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A leading documentary photographer, Susan Meiselas (USA) is widely acknowledged for her work in the conflict zones of Central America (1978–1983). The Magnum photographer has focused on a wide range of challenging issues from ethnic and religious conflicts, human rights issues to the sex industry.

Meiselas has had one-woman exhibitions in many cities around the world, and her work is included in collections around the world. She has received the Robert Capa Gold Medal for her work in Nicaragua (1979); the Leica Award for Excellence (1982); the Engelhard Award from the Institute of Contemporary Art (1985); the Hasselblad Foundation Photography prize (1994); the Cornell Capa Infinity Award (2005); the Harvard Arts Medal (2011), and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize (2019).

Meiselas has been the President of the Magnum Foundation since its founding in 2007. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Acumen Fund and the Vera List Center for Arts and Culture in New York.

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She has a degree in Fine Arts from the New School for Social Research in New York and a master’s degree in management functions from ESADE. She is a cultural manager, independent curator, photographer’s agent, editor and professor of documentary photography. 

Since 2001, she has directed the Photographic Social Vision Foundation. She has worked at the Guggenheim in New York, at the CCCB in Barcelona, and for the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam as Secretary of the Jury for the 2018 edition of the competition. As a nominator of young talent, she collaborates with the Incipiens Albert Camús Award, Leica Oscar Barnack Award, and the Joop Swart Masterclass. 

She represents photographic archives of national authors such as the first woman photojournalist Joana Biarnés and the French photographer Jacques Léonard. She is an archive management consultant for the photographers Mey Rahola and Isabel Azcárate and for the Oriol Maspons Archive. Since 2014 she is a member of the Committee of experts that promotes the National Plan of Photography of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

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Photojournalist with more than ten years of experience. His work is published in international media such as The New York Times, National Geographic, Paris Match and Leica Magazine, among others.

As a documentary photographer, he has developed projects focused on social issues in Latin America. In 2012, he published the photography book La ruta del cóndor; and in 2013, Fiestas de San Pacho, Quibdó, together with the +1 photography collective.

His photographic series such as Transputamierda and La firma de los ríos, have been exhibited in galleries and festivals in several countries around the world. His most recent exhibition, Los días póstumos de una guerra sin final opened at Bandy Bandy Gallery in Bogotá in February 2020.

His photographs have been recognized with the Jury Prize at Days Japan International Photojournalism Award (2017); the Portfolio Review New York Times 2017; and the Eddie Adams Workshop XXVII in New York (2014).

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Arianna Rinaldo is a freelance professional working with photography at a wide range. Since 2012 she is the artistic director of Cortona On The Move, the international photography festival in Tuscany. She is also a curator of photography for PhEST, a festival on contemporary photography and art in Monopoli, Puglia. For 9 years she was the director of OjodePez, the documentary photo magazine published in Spanish and English bu La Fabrica, Madrid.

Arianna’s relationship with photography started in 1998 as Archive Director at Magnum Photos, NY; and later as a photo editor for Colors magazine in Italy. Based in Milan from 2004 to 2011, Arianna worked as a freelance curator and a photo consultant for various publications, among which 4 years at D-La Repubblica (2008-2011). 

Based in Barcelona since 2012, Arianna continues to develop photography projects at an international level, also leads workshops, masterclasses, and mentorship sessions. She is a regular guest as a speaker, portfolio reviewer, and jury at renowned photographic events around the world. She is in the selection committee of BJP’s Ones to Watch and WPP’s 6×6 Global Talent Program.

Agency photojournalist with more than 30 years of experience. He has covered armed conflicts, mainly in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and North Africa for the US news agency The Associated Press (AP), where he currently heads the photography department for Spain and Portugal.

He holds a Master’s degree in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the University of the Arts London. He is part of the World Press Photo’s official training team.

He has been named the best photojournalist of the year in America twice: in 2009 by Pictures of the Year International and in 2010 by the National Press Photographers Association of the United States. In 2009, he won the first FotoPres award and, that same year, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of the war in Afghanistan. His awards include the Godó de fotoperiodismo, the Lucas Dolega, the Ortega y Gasset, and the World Press Photo on two occasions.

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Staff photographer of El País newspaper, he currently works as the Head of Photography for El País Semanal, the weekly magazine of the newspaper. He began as a photographer at El Correo newspaper in Bilbao, combining work and his studies in Journalism. Based in Madrid since 1990, he has worked covering all kinds of daily news, interviews, and photo stories for all supplements of the newspaper. His photos have been released in international newspapers and magazines through the syndication department of the newspaper. Gorka Lejarcegi has been awarded the Ortega y Gasset prize for Photojournalism.

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With a background in advertising, photography and design, he founded his own communications company after working in advertising agencies and the media. On a personal level, he opted for communication oriented to social change and created new business projects focused on that model. Since then, he has worked in communication, awareness raising and advocacy with numerous public organizations, foundations and NGOs.

Specially linked to Médicos del Mundo for more than ten years; he has played different roles within the organization and has been part of this jury in the 2014 and 2017 editions. For the last two years, he has been in charge of communication and advocacy at Médicos del Mundo.

Staff photographer of El País newspaper, he currently works as the Head of Photography for El País Semanal, the weekly magazine of the newspaper. He began as a photographer at El Correo newspaper in Bilbao, combining work and his studies in Journalism. Based in Madrid since 1990, he has worked covering all kinds of daily news, interviews, and photo stories for all supplements of the newspaper. His photos have been released in international newspapers and magazines through the syndication department of the newspaper. Gorka Lejarcegi has been awarded the Ortega y Gasset prize for Photojournalism.

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With a background in advertising, photography and design, he founded his own communications company after working in advertising agencies and the media. On a personal level, he opted for communication oriented to social change and created new business projects focused on that model. Since then, he has worked in communication, awareness raising and advocacy with numerous public organizations, foundations and NGOs.

Specially linked to Médicos del Mundo for more than ten years; he has played different roles within the organization and has been part of this jury in the 2014 and 2017 editions. For the last two years, he has been in charge of communication and advocacy at Médicos del Mundo.

Gervasio Sánchez (Córdoba, 1959) is a photojournalist specializing in armed conflicts; between 1984 and 1992 he covered most of those that took place in Latin America and published his work in Heraldo de Aragón, El País, Diario 16, and different magazines. He collaborates with Cadena Ser, the British public broadcaster BBC, La Vanguardia Magazine, Tiempo magazine, and Heraldo de Aragón.

In 1995, he undertook his photographic project Mined Lives on the impact of anti-personnel mines on the populations of the most mined countries in the world, including Afghanistan, Angola, and Cambodia, which concluded in 1997 with a book and an exhibition.

Other books published include The Siege of Sarajevo (1994); Kosovo, Chronicle of Deportation (1999), and Children of War (2000). In 2001, his book La Caravana de la Muerte. Pinochet’s Victims, and in 2005, Sierra Leone. War and Peace.

He received the National Photography Award and the King of Spain International Journalism Award in the photography section for a snapshot from his collection Vidas minadas, 10 años después (Mined Lives, 10 years later).

Journalist. He has worked for several newspapers, including La Vanguardia, where he was a reporter for twenty-five years. He has covered numerous conflicts and events that marked the end of the Cold War and is a great connoisseur of African contexts. In 2002, he received the Miguel Gil Journalism Award and in 2004 the Ortega y Gasset. He is the author of several books and currently collaborates with several media.

With a background in advertising, photography and design, he founded his own communications company after working in advertising agencies and the media. On a personal level, he opted for communication oriented to social change and created new business projects focused on that model. Since then, he has worked in communication, awareness raising and advocacy with numerous public organizations, foundations and NGOs.

Specially linked to Médicos del Mundo for more than ten years; he has played different roles within the organization and has been part of this jury in the 2014 and 2017 editions. For the last two years, he has been in charge of communication and advocacy at Médicos del Mundo.

Gervasio Sánchez (Córdoba, 1959) is a photojournalist specializing in armed conflicts; between 1984 and 1992 he covered most of those that took place in Latin America and published his work in Heraldo de Aragón, El País, Diario 16, and different magazines. He collaborates with Cadena Ser, the British public broadcaster BBC, La Vanguardia Magazine, Tiempo magazine, and Heraldo de Aragón.

In 1995, he undertook his photographic project Mined Lives on the impact of anti-personnel mines on the populations of the most mined countries in the world, including Afghanistan, Angola, and Cambodia, which concluded in 1997 with a book and an exhibition.

Other books published include The Siege of Sarajevo (1994); Kosovo, Chronicle of Deportation (1999), and Children of War (2000). In 2001, his book La Caravana de la Muerte. Pinochet’s Victims, and in 2005, Sierra Leone. War and Peace.

He received the National Photography Award and the King of Spain International Journalism Award in the photography section for a snapshot from his collection Vidas minadas, 10 años después (Mined Lives, 10 years later).