How Photo Competitions are Judged: Insights from a World Press Photo Awards Juror

A good story. I always say to my students, and people I work with: Show me what my eye doesn’t see. If you show me what my eye sees, you’re not moving me, you’re not disturbing me, you’re not hitting me, you’re not surprising me. You have a [jury] panel of professionals that has seen it all. So show something new.