Martin Parr is one of the best-known documentary photographers of his generation. With over 100 books of his own published, and another 30 edited by Parr, his photographic legacy is already established.

Parr also acts as a curator and editor. He has curated two photography festivals,Arles in 2004 and Brighton Biennial in 2010. More recently Parr curated the Barbican exhibition, Strange and Familiar.

Parr has been a member of the Magnum agency since 1994 and was President from 2013 - 2017. In 2013 Parr was appointed the visiting professor of photography at the University of Ulster.

Parr’s work has been collected by many of the leading museums, from the Tate, the Pompidou and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Martin Parr established the Martin Parr Foundation in 2017.

In 2019 the National Portrait Gallery in London held a major exhibition of Parr’s work titled Only Human.

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Martin Parr is part of the winners' jury.

Art/photo historian Sofie Crabbé is active as a curator, author and has been a visiting professor at LUCA School of Arts and at KASK & Conservatory. She provides text material commissioned by artists, museums, publishers and galleries. She also writes art criticism and essays for art magazines such as HART and Metropolis M. She is regularly in demand as a speaker, juror, guest curator, guide and reviewer.

Sofie is part of the finalists jury.

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Linda Zhengová is a Czech photographer and writer currently based in Amsterdam. She uses the medium of photography to challenge the existing boundaries and taboos surrounding the themes of representation, sexuality, and trauma. Her works are an intersection of academic and visual research. At the moment, she is editorially contributing to GUP Magazine, FRESH EYES, Extra Extra and Discarded Magazine, platforms showcasing the developments of contemporary photography. She is the author of The Ambiguity of Visual Representations of Trauma (2020), Catharsis (2021) and Katabasis (2023). She is also the curator of XXX a publication of Discarded Magazine showcasing the vision of contemporary erotic photography.

Linda Zhengová is part of the finalists jury.

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Els Opsomer lives and works in Brussels and Rufisque, Senegal. As visual artist she examines if artistic resistance can counter the tense visual culture that engulf us. Heroeuvre departs from a photographic investigation, an attitude strongly expressed in her films as well. Her artwork stems from a constantly expanding archive of urban images [archive building]. It is a critical and visual interpretation of our globalized reality. Her work offers alternative views& soothing images to contemplate a world, where the personal integrity is constantly exposed and challenged.

Els Opsomer coordinates the master photography of Luca School of Arts, Campus Sint-LukasBrussel. She is finalizing a PhD, titled - Isee, I see what you don't see - About the visible invisible in times of 'global' terror, with supervisor Prof. dr Hilde Van Gelder atKULeuven.    

Her work was exhibited at the 12th Istanbul Biennial, Brussels Biennial 1, 7th Kwangju Biennial and 5th Werkleitz Biennial. She was artist in residence at the Rijksakademie Amsterdam. Solo shows include 'Loop videoart‚ Barcelona, (E),'Shadows and Snow', Erna Hecey Gallery, Brussels (B) - '_imovie [1-2-3]_‚ MACsGrand Hornu (B), 'Time Suspended', Kunsthall, Bergen (N) Witte de With,Rotterdam (NL), Netwerk Aalst.

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Olivier Guyaux is a widely known figure in the Belgian photographic field, working around the digitisation and promotion of photographic heritage. He has collaborated with the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, the Royal Museumsof Fine Arts, and the University of Liège

Beyond digitisation, he is known for his innovative curation and collection of19th-century amateur photography. In 2020, he launched “TinyGallery”, a space blending analogue photography archives with immersive technology, offering a unique historical perspective. Since it’s creation, this project has brought together 20 photographers from 13 different countries.

Olivier’s influence extends across Europe with exhibitions spanning Paris, Luxembourg toSweden, each showcasing his ability to merge technology with cultural historical narratives. He is also skilled in the curation of amateur analogue photography exhibitions, breathing life into historical images through his creative approaches and nurturing the next generation of artists and historians.

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Olivier GRASSER is a French art historian who has been director of Contretype / Centred'art pour l'image et la photographie contemporaine in Brussels since 2022. Familiar with the challenges of creation and the need to support artistic projects as closely as possible, he has developed his experience in the fields of contemporary art, performance and contemporary dance, as well as photography.Since 1998, he has held management positions in various institutions in France and Belgium, where he has been particularly interested in the issues of audiences and the reception of art.

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Pauline Caplet (FR) is a photographic artist and curator, based in Brussels since 2012 she founded L'Enfant Sauvage in 2020, an exhibition and creative space dedicated to contemporary photography.

Highlighting the work of emerging and established photographic artists, Pauline Caplet contributes to supporting and promoting photographic artists, and thus introducing new talent to the public.

She is regularly asked to organise workshops and juries.

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Gallery FIFTY ONE specializes in fine art photography and works on paper. Since its founding in 2000, the gallery has been focusing on 20th- and 21st-Century photography (vintage, classic, fashion, African and contemporary). In 2011, the gallery started an ongoing dialogue between photography and works on paper.

In 2014 a new gallery space opened its doors: FIFTY ONE TOO.

In 2018, the gallery launched ’28 Vignon Street’; a new online art platform that responds to the online evolution on the art market.

In 2020, Gallery FIFTY ONE already celebrated its 20th anniversary, a period in which the gallery was able to build up a strong (inter)national reputation and audience.

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