| MaryAnne Golon |
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MaryAnne Golon is a consulting editor and former director of photography of Time magazine. She was the onsite photography editor for Time and Life magazines during the first Gulf War, and produced scores of Time covers and special editions. She led the photography team that produced the September 11, 2001 special black-bordered edition and the Hurricane Katrina special edition.
MaryAnne has coordinated Time photographic coverage of the Olympic Games for 16 years, and is the recipient of numerous magazine as well as individual picture-editing awards. She will guest-host the 2009 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, USA, has previously been a World Press Photo jurist, and was on the jury for the 20th anniversary of the Visa Pour L'Image festival in Perpignan, France.
MaryAnne Golon's advice for the contestants:
The judges of this contest are highly seasoned professionals who not only expect excellence in photography, they expect to see pictures and stories that they may not have seen before. We, as in industry, will not survive if we continue to repeat ourselves. Our viewers and our editors want to see work that is new, different, and inspired. Be as brave in the preparation of your entries as you are with your photography.
Tightly edited and intelligently sequenced images in the story category stand a far better chance of winning. Carefully study your edits and seek the advice of other photography professionals. Try not to include personal favorites that might ultimately dilute the power of your story. Just because the contest allows for twelve images in a story, do not feel that you must include that number. In the final rounds, your smallest mistake will be magnified exponentially. Ten beautifully ordered images will win before twelve with weaker pictures included in the mix.
Edit to impress. Tens of thousands of images are viewed throughout the judging process and immediate impact is essential in every category. Take the time to prepare your files well. Poor file quality will almost certainly mean that your pictures do not advance to the final round. Good luck to everyone.
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