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Zsuzsanna Ardo (Head of Jury UK/Hungary ) is a member of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), the British Association of Journalists, the founding Chairman of the Hampstead Authors' Society, and the Editor of HASNotes. She has had solo photo exhibitions in Hungary, the UK, the US, Belgium, France, Austria, Luxembourg and India, including the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in Delhi, Amnesty International and the European Commission UK Representation in London. Her work has been published and she has curated exhibitions internationally.

Bikem Ekberzade (Turkey) has been working as a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer for over 15 years. Formerly of Associated Press, for whom she has freelanced in different parts of the United States, she is currently based out of Istanbul, Turkey. Her work tends to be people related. In the past Ekberzade has travelled from funerals to carnivals, from wars to earthquakes, from the Americas to Asia, and further into Africa.

Damir Hoyka (Croatia) received for his achievements in the fields of photographic art, and the developing and promotion of photographic culture the Tošo Dabac prize for the year 2008 from Fotoclub Zagreb. In 2009 he published the SF novel Xavia. To date he has published in the mass media more than a thousand art- and applied-art photographs, has exhibited at a great many solo and collective shows, put on a number of multimedia projects, and has been a member and president of numerous photojuryes.

Henk van Kooten (The Netherlands) worked for many years as a freelancer when he began to work as a a high street photographer in May 1997 in the centre of Nijmegen, Holland. His passion for creating new ways of imaging soon resulted in winning national and international awards. Mr Kooten wanted to create challenging, exciting and sometimes even provoking contemporary images.  The main source of inspiration is - and will always be- the human being and his or her relation to the outside world. Henk van Kooten is a member of the BIPP (British Institute of Professional Photography).

Ambroise Tézenas (France) was born in Paris 1972 and studied at the Applied Arts School of Vevey in Switzerland before moving to London where he wrote for a number of magazines. He moved back to Paris in 2000 where he continued to work for magazines and partake in advertising campaigns. His work can be found in publications such as Time Magazine, Der Spiegel and The New York Times. He received the Leica European Publishers Award for Photography in 2006.

Staffan Widstrand (Sweden) is an experienced photographer who has travelled extensively in Southeast Europe for his photo shoots. He won a number of prizes in the "BG/BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year" competition. He was awarded Nature photographer of the year in 2001.Staffan Widstrand is an experienced photographer who has travelled extensively in Southeast Europe for his photo shoots. He won a number of prizes in the "BG/BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year" competition. He was awarded Nature photographer of the year in 2001.