2023 Jurors
Ann M. Jastrab
Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel, California
Ann M. Jastrab is the Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel, California. CPA strives to advance photography through education, exhibition and programming. These regional traditions evolved out of CPA's predecessor, the renowned Friends of Photography. While respecting these West Coast traditions, CPA is also at the vanguard of the future of photographic imagery.
Before taking the helm at CPA, Ann was the gallery manager at Scott Nichols Gallery and also the gallery director at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco for 10 years. Ann has curated many shows in California while simultaneously jurying, curating, and organizing numerous exhibitions for other national and international venues. While being a champion of artists, she created a thriving artist-in-residence program at RayKo where multiple residents including Meghann Riepenhoff, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Kathya Marie Landeros, Klea McKenna, and McNair Evans all received Guggenheim Fellowships. Ann is also a writer, educator, and master darkroom printer.
Arianna Rinaldo
Independent curator, photography consultant, freelance photo editor
Arianna Rinaldo is a freelance professional working with photography at a wide range. From 2012 to 2021 she was the artistic director of Cortona On The Move, international festival of visual narrative. Since 2016 she is the photography curator at PhEST, a festival of contemporary photography and arts in Puglia.
Arianna’s relationship with photography started in 1998 as archive director at Magnum Photos in New York; and later as 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, the weekend supplement of La Repubblica (2008-2011). In the meantime, for 8 years she was the editorial director of OjodePez, the bilingual documentary photo magazine published by La Fabrica, Madrid.
Based in Barcelona since 2012, Arianna continues to develop photography projects at an international level. Besides her curatorial activity, Arianna is engaged in leading workshops and masterclasses, as well as private mentorship sessions. She is in the selection committee of various institutions among which the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, the British Journal of Photography “Ones to Watch”, and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.
As a speaker and portfolio reviewer, Arianna is regularly invited to important photo events around the globe, such as: Houston Fotofest, USA; Photolucida, Portland, USA; Format Festival, Derby; UK; Daegu Photo Biennale, Corea; Paris Photo Lensculture Meeting Place, Francia, among others. She is a regular participant in jury panels worldwide such as World Press Photo (2009), Hamburg Portfolio Review; Czech Press Photo; FNAC Talento Fotografico, PHMuseum Grant; Lensculture Awards; Photolucida Critical Mass; 6 Mois International Photojournalism Prize, among many.