School, London, United Kingdom

Directors, TOBE Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Founder & Director, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France

International Programmes Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

Senior Curator, Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

Director, FOMU, Antwerp, The Netherlands

Gallerist / Curator, Galerie Gomis, Brussels, Belgium

Editor, Panos Pictures, London, United Kingdom

Collection Director and Curator, CHAUSSEE 36 Photography, Berlin, Germany

Director, Photo Elysee, Museum for Photography, Lausanne, Switzerland

Art advisor, Nathalie Lambert Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Creative Director, NOOR Images & Foundation, Turin, Italy

Artistic Director, Klima Biennale Wien, Vienna, Austria

Senior Curator, House of Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany

Chief Curator, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland

Co-director, Jeau de Paume, Paris, France

Production Manager, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Director, L A Noble Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Director, Proconecta, London, United Kingdom

Director, Arts Council Collection, London, United Kingdom

Head of UCL Art Collections, UCL Art Museum, London, United Kingdom

Director, Leica Gallery London, London, United Kingdom

Co-Chair and Company Director, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, United Kingdom

Former Director, The Photographers' Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Founder, Seen, London, United Kingdom

Head of Photography, The Guardian, London, United Kingdom

Cultural Programme Curator, Historic England, London, United Kingdom

Collector, London, United Kingdom

Professor of Contemporary Art and Photography, University for the Creative Arts, London, United Kingdom

Curator and Writer, London, United Kingdom

Consultant, Qatar Museums, London, United Kingdom

Curator, Modern & Contemporary Art, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, United Kingdom

Collector, Curator, Photographer, Incite Project, Shalford, United Kingdom

Director, Festival de Deauville, Deauville, France

Photo Editor-in-Chief, Danish Daily Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Curator, CAMERA Italian Centre for Photography, Turin, Italy

Partner, Attorney-at-law, Professor, Art Law Foundation Director, Borel & Barbey, Geneva, Switzerland

Founder KTW London & The Wick / Trustee Royal Academy of Arts, The Wick, London, United Kingdom

CEO & Co- Founder of Via Arno, Via Arno, London, United Kingdom

Artistic Director, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Artistic Director, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Germany

Director of the PhotoVogue Festival, Vogue Italia and L'Uomo Vogue, Milan, Italy

Writer/Curator, A Black History of Art, London, United Kingdom

Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Curator, MOMus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography,  Thessaloniki, Greece

Director, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Artist, Tehran, Iran

Director, PHOTO IS:RAEL, Ramat Gan, Israel

Art Consultant, Tel Aviv, Israel

Chief Curator, Eretz Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

Chief Curator, PHOTO IS:RAEL, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Curator of Photographs, Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar

Owner, Founder & Curator, BASMOCA, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Curator and Head of Photography Department, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey

Director, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Director, Martch Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey

Director, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey

 Cultural Manager, Editor, Curator, Geniş Açı Project Office, Istanbul, Turkey

Director, Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Founding Director Emeritus, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey

Curator Photography and New Media, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada

CEO, Co-Founder, Sustainable Inc., Artelio Design International Inc., Toronto, Canada

Artistic Director and Chief Curator, Lassonde Art Trail, Toronto, Canada

Director, Contemporary Art Center Wifredo Lam / Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba

Curator, New York, United States

Paris Photo Ambassador, Paris Photo, Mexico City, Mexico

Curator and contemporary art advisor, Mexico City, Mexico

Co-Director, Art Links Inc. ,Mexico City, Mexico

Director, Photography Curator and Writer, Mexico, Mexico

Research Professor, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico City, Mexico

Curator and Writer, Mexico City, Mexico

Director, Centro de las Artes de San Agustín, Oaxaca, Mexico

Photographer, curator, La Clinica art space, Oaxaca, Mexico

Curator, Belleville, Canada

Sondra Gilman Curator, Whitney Museum, New York, United States

Scholar and Curator of Photographs, Cambridge, United States

Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, United States

Chief Curator & Deputy Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, United States

Specialist, Latin American Photography, Albuquerque, United States

Director of Photography, Gagosian, New York, United States

Executive Director, FotoFest, Houston, United States

Executive Director, Tim Hetherington Trust, Long Island City, United States

Curator, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States

Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States

Producer, curator and translator, Los Angeles, United States

Curator, New York, United States

Senior Curator, Photography, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States

Board member, Penumbra Foundation, New York, United States

Curator and author, New York, United States

Collectors, New York, United States

International Head, Photographs, Christie's, New York, United States

Head Bear, Dancing Bear, New York, United States

Executive Director, Printed Matter, New York, United States

Curator and writer, New York, United States

Artist, New York, United States

Founder, The Walther Collection, New York, United States

Founder & Editor, Conscientious, South Deerfield, United States

Curator of Photographs, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States

Executive Director, Curatorial Exhibitions , Los Angeles, United States

Festival Director, FOTOSEPTIEMBRE , San Antonio, United States

Director Emeritus, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, United States

Associate Curator of Photography, SF MoMA, San Francisco, United States

Curator Emerita of Photography, SF MoMA, San Francisco, United States

 Curator and Arts Consultant, Sperryville, United States

 Curator and Arts Consultant, Sperryville, United States

Founder, Visura, Stowe, United States

Executive Director, Fotografiska, New York, USA

Chief Programs Officer, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, USA

Art Critic, Brooklyn, USA

Art Critic, Santa Cruz, USA

Curator, Author, LA, USA

Founder and curator, Foto Féminas, New York, USA

Founder, Firestarters Consulting, Cambridge, USA

Chief Curator, Amant, New York, USA

President, Moran Griffin, Inc., Arlington, United States

Founding Director, TERN Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas

Executive Director & Curator, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, United States

Chief Curator, MAC Panama, Panama City, Panama

Lawrence S. Friedman Curator of Photography, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, United States

Director, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City, Mexico

Senior Photo Editor, Redux Pictures, New York, United States

Head of Department, Photographs, London, Phillips Auctions, New York, United States

Associate Curator of Photography, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, United States

Managing Editor, The VII Foundation, Cape Coral, United States

Director, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico

Founder & Director, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, United States

Founder/Artistic Director, PHOTO Australia/PHOTO International Festival of Photography, Melbourne, Australia

Head Curator, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia

Museum Director, National Gallery of Australia, Melbourne, Australia

Director, M.33, Naarm, Australia

Honorary Associate, La Trobe University, Fryerstown, Australia

Founder, Unless You Will, Maldon, Australia

Director, Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive, Melbourne, Australia

Curator, Photography, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Director, Perth Center for Photography, Park Western, Australia

Grants Program Coordinator, Boundless Earth, South Yarra, Australia

Director, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia

Senior Curator, Museum of Australian Photography, Victoria, Australia

Photographer, Auckland, New Zealand

Curator, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Director, Galeria Karla Osorio, Brasilia, Brazil

Head Photography Curator, Instituto Moreira Salles, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Director, Centro Las Coincidencias, Lima, Chile

CEO, Academia de Fotografia Raúl Henao, Bogotá, Colombia

Curator, Bogotá, Colombia

Artist and Founder, Mas Arte Mas Accion, Bogotá, Colombia

Photographer, writer and educator, International Center of Photography, Medellín, Colombia

Curator and Photographer, Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru

Founder & Director, Rolf Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Curator, Bogota, Columbia

Curator and publisher, Fotô Editorial, São Paulo, Brazil

Director General, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Chief Editor, Diario El Pais, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay

Journalist, La Nacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

President, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina