Meet the Jury
BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
I am a pediatric neurosurgeon based in Antwerp, dividing my time between Antwerp, where I work and live, and New York, where my partner resides. I developed a deep passion for street photography during lockdown. Since then I’m continuously searching for beauty and poetry in the ordinary moments of everyday life with the aim of creating images that feel both intimate and timeless. While most of my work is in black and white, I am equally drawn to color photography.
TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
Trained in Photography and Geography and History, he is interested in social and environmental issues and believes in the transformative power of images.
His work has been recognized nationally and internationally with awards including World Press Photo, Ortega y Gasset, POYi, Sony World Photography Awards, Istanbul Photo Awards, Siena International Photo Awards, Estaçao Imagem, Galicia en Foco, Luis Ksado, and the Xosé Aurelio Carracedo Journalism Award, among others.
NIGTH PHOTOGRAPHY
My name is Stefano Pellegrini and I am an italian designer. Art and creativity are already part of my work, but I also like to find them in my passion: photography. I like to hike and to travel and discover new places, but always with the aim of taking pictures. I started recently, but I have already had several positive feedbacks. One above all is the recognition of the APOD by NASA for my photo of the Geminidi meteor shower on December 17 2020, and the successive two in 2023 and 2024 for my Norhtern lights in Iceland.
I’m an Astrophotographer and a Landscaper. My aim is to translate what the eyes see and often the camera can’t, to reproduce reality in all its art. I try to get high impact images thanks to strong compositions for both the foreground and the sky. I dedicate great care to location-scouting with long mountain hikings in search of the perfect spot. I always compose a real sky on the subject, specifically looking for shots where the milkyway is co-protagonist of the scene. I try to be creative. I like to play in my images using my figure and the lightpainting in the landscape but always to tell a story.
I am not a professional photographer but I often do lectures about my passion, I make one-to-one lession, and on my website I offer the possibility to buy prints and video tutorials about my workflow.