If the judges aren't good, the contest won't surface great photos as winners, and the reputation of the entire festival is put at risk. We have strived to pick juries that are made up entirely of active, working street photographers whose work we respect and admire. These judges are not magazine editors, retired photojournalists, or professors. They do what you do, and they are among the best. We are very grateful for their generous participation.
Here is our 2016 dream team, in no particular order . . .
Blake Andrews
Blake Andrews is a member of In-Public and an influential and prolific street photographer and blogger based in Eugene, Oregon. He is a finalist judge in our single-image contest.
He has an impressive camera collection, as partially revealed in an interview with Eric Kim.
Richard Bram
Richard Bram is an influential New York street photographer and an early member of the seminal In-Public street photography collective. He is a finalist judge in the StreetFoto single-image contest, in addition to being a workshop teacher and keynote speaker.
His encyclopedic knowledge of street photography has impressed Eric Kim, among many others.
Vineet Vohra
Vineet is an influential street photographer from New Delhi and a co-founder of APF magazine, a prominent publication dedicated to unearthing new and emerging talent. He is a member of The Street Collective and APF Collective. He is also a Fujifilm X photographer and a frequent teacher of workshops around the world. Vineet is a finalist judge in our photographic series contest, which is fitting, as he is also teaching a workshop at StreetFoto that is is focused on creating photo series.
Rohit Vohra
Rohit is one of Asia’s most prominent street photographers, and is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief APF magazine, a widely-respected publication dedicated to unearthing new and emerging street photography talent. He is a member of APF Collective, a Fujifilm X photographer, and a finalist judge in our photographic series contest.
Molly Porter
Molly is a prominent Chicago street photographer with a huge following on Instagram who got her start using hipstamatic. Although she now uses a small arsenal of “real” cameras most of the time, her affinity for mobile photography made her a perfect fit to lead the jury for our mobile street photography contest.
She will be checking your EXIF, and if you don’t know what that is, you are probably a mobile photographer.
Justin Vogel
Justin is a well-known New York City street photographer and a founding member of BurnMyEye, an influential street photography collective. He is also one of the tireless administrators of flickr’s Hardcore Street Photography group, which many consider to be one of the best-curated collections of contemporary street photography in the world. It has been said that it is easier to get a photograph into the permanent collection of a major museum than it is to get one into HCSP, and we have Justin and his discerning eye to thank for this. You will be able to see Justin’s work at the BurnMyEye group show at the StreetFoto festival. He is on the jury for our single-image contest.
TC Lin
TC Lin is aTaiwanese street photographer and filmmaker based in Taipei. He is a founding member of BurnMyEye, an influential street photography collective that will be having a group show at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco during the StreetFoto festival. He is also an administrator of of flickr’s Hardcore Street Photography group, which many consider to be one of the best-curated collections of contemporary street photography in the world.Having exhibited in such locations as London, Paris, Hangzhou and Taipei, as well as being shown in such publications as TIME, The New Yorker and El Pais, his work will also be included at the BurnMyEye group show at the StreetFoto festival. He is on the jury for our single-image contest.
Andrew Kochanowski
Andrew is a Detroit-based street photographer and a member of BurnMyEye. He is also one of the tireless administrators of flickr’s Hardcore Street Photography group, which many consider to be one of the best-curated collections of contemporary street photography in the world. You will be able to see Andrew’s work at the BurnMyEye group show at the StreetFoto festival. He is on the jury for our single-image contest.
Although no photographs of Andrew exist, we believe him to be a real person.
Don Hudson
Don is a Detroid-based legend/street photographer and a member of BurnMyEye, an influential street photography collective that will be having a group show at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco during the StreetFoto festival. Along with several other members of BurnMyEye e is on the jury for our single-image contest.
Zisis Kardianos
Zisis is a prominent and prolific street photographer based in Zakynthos, Greece, and a member of BurnMyEye. You will be able to see his work at the BurnMyEye group show at the StreetFoto festival. He is on the jury for our single-image contest.
Tavepong Pratoomwong
Tavepong is at the crest of a wave of incredible street photographers arising out of Thailand over the last few years. He is relatively new to street work but is widely considered to be a phenomenon for his astonishingly prolific output of memorable images. He is sponsored by Sony, is a member of several street photography collectives, and has won or been on the shortlist of too many international competitions to list here. He is on the jury for our single-image contest.
Michelle Rick
Michelle Rick is a talented and celebrated street photographer based in New York City. She has a very distinctive style and a masterful grasp of light, shadow, and color. She is on the jury for our street photography series contest.
Sixft Whiterabbit
Sixft Whiterabbit, based in Nashville, is one of the most distinctive contemporary street photographers working today. His complex, multi-layered genre scenes echo the compositions of renaissance painters. He is a member of the VIVO collective and has a winner or finalist in numerous international competitions. He is on the jury for our street photography series contest.
Danielle Houghton 
Danielle is a Dublin-based street photographer and a member of the influential Observe collective. Her work is striking and distinctive, ranging from humorous to haunting, and is always memorable. She has won or been shortlisted on numerous international competitions, and is on the jury for our street photography series contest. You can find out more about her here.
Chris Farling
Chris is a well-known New York City-based street photographer and a founding member of Observe collective. He also runs the popular Street Fight! group on flickr, which hosts weekly competitions between thematically-related street photographs. Administering this group has proven Chris as a highly skilled curator, and we are pleased to have hm on the jury of our street photography series contest.
Joe Aguirre
Joe is a prolific and talented San Francisco-based photographer who includes street photography among his diverse skills. He has an impressive portfolio of work that he’s made on the streets of San Francisco, and we are pleased that he has agreed to be on the jury for our San Francisco Blitz contest. You can find out more about him here.
Troy Holden
Troy is a local San Francisco legend who has been walking the streets of this city and turning out memorable photos shot on film in his own distinctive style for many years. We’re thrilled to have him join us as a judge for the San Francisco Blitz contest.
Brian Sorensen
Brian, aka Danish Dynamite, is a skilled and passionate San Francisco-based street photographer with a distinctive contemporary style and a wry sense of humor. We are happy he has offered to join our jury for our San Francisco Blitz contest.
Lauren Welles
Lauren is a former attorney and a New York City-based photographer whose street work has won or been shortlisted in numerous international competitions. Her memorable photos have been exhibited around the world and featured in many publications. Because her work has a distinctive style and strong thematic consistency, we are thrilled to have her as a judge for our street photography series contest.
Rinzi Ruiz
Rinzi is a Fujifilm X photographer and one of the most prominent street photographers in Los Angeles. He is a master of light and shadow whose striking and distinctive work can be seen on his popular StreetZen tumblr blog. We are happy he has offered to join our jury for our street photography series contest.
Colin Johnson
Colin is an experienced and prolific San Francisco street photographer who curates SFStreetz, a very popular tumblr blog that aggregates the best work of the best street photographers in San Francisco. This makes him an ideal member of the jury that will decide the winner of our San Francisco Blitz contest.
Richard Koci Hernandez
Richard is an assistant professor of new media at UC Berkeley, a national Emmy award winning filmmaker, and an extraordinary iPhonographer with a quarter-million followers on Instagram. His iPhone photographs have been published in books and media around the world, and he is a member of our mobile street photography jury.
David Ingraham
David is is a Los Angeles-based professional musician and passionate iPhone street photographer whose work has been exhibited and published around the world. His 30K instagram followers have come to love his distinctive style, which is what made us want to invite him to the jury for our mobile street photography contest.
