Encontros da Imagem - Discovery Awards 2023
Encontros da Imagem - Discovery Awards 2023
Encontros da Imagem - Discovery Awards 2023
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Barbara Gregov
Barbara Gregov
Writer and Curator

Barbara Gregov is a writer and curator interested in feminism, girlhood, and queerness in popular culture and contemporary art. She holds a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature and has substantial experience in writing and editing, as well as in coordinating, curating, and producing exhibitions, festivals, and other cultural programs. Since 2018 she has been a member of the curatorial collective that runs the Organ Vida Photography Festival, and an editor of Krilo – a feminist space for experimental writing. Currently, she also works as a program director at the LGBTIQ organization Zagreb Pride.

Charles Guice
Charles Guice
Art advisor, curator, mentor, and write

Charles Guice is an art advisor, curator, mentor, and writer. An accomplished arts professional conversant in the diverse role of photography, he has been instrumental in advancing the careers of numerous leading contemporary artists, such as Max de Esteban, Erika Diettes, Priya Kambli, Kambui Olujimi, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems. As a gallerist, Guice placed works in prominent private and public collections throughout the United States and abroad, including The Brooklyn Museum; The J. Paul Getty Museum; The High Museum of Art; The International Center of Photography; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. The co-founder of Converging Perspectives, an online initiative devoted to the presentation of contemporary photography in a culturally aware context that fosters an international understanding in direct support of the artists, he has written a number of articles and essays for publications such as B&W, Contact Sheet, exposure, and Nueva Luz. The first black member of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers, joining and exhibiting over a decade ago, Guice is currently serving on the Board of Directors for 10x10 Photobooks, and has also served on the Boards of Trustees for The California College of the Arts and The Museum of The African Diaspora. A former healthcare executive, he has curated exhibitions varying in scope, and was a principal, managing director, and co-curator for Photo Miami. Guice has been an invited juror for CENTER, The Center for Fine Art Photography, and PDN, as well as a frequent portfolio reviewer at ASMP, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Belfast Photo Festival, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Click! Portfolio Reviews, En Foco, FotoFest, Medium Review, The New York Times Portfolio Reviews, Photolucida, photoNOLA, and Review Santa Fe.

Christina Töpfer
Christina Töpfer
Editor, curator, and writer

Christina Töpfer is an editor, curator, and writer in the field of photography and contemporary urban topics. Since 2013, she has been working as an editor for Camera Austria International, since 2018 as the magazine's editor-in-chief. Camera Austria International is a quarterly contributing to current debates on the role of photography as a cultural technique and practice of contemporary art—presenting outstanding artists who have made significant contributions to the continual development of the medium. In the scope of this, she has served as an expert in various portfolio reviews and international juries.

Krzysztof Candrowicz
Krzysztof Candrowicz
Curator, sociologist, researcher and activist.

Krzysztof Candrowicz, interdisciplinary curator, sociologist, researcher and activist. Co-founder and member of the Foundation of Visual Education and Lodz Fotofestiwal in Poland. In 2013 he became the artistic director of the Triennial of Photography in Hamburg in Germany and since 2018 works as a curator for Ci.CLO Platform and Biennial in Porto, Portugal. Krzysztof works internationally as a guest curator and visiting lecturer in numerous organizations, museums, schools, festivals and as a jury member of various projects and art prizes, including the Rencontres d'Arles Discovery Award, Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, Hasselblad Award, Robert Capa Award and many others.

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