WIPI Competition | Exhibition JURORS:

Over the years WIPI has been honored to have the most prestigious jurors in the photographic community. For each competition, WIPI looks for jurors that will best serve the competition by bringing their talent and visual imprint by choosing the best of the images submitted. Jurors range from a wide range of talent including gallery owners, museum curators, magazine editors, publishers, ad agencies, stock/media agencies and well established photographers. (Artworks FACES 2010 approx. 7' x 42" and You & Your Camera / Put Yourself in the Picture approx 6'x42" artwork installation are now held in the Women In Photography International Collection / Beinecke Library/Yale University)

2015 ... i AM woman ... i AM digital ...Final Competition before shipment to Beinecke Library
Clive Waring / Editor/Silvershotz International
Jean Ferro /Curator/online gallery


2013 - Annual Competition (deadline April 28) Annual Competition
Daniel Miller / DUNCAN MILLER GALLERY


2012 - It's Magical, Images of Sunrises, Sunsets & Rainbows -October 2012
Jolene Hanson / Director and Curator of The G2 Gallery (Sunrises)
Stephen Perloff / Founder and Editor of The Photo Review (Sunsets)
Chantel Paul / Assistant Curator, Museum of Photographic Art (Rainbows)


2012 Annual Competition April 2012 - juried online exhibition
Susan Spiritus, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Hannah Sloan/ROSE Gallery, Santa Monica, CA


B/W & Color  January 2011- juried online exhibition
Susan Spiritus, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Stephen Perloff, Founder, The Photo Review, Philadelphia, PA
Elyse Connolly, Elyse Connolly Photography Representative, New York City

FACES  - October 2010- juried online exhibition
Sarah Hughes, Getty Images/NY,
Keith Milton, Photographer's Gallery /Los Angeles
Sophie Mörner. Photographer and Founder of Capricious Publishing/New York
Curator: Jean Ferro Photo Artist /President WIPI


A Decade of Images 2000-2010  - June 2010 - juried online exhibition
Elizabeth Houston, Director, Hous Projects / New York City
Pamela Shoenberg, gallery owner, DNJ Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
Laurie Frank, gallery owner, Frank Pictures Gallery / Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Mary Goodwin, Associate Director at Light Work/ Syracuse, New York
Melanie Light, Executive Director, Fotovision / Berkeley, CA
Curator: Jean Ferro Photo Artist /President WIPI


Children, Flowers, Trees- SUMMER 2009 - August 2009 - juried online exhibition
Carol McCusker, PhD - Curator of Photography/Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego, CA
Margot Shaw - Founder/Editor in Chief, FLOWER MAGAZINE
Bryan Yedinak, Co-owner/ Publisher/Gallery Director &
Niniane Kelley, Associate Gallery Director Modernbook Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Curator: Jean Ferro Photo Artist /President WIPI


Family Gatherings, Landscapes, Self-Portraits - April 2009 - juried online exhibition
Audrey Jonckheer, Worldwide Pro Photographer Relations, Kodak, Rochester, NY, USA
Sarah Leen, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Society
Jean Ferro, Photo Artist / President Women In Photography International
Curator: Jean Ferro Photo Artist /President WIPI


2008 Competition - December 2008 - juried online exhibition
Karen Sinsheimer, Curator of Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Stephen Perloff, Founder, The Photo Review, Philadelphia, PA
Steve Zeifman, Owner, Rush Creek Editions, Santa Fe. New Mexico
Jessica Johnston, Curatorial Associate, Department of Photographs, George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY


2007 Competition - August 2007 - juried online exhibition
Andrea Bakacs, Photographer | Sr. Photo Ed., Martha Stewart Living, Everyday Food, Special Issues & Books,
Paul Kopeikin, Owner, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Royce Bair, Photographer | President, The Stock Solution, Inc. 
Tim Anderson, Photographer | Publisher | Mgr. Editor, CameraArts Magazine CameraArts, Fine Art Magazine
Curator: Jean Ferro Photo Artist /President WIPI


The Portrait  -  December 2006 - juried online exhibition
Susan Spiritus, Gallery Owner / Newport Beach, CA
Julian Cox, Curator of Photography / High Museum of Art / Atlanta, GA
Sasha Erwitt, Senior Associate Photo Editor, Vanity Fair / Conde Nast Publication / NY
Carol McCusker, PhD - Curator of Photography / Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA), San Diego, CA
Jason Murison, Director, P.P.O.W Gallery / Pilkington . Olsoff Fine Arts, Inc. / New York City
Curator: Jean Ferro Photo Artist /President WIPI


Turning Silver, 25th Anniversary - June 2006 - juried online exhibition & print collection -
Kim Gougenheim,  "O" The Oprah Magazine
Catherine Edelman, owner, Catherine Edelman Gallery  
Joyce Tenneson, Photographer 
Jean Ferro, PhotoArtist/WIPI
Rose Shoshana, Rose Gallery 
Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith Gallery 
Susanne Konig, The powerHouse Gallery 
Laurie Kratochvil
Scott Mc Kiernan, ZUMA Press
Stephen Perloff, Founder/Editor, The Photo Review

Turning Silver, 150 Limited edition books shipped to Juror Choice 100 winning photographers, Jury Panel, Museums, University and Public Libraries worldwide. Sponsored by Kodak Professional - Kodak.com books
Curated by Jean Ferro Photo Artist /President WIPI


Beauty: Camera Eye of the Beholder  - June 2005 - juried online exhibition
Abby Bussel - Executive Editor, Architecture magazine, New York
Michael DePirro, Senior VP, Group Creative Director, Deutsch Inc, New York
Valerie May - Senior Editor of New Media, National Geographic magazine,
Tyra Banks - Supermodel, TV/Film Producer, Founder, TZONE Foundation,
Anne Telford - Editor-at-Large, Communication Arts,
Charlie Holland - Director of Photography, Getty Images
Carol McCusker, PhD - Curator of Photography, MOPA/San Diego
Clare Freestone - Asst. Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery,
Alfonso Gutierrez - Editor/Managing Director, AGE Fotostock, Barcelona
Curated by WIPI PRO member Carrie Villines


Decisive Moments - 2005 -  Tribute to Henri Cartier-Bresson - January 2005 - juried online exhibition
Sue Brisk, Magnum Photos
Howard Greenberg Gallery/NY 
Lesley Martin, Aperture Foundation 
Esther Woerdehoff, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, /Paris, France
Curated by WIPI PRO member Carrie Villines


virtual * visual: people - places - things - August 2004 - juried online exbibition,
Jigisha Bouverat, Director of Art Buying, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Los Angeles
Jean Ferro, Photo Artist/President, Women In Photography International
Jeanine Fijol, Photo Editor, Photo District News
Graham Howe, Author/Curator/Founder, Curatorial Assistance Inc.
Stephen Perloff, Founder/Editor, The Photo Review
Maria Piscopo, Creative Services Consultant
Miriam Romais, Managing Director, En Foco/New York
Niyatee Shinde, Photo Historian/Writer/Curator (India)
Stuart Vail, Editor-In-Chief/Publisher, TheScreamOnline
Roger Watson, Photo Historian, Fox Talbot Museum (England)
Curated by WIPI PRO member Carrie Villines


photo la 2004
Artisits Michele Dugan, Jean Ferro, Stephanie Flack
Freyda Miller, Elizabeth Opalenik and Juanita Richeson
exhibited at photo l.a. 2004


photo la 2003
Women In Photography International member images that were on display at photo l.a. 2003
curated by Cat Jimenez, WIPI Pro member


kitch & klick - March 2002
Scott Canty, Curator, Municipal Art Gallery
Jean Ferro, President, PhotoAritst, WIPI
Mary Oliver, Curator, Pierce College Art Gallery Fundation
curated by Joanne Warfield


Hollywood Bound - January 2002 - WIPI Member
Hollywood Arts Council : http://www.HollywoodArtsCouncil.org
Hollywood Library : http://www.lapl.org/branches/11.html
curated by Joanne Warfield and Helen Garber


Photo Impact presents - March 2002
Images from the photo l.a. presentation of Women In Photography International
curated by Joanne Warfield


Photo l.a. 2002 - January 2002
Booth sponsored by the Stephen Cohen Gallery
curated by Joanne Warfield


Tea Time - WIPI 20th Anniversary - October 2001 - juried print collection / DVD/ Poster
Exhibit: House of Photographic Art, San Juan Capistrano
Connie Butler, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Joyce Wilson, Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA
Curator: Maryanne Charis House Of Photographic Art


Women In Photography Celebrates Freedom - 1992-displayed in the F2 Special Edition Winter '92 Issue
G. Ray Hawkins, G. Ray Hawkins Gallery
Glenna Avila
Suzy Kerr
Exhibition coordination and production by Alexandra Milovanovich (WIPI President 1992) and Pat Donavan


The year of WIPI International - 1989
Val Williams, England
Curator: Nancy Clendaniel


Women Photographers in America - 1987
Judith Keller
Catherine Lord
Organizer, E.K. Waller
Curator: WIP Director, Nancy Clendaniel


Women Photographers in America - 1985
Irene Borger
Josine Ianco-Starrels, Director of the Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles

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