Jury
The photographs are judged by an International Jury of experts. The Jury consider the journalistic value of the pictures (i.e. information value, promptness, topicality) together with their aesthetic quality. The photographs are presented anonymously to the Jury. While judging the pictures, the Jury has the right – in order to secure a prize for a specific photograph or a series - to decide by majority of votes on their possible transfer to a different category or to give a prize to only some of the pictures in a series or not to award some of the prizes at all. The right not to award a prize applies to all prizes of the competition.
The jury of Czech Press Photo 2011 were asked...
© Petr Jedinák
Vladimír BIRGUS educationalist, historian, curator, photographer, Czech Republic - jury 2010
Born in the Czech Republic. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Olomouc and FAMU in Prague. Lecturer at the Department of Photography at FAMU, founder and principal lecturer at the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava, author and co-author of 30 books on photography published in the Czech Republic and abroad (Czech Photographic Avant-garde 1918-1948, Czech Photography of the 20th Century, Tschechoslovakische Fotografie der Gegenwart and others). He is the curator of a number of exhibitions in Europe and USA. His personal photographs have been exhibited at 60 solo exhibitions and are included in many Czech and foreign collections.
