About the Reviewers

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Amak Mahmoodian practices as a visual artist at the intersection of conceptual image-making and documentary photography, working with photographs, text, video, drawing, archives and sound.
Her practice explores the presentation of gender, identity and displacement, bridging a space between personal and political across platforms and forma

Amak Mahmoodian practices as a visual artist at the intersection of conceptual image-making and documentary photography, working with photographs, text, video, drawing, archives and sound.
Her practice explores the presentation of gender, identity and displacement, bridging a space between personal and political across platforms and formats including installation, books and films.

Recent exhibitions of Amak's work include:

2026: One Hundred and Twenty Minutes, Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, The Photographers gallery, London.

2025: Carry the Shadow Home, One Hundred and Twenty Minutes, Peterbrough Museum.
2025; One Hundred and Twenty Minutes, Photo London, Serchia Gallery.

Her works are held in collections such as the Tate, and the British Library in London. She has published two books, Shenasnameh (RRB- ICV Lab, 2016), and Zanjir (RRB, 2019) which was the winner of The Best Photo Text Book award at Rencontres Arles, 2020. Her work appears in key titles on photography such as Photography – A Feminist History (Tate Publishing, 2021), Photography Now: Fifty Pioneers Defining Photography for the Twenty-First Century (Octopus Publishing, 2021), and How We See: Photobooks by Women (10x10 Photobooks, 2019).

Photograph by Barry Lewis

David George worked as a freelance location photographer for international clients creating images for editorial , advertising and book publication for 25 years. He is now an associate and visiting lecturer at several UK universities and teaches low level available light , analogue and archival process technique. 

Photograph by Barry Lewis

David George worked as a freelance location photographer for international clients creating images for editorial , advertising and book publication for 25 years. He is now an associate and visiting lecturer at several UK universities and teaches low level available light , analogue and archival process technique. His practice now solely revolves around creating work pertaining to the British Landscape. His latest book “Imperfect “ has just been published by Museums etc.

Editorial Clients included

Australian Vogue, Bloomberg Television, Cassell Publishing ,Departures Magazine, Flammarion Publishing, Harpers and Queen, Hoxton Mini Press, John Brown Publishing, L’Abitare, Maison et Jardin ,Tatler , The New Yorker, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The World of Interiors, Weidenfeld and Nicolson.

Ian Phillips-McLaren brings over four decades of experience as a professional photographer and artist, working for leading international magazines and clients across editorial photography, celebrity portraiture and advertising. Alongside his commissioned career, his personal fine-art and alternative photographic process work has been exhi

Ian Phillips-McLaren brings over four decades of experience as a professional photographer and artist, working for leading international magazines and clients across editorial photography, celebrity portraiture and advertising. Alongside his commissioned career, his personal fine-art and alternative photographic process work has been exhibited and published internationally.

Ian also mentors emerging and established photographers, helping them develop projects, strengthen their ideas and find greater clarity and confidence in their work.

Ivy Lahon is Head of Creative Content at Save the Children and oversees the production of photography and film worldwide, commissioning reportage and documentary photography and long-form multimedia. As a communications specialist with over 20 years' experience, Ivy has produced large-scale, multi-channel campaigns and photography and fil

Ivy Lahon is Head of Creative Content at Save the Children and oversees the production of photography and film worldwide, commissioning reportage and documentary photography and long-form multimedia. As a communications specialist with over 20 years' experience, Ivy has produced large-scale, multi-channel campaigns and photography and film productions across broadcast TV, print, digital and PR, working with both in-house creative teams and external Creative agencies. Ivy worked for ten years as Associate Picture Editor at The Independent and ‘i’ newspaper, commissioning news, portraiture and features photography. She has freelanced on picture desks at The Guardian, The Times and Sunday Times and the FT Magazine and spent 2 years working with Amnesty International on photographic projects including the first book by former Amnesty Secretary General Irene Khan and the imagery for Amnesty’s 50th anniversary in 2011. She is visiting lecturer in Photography and NGO communications for UK universities including the Royal College of Art, London College of Communication, London Metropolitan, The University of South Wales and has mentored young photographers for over 10 years including winners of the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant. 

Sarah Thomson is Head of Art Production, OUL Ogilvy London. Prior to this, she was Head of Art Production at Fallon and an Art Buyer at DDB London and AMV BBDO.

Before working as an Art Buyer, Sarah was Gallery Manager at the Zelda Cheatle Gallery, Studio Producer for Nadav Kander and a Photographer’s Agent.  

She has judged numerous Photog

Sarah Thomson is Head of Art Production, OUL Ogilvy London. Prior to this, she was Head of Art Production at Fallon and an Art Buyer at DDB London and AMV BBDO.

Before working as an Art Buyer, Sarah was Gallery Manager at the Zelda Cheatle Gallery, Studio Producer for Nadav Kander and a Photographer’s Agent.  

She has judged numerous Photography and Illustration Awards, and advised, talked and contributed to various books and articles on the subject of advertising, photography and illustration.