Jury
Leader of the Jury
Piotr Trybalski
A Polish journalist, scuba diver and photographer. He has worked for Onet.pl and Edipresse Polska, whereas his photos and texts have been published in the magazines ”Podróże”, ”National Geographic”, ”Polityka”, ”Wprost", ”Przekrój”, "Gazeta Wyborcza", "Kaleidoscope", "Viva!", "Poznaj Świat". He is cofounder and member of the Imago Mundi Foundation and organizer of the travellers’ festival ”Trzy Żywioły”. Piotr Trybalski is editor-in-chief of the tourist and travelling website GoPlanet.pl
Jury members
Vincent Baillais
He started his photography studies in 1993 as Marc Riboud’s assistant and then did various reports in the area of public life. In 2001 he established the "Lieu-dit” team with two Rother photographers. He cooperated with the newspaper "20 Minutes" until 2007. Currently he is continuing his individual search by working for magazines and the professional press. Some of his works are presented in the "L`Oeil Ouvert" gallery in Paris. He has been awarded many prizes, including the jury prize Noir & Blanc Ilford (1993), the Award of excellence in the international SND contest in the category of press photography (2003), as well as the main "grand prix" prize at the Web flash festival du Centre Pompidou pour Thanatorama (2007).
Frédérique Founès
After obtaining her DEA PhD - Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies in the audiovisual field, she is now responsible for press relations in the photography Galleries in Fnac and works in marketing in the "Petits Freres des Pauvres" association. At the same time she works for the "Pour Que l`Esprit Vive" association (which supports and promotes artists and intellectuals), within which she takes care of press relations and organizing exhibitions in the gallery Fait&Cause". In 2002 she joined the agency Editing as director of cultural projects, and in 2008 together with Marie Karsenty she founded the house of photography "Signatures", which for the needs of the media and of institutions creates and spreads reports concerning public life, politics, economics and everyday life.
Anna Fox
She has been active in video and photography for more than 20 years. Professor of photography at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, Great Britain. Her works are included in some of the major modern art collections. Fox became famous and respected for the Work Stations project: Office Life in London (1988). Her Best known works include Zwarte Piet, The Village, Friendly Fire and her autobiographical narration in the form of a mini publication Cockroach Diary and My Mothers Cupboards and My Fathers Words. She was nominated in 2010 for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.
Jerzy Gumowski
Photographer and experienced paraglider, who has been awarded at many major photography contests, such as the Polish Press Photography Contest and the Grand Press Photo. He has worked for the newspapers ”Gazeta Wyborcza”, ”Obserwator codzienny” and ”Życie Warszawy”. Author of photo-albums “Poland from the sky” and “Wilanów above”. Currently he is deputy photography manager at the newspaper ”Rzeczpospolita”. He has been a member of ZPAF (Union of Polish Art Photographers) since 1993. His photos have been presented at dozens of exhibitions. He is professor at the Warsaw Film School.
Artur Heller
Photographer and computer graphic artist with 20 years of experience gained in USA, Great Britain and Poland. Publisher and Editor-in-chief of photography magazine ”Camerapixo” and website promoting photographers ”Photopixo”. Owner of Publishpixo Ltd. Organizer of photographic walks in Europe. A creative soul, who never rests.
Tom Hunter
One of the most outstanding photographic artists in Great Britain, his contemporary works of ordinary subjects take inspiration from classical art. His photograph “Woman reading a possession order” won him the John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award in 1998. Hunter is the only artist to have a photography show in the National Gallery in London (Living in Hell and Other Stories, 2006). He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Photography Society in 2010 and in 2011 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of East London. Hunter lives and works in London where he is a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer of photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
David Kaszlikowski
Photographer, traveller and alpinist. His works have been presented on the cover of the world’s largest mountain magazines: “Alpinist”, „Rock and Ice”, “Grimper”, “Vertical”, “Desnivel”. He has also published his photographs in “Newsweek”, “National Geographic”, „NG Traveler”, „Voyage”, „Playboy”, „Twój Styl”. Author of many articles. He organizes expeditions to undiscovered mountain regions. He has achieved many unexplored mountain walls in the Himalayas, High Atlas and Western Africa (Mali), Greenland, Jordan, Malesia etc. Winner of many prizes and awards for exploration. In 2011 his “underwater” reportage was awarded in the prestigious Grand Press Photo competition. www.DavidKaszlikowski.com
Janusz Musiał
Photographer, graduate of Film and Television Production at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. Has a PhD in Philology at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Member of the Union of Polish Art Photographers since 2005. Received a scholarship in the field of culture from the Silesian Voivodeship in 2005. Professor at the Higher School of Mechatronics in Katowice since 2006. He has written many articles and reviews concerning photography and new media. He works as a curator at theme exhibitions and produces cycles of documentary movies. Editor of www.zpaf.katowice.pl.
Andrzej Pągowski
Graphic artist and author of about a 1000 posters promoting various plays, films, art festivals. He has also designed album covers, done the graphic design for the “Moda” magazine and the Polish edition of “Playboy”. He has won several awards and national prizes. In 2005 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Poland's Renascence.
Marek Straszewski
One of the most outstanding Polish photographers. His photos sessions have been published in many magazines, including ”Elle”, ”Viva”, ”Uroda”, ”Marie Claire”. He is considered a specialist in portraying celebrities. He won an award in the Epica contest of advertising photography. He was professor at the European Academy of Photography for three years.
Ivonne Thein
Her works have been presented at many festivals in Germany: in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe and Frankfurt, as well as at international exhibitions in London, Winterthur in Switzerland, Washington, Helsinki, Santiago in Chile and Stettin. In 2008 she won the “Talents” contest organized by C/O Berlin. She was also a prize-winner at the "Passion of fashion" contest organized by the London Photography Association in 2007 as well as at the New York Photo Awards 2009, in the category of Fine Art Photography. Lives and works in Berlin.
Marek Waśkiel
Journalist, photographer, editor-in-chief of FotoGeA.com. His photos have been published in various album publishing houses, guidebooks, magazines, journals and press advertisements in ”Poznaj Świat”, ”National Geographic”, ”Podróże”, ”Maxim”, ”Focus”, ”Dom i Świat”, ”Rzeczpospolita”, ”Dziennik” czy ”Gazeta Wyborcza. He deals with photography education, conducts courses and workshops.
Roderyk Więcek
Traveller, geologist, journalist of developing countries all around the world. He runs the radio programme “Travelling with a globetrotter” at Radio PIN. Jury member of the Traveler 2010 awards, organized by National Geographic Polska.
Magda Wunsche
Specializes in fashion photography, portrait photography and advertising photography. She studied photography and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Gallen and L'Ecole de la Photographie Creative. She cooperates with many magazines such as „Wallpaper”, ”Elle” or ”Twój Styl”, as well as advertising agencies (Leo Burnett, McCann-Erickson, Saatchi & Saatchi). She has won many awards, including a special award at the Cannes International Advertising Festival in 2007.
and two representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.