CITIES INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

COMPETITION JUDGED BY JESSE MARLOW

Ask any street or urban photographer who inspires them, and they’ll probably mention Jesse Marlow: an Australian street photographer celebrated for his ability to find beautiful moments of surprise and coincidence within the mundane. His practice involves an acute awareness of his urban environment, using his countless hours of practice and “the daily grind that most people find themselves in” as a source of inspiration to craft his distinctive visual style that merges humor, ambiguity, and sharp observational insight.

He has published four photobooks including the widely acclaimed Don’t Just Tell Them, Show Them (2014 and 2022), showcasing his vibrant exploration of urban spaces in his home city of Melbourne, and has earned significant accolades, including the International Street Photographer of the Year Award in 2011 and Bowness Prize from the Monash Gallery of Art in 2012. He also runs workshops and is a member of the international street photographers’ collective UP Photographers.

IMAGES © JESSE MARLOW

HUMANS INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

COMPETITION JUDGED BY BRONWEN LATIMER

Bronwen Latimer is Editor of Special Initiatives at The Washington Post where she is transforming themed projects into more visually-compelling narratives to gain new audiences. In previous roles at the Post, she has worked to create rich visual narratives about diverse subjects such as the Syrian refugee crisis, the impact of the pandemic on a nation, and food production in the Netherlands.

Previously she held roles at National Geographic, working as book editor on the best-selling “The Ultimate Field Guide to Photography” and as Photography Director for Nat Geo Adventure. She has also held photo editor roles at TIME Magazine, Sports Illustrated and US News & World Report. With a background in both photography and journalism, she brings a wealth of experience in commissioning, editing and championing photography that tells stories.

IMAGES © BRONWEN LATIMER / THE WASHINGTON POST

ANIMAL KINGDOM INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

COMPETITION JUDGED BY TIM FLACH

Tim Flach is a one-of-a-kind animal photographer best known for his idiosyncratic studio portraits of species from across the animal kingdom. His work stems from a lifelong desire to better connect people to the natural world, and increasingly to communicate an urgent ecological message into the cultural sphere as the world faces its sixth mass extinction.

He has produced several defining bodies of work – Equus on horses, Dog Gods on canines, More than Human on a broad range of wildlife, Birds, and Endangered on species at the edge of extinction. Flach is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from University of the Arts London in 2013. His work has been featured in publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times, Creative Review, The Guardian and New Scientist and has work held in permanent collections by the V&A Museum and Swedish Museum of Natural History.

IMAGES © TIM FLACH