Meet this edition's jury

Alison Morley is a photography coach, Photobook editor and educator. She is chair Emerita of the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography. She has taught workshops all over the world and has worked at various magazines and newspapers as the Photo editor including the New York Times, Esquire, and LIFE Magazines. She has written on photography for Elle Magazine and has served as Photo editor for major monographs such as The Ninth Floor by Jessica Dimmock, Andrea Star Reese's Urban Cave and Ron Haviv's Blood and Honey; a Balkan War Journal. She curated the Daegu Photo Biennale, in Korea, 2022 and recently photo edited and wrote the Afterward for All The Colors I Am Inside by Deb Achak, @kehrerverlag, publishing-Fall,2023.

Roy Schweiger, a photographer and director based in New York, has an unwavering fascination with the human face. He perceives the unique diversity that exists between each countenance as both inspiring and enigmatic. Over time, Schweiger's captivation shifted toward the interplay of light and shadow - the transformative qualities that shape and sculpt the face. As an artist, he yearned to express this dynamic. Initially, Schweiger embarked on his career as a videographer, creating short documentaries that presented people's personal stories from a cinematic perspective. However, he soon felt unchallenged and unsatisfied within this medium. Something was missing. It became evident that he was drawn to capturing significant moments, forsaking movement in favour of finding the perfect instant - a frozen narrative encapsulated in a single frame.

Sandra M. Stevenson is an award-winning writer, visual editor and curator in the photography department at The Washington Post. As deputy director of photography, she manages a portfolio that includes international, climate, and health and science issues. Prior to joining The Post, Stevenson was at CNN, where she managed a team of picture editors who curated the home screen, edited stories and newsletters, as well as special projects. Before CNN, she was at the New York Times, where she oversaw digital photo editors on the news desk, and worked on visual content for Race/Related and the Gender, in addition to exclusive projects such as 'Overlooked' and 'This Is 18.' After receiving a BA in English from Syracuse University, Stevenson spent four years working at NBC - first as a page and then working on various news programs. From there, she became the program coordinator for the Black Filmmaker Foundation. During her time there, she held a deep commitment to helping people of color enter the film industry at various levels. Stevenson then returned to the news industry, by taking on a position at the Associated Press, where she spent eight years moving up from photo assistant to overseeing photo news coverage for Latin America and the Caribbean.