SELF-PORTRAIT: meet the judges

Our panel of picture editors and creative directors are getting ready for an intensive weekend studying your entries, pouring over pictures, and discussing what you're seeing . In the meantime, here's a bit about the judges.

Keep your entries coming, there's still time.
Deadline is April 1st, 5PM EST.



Jennifer Miller: Freelance Photography Director.  New York magazine, Jane, George.
1. Who's your favorite photographer?
Viviane Sassen
2. If you were to enter this contest, which category would it be in and why?
Still life. So many odd moments, so little time.
3. What one word best describes you?
Dreamer

Maxine Davidowitz: Creative Director: More magazine.  Prevention + Organic Style, TV Guide, Parents.
1. Who's your favorite photographer?
Geof Kern
2. If you were to enter this contest, which category would it be in and why?
Still life, although I'd modify it to Conceptual Still Life, 'cause I love to come up with surprising yet aesthetically pleasing combination of objects to get across a message.
3. What one word best describes you?
Optimistic

Jennifer Pastore: Photography Director: Teen Vogue; previously with T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
1. Who's your favorite photographer?
Bruce Davidson
2. If you were to enter this contest, which category would it be in and why?
Still Life: I would do a series of still life arrangements of my purchases from my weekly trip to the farmers market. I get really excited when I see everything out on the table when I first get back and think about all of the things that I could make from the ingredients.
3. What one word best describes you?
Motivated

Ian Doherty: Design Director: Home Magazine. Travel + Leisure, Golf, Food Network Magazine.
1. Who's your favorite photographer?
There are too many for so many different reasons.
2. If you were to enter this contest, which category would it be in and why?
Reportage, I especially love shooting people moving through places
and how light can be unpredictable.
3. What one word best describes you?
Honest. Like it or not.

Brenda Milis: Photography Director: Men's Health. Outside Magazine, Style.com
1. Who's your favorite photographer?
Richard Avedon and William Eggleston - ok, that's two, I don't have one favorite photographer.
2. If you were to enter this contest, which category would it be in and why?
Reportage - if street photography counts: i love to shoot unexpected, highly cropped moments around the city.
3. What one word best describes you?
Enthusiastic!!!!!!!!!

Maisie Todd: Photography Director: ESPN The Magazine. Discover, Travel and Leisure Golf, New York
1. Who's your favorite photographer?
Emmet Gowin
2. If you were to enter this contest, which category would it be in and why?
Reportage; the picture would be of me cooking dinner for a table full of friends, with a lot of blur and candlelight.
3. What one word best describes you?
Thinking