• Color portrait photograph of Shannon Ghannam
    © Shannon Ghannam

    Judge: Shannon Ghannam

    Shannon Ghannam is the Global Education Director at Magnum Photos. She is responsible for the renowned agency’s global educational programming, including, Magnum Learntheir online learning platform for photography and visual storytelling.

    During a photographic career spanning two decades, she has worked in a variety of roles and collaborated on a number of publications; international exhibitions, and multimedia projects, including, the Emmy award-winning photojournalism app Reuters The Wider Image.

    – Competition Judge:

    2020 Color Award

    2021 Open Call Award

Agnieszka Trzoch
© Agnieszka Trzoch

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color portrait photo of Inle Lake fishermen, Burma, by Barry Crosthwaite
© Barry Crosthwaite
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