A contest? For student documentary photographers.

October 1, 2008 - February 1, 2009

Who are these people anyway?

The Vewd editorial board will narrow contest submissions to between 50 and 100 photo essays. Guest judges will then choose the top winners from Vewd's initial selection of photography.

Judges are presented in no particular order. They're all amazing, talented, and looking forward to seeing your photography.

Matt Eich

Matt Eich is a Midwest based freelance photographer and founding member of the AEVUM photo collective with a passion for social documentary storytelling. He began working as a photographer while finishing a degree in photojournalism from Ohio University. During his time at school he was named College Photographer of the Year, one of American Photo's 15 Emerging Photographers, one of the Magenta Foundation's Emerging Photographers and twice commended in the Ian Parry Scholarship. His projects have received grant funding from the Alexia Foundation for World Peace, Ohio University and the Editorial Photographer's Education Grant. Clients and publications include Newsweek, The FADER, The New York Times, TIME.com, MediaStorm.org , Photo District News, American Photo, HotShoe, GEO and others. Matt has worked with The Orange County-Register, The Virginian-Pilot, The Oregonian, and National Geographic. He is represented by Aurora Select.

You can find Matt online at his personal website, at the AEVUM Photo Collective website, his work on Mediastorm.org, and at Aurora Select's website. Or, you can e-mail him.

Jamie Rose

Jamie Rose is an international photojournalist based in Washington, D.C. In her career, she has worked in the Middle East, Africa, South America, Europe and many of the fifty states.

Jamie earned a Bachelor's Degree from American University and completed a Master's Degree in Visual Communications from Syracuse University.

Jamie's career spans the political trenches of Washington, D.C. while also spending up to 6 months a year out of the country working for international organizations. Her true passion is working with nonprofits and photographing international humanitarian and health care related issues. She has worked on projects with The Global Fund, The Calvert Foundation and many more. She also teaches workshops globally for The Momenta Workshops including a projects in Uganda, New Orleans and South America.

Jamie holds credentials for the White House and the US Senate. She is a member of the White House News Photographers Association, National Press Photographers Association as well as serving as the President of the Board of the Women Photojournalists of Washington.

Jamie has won numerous awards for her photography including an honorable mention from the Alexia Foundation. Last year she was awarded the White House News Photographers Association Project Grant to complete a project with Doctors Without Borders in Northern Uganda.


Her website is jamierose.net, and her networking blog for photographers isjamieslist.wordpress.com. You can also find her work with her agency at auroraphotos.com or simply e-mail her.

Gerik Parmele

Gerik Parmele is a photographer based in Columbia, Missouri and is the picture editor for the Columbia Daily Tribune. He's an alumnus of the Eddie Adams Workshop XI and the Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop (2006). He was also a speaker at the Southwestern Photojournalism Conference (2005). Gerik is the creator and editor of photocolumn.org which he started to help educate and inspire newspaper photographers, especially those interested in doing their own column.

Prior to his current position at the Daily Tribune Gerik worked for eight years at the Grand Island (Neb.) Independent where he was named the 2002 Nebraska News Photographers Association Photographer of the Year.


His website is gerik.com, and his photocolumn isphotocolumn.org. You can also simply e-mail him.

Panos Skoulidas

Panos Skoulidas was born in Arta, Greece. In his early years, he served as a photojournalist in Athens... while being a master printer in the art of black and white photography. Shooting at daytime and flying by bike around Athens in the middle of the night to deliver photos to the twelve different newspapers of local publications. After paying dues in Athens he started travel around Europe for many years eventually to move to Los Angeles where he now resides.


You can find Panos online at his Website, blog, or simply e-mail him.

Andy Williams

Andy is the General Manager and House Professional at SmugMug.com.

Andy's gallery is at Moon River Photography and he's been a photographer all his life. When not doing portraits and events, his artistic interests tend toward landscapes and street photography. He loves teaching and does several workshops a year.

He is based in New York City.

You can find Andy online at Twitter, on Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and FriendFeed, or simply e-mail him.







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