Joop Swart Masterclass alumni

Joop Swart Masterclass alumni 1994-2024

Image: 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass mentors and alumni

Launched in 1994, the Joop Swart Masterclass is World Press Photo’s best-known educational program for emerging photographers in the field of documentary photography, photojournalism, and visual storytelling.

The masterclass is named after Joop Swart, a passionate supporter of photographic talent who played a major role in the foundation's history, first as the photo contest jury chair from 1966 to 1974, and then as a member of the foundation's board from 1970 until his death in 1994.

The Joop Swart Masterclass has contributed to the development of generations of visual storytellers for almost three decades. Participants have later gone on to have their work published and exhibited in some of the most prestigious publications and institutions around the world.

We are very proud of our Joop Swart Masterclass alumni and the mentors who have guided them:

2024

Participants

Ali Jadallah, Palestine
Ali Zaraay, Egypt
Arlette Bashizi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Belal Khaled, Palestine
Fernanda Pineda Palencia, Colombia
Kiana Hayeri, Iran/Canada
Myriam Boulos, Lebanon
Richard Pierrin, Haiti
Ri, Myanmar
Samar Abu Elouf, Palestine
Serhii Korovayny, Ukraine
Taniya Sarkar, India

Mentors

Elizabeth Krist, United States
Laura Boushnak, Palestine
Munem Wasif, Bangladesh
Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo, Chile

2023

No masterclass

2022

No masterclass

2021

No masterclass

2020

Participants

Alejandra Aragón, Mexico
Cécile Smetana Baudier, France/Denmark
Elias Williams, United States
Felipe Romero Beltrán, Colombia
Fethi Sahraoui, Algeria
Gulshan Khan, South Africa
Isadora Romero, Ecuador
Johanna Alarcón, Ecuador
Lindokuhle Sobekwa, South Africa
Marcos Zegers, Chile
Mary Gelman, Russia
Mien-Thuy Tran, Vietnam
Miti Ruangkritya, Thailand
Muhammad Salah, Sudan
Nanna Heitmann, Germany/Russia
Pat Kane, Canada
Rohit Saha, India
Sagar Chhetri, Nepal
Salma Abedin Prithi, Bangladesh
September Dawn Bottoms, United States
Shwe Wutt Hmon, Myanmar
Sinead Kennedy, Australia
Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo, South Africa
Yufan Lu, China

Mentors

Akinbode Akinbiyi, Nigeria
Amak Mahmoodian, Iran
Candice Jansen, South Africa
Emma Bowkett, United Kingdom
Jacqueline Bates, United States
Monica Alcazar-Duarte, Mexico
NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Nepal
Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo, Colombia

2019

Participants

Abdo Shanan, Algeria
Christopher Gregory-Rivera, Puerto Rico
Fabiola Ferrero, Venezuela
Hannah Reyes Morales, the Philippines
Nydia Blas, United States
Shahria Sharmin, Bangladesh
Sofía López Mañán, Argentina
Soumya Sankar Bose, India
Thandiwe Msebenzi, South Africa
Therese Alice Sanne, Norway
Yoppy Pieter, Indonesia
Zied Ben Romdhane, Tunisia

Mentors 

Aida Muluneh, Ethiopia
Diana Markosian, United States/Russia
John Fleetwood, South Africa
Monica Allende, Spain
Munen Wasif, Bangladesh

2018

Participants

Alexandra Rose Howland, United Kingdom/US
Alfredo Bosco, Italy
Ashfika Rahman, Bangladesh
Katinka Hustad, Norway
Ksenia Kuleshova, Russia
Leonard Pongo, Belgium/Congo
Mustafah Abdulaziz, United Kingdom
Philip Montgomery, United States
Sabiha Çimen, Turkey
Samar Hazboun, Palestine
Sharon Castellanos, Peru
Tasneem Asultan, Saudi Arabia

Mentors

James Nachtwey, United States
Joachim Naudts, Belgium
Magdalena Herrera, France
Nadia Benchallal, France
Pamela Chen, United States
Simona Ghizzoni, Italy
Stephen Dupont, France/Australia

2017

Participants

Adriane Ohanesian, United States
Alejandro Kirch, United Kingdom/Argentina
Daro Sulakauri, Georgia
Heba Khamis, Egypt
Hicham Gardaf, Morocco
Juanita Escobar, Colombia
Kevin Faingnaert, Belgium
Michael Vince Kim, Argentina/South Korea
Mojgan Ghanbari, Iran
Rahima Gambo, Nigeria
Rebecka Uhlin, Sweden
Shadman Shahid, Bangladesh

Mentors 

Damir Sagolj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jonathan Torgovnik, United States/Israel
Magdalena Herrera, France
Newsha Tavakolian, Iran
Tiago Santana, Brazil

2016

Participants

Aapo Huhta, Finland
Abdollah Heidari, Iran
Amanda Mustard, United States
Hicham Gardaf, Morocco
Jana Romanova, Russia
Line Ørnes Søndergaard, Norway
Luisa Dörr, Brazil
Mariya Kozhanova, Russia
Prasiit Sthapit, Nepal
Samsul Alam Helal, Bangladesh
Sébastien Van Malleghem, Belgium
Tomasz Lazar, Poland

Mentors

Amy Pereira, United States
Donald Weber, Canada
Jonathan Torgovnik, United States/Israel
Laura Boushnak, Palestine
Liza Faktor, Russia

2015

Participants

Alejandro Cegarra, Venezuela
Arash Khamooshi, Iran
Capucine Granier-Deferre, France
Christian Werner, Germany
Édouard Elias, France
Eman Bedir Helal, Egypt
Evgeny Makarov, Germany
Guy Martin, United Kingdom
István Bielik, Hungary
Noriko Hayashi, Japan
Victor Dragonetti, Brazil
Wissam Nassar, Palestine

Mentors

Claudine Boeglin, France
Donald Weber, Canada
Jonathan Torgovnik, United States/Israel
Meaghan Looram, United States
Tanya Habjouqa, Jordan
Teun van der Heijden, the Netherlands

2014

Participants

Akos Stiller, Hungary
Andrejs Strokins, Latvia
Bego Antón, Spain
Bryan Denton, United States
Bryan Schutmaat, United States
Émilie Régnier, Canada
Giorgio Di Noto, Italy
Ilona Szwarc, Poland
Isadora Kosofsky, United States
Meeri Koutaniemi, Finland
Raphaela Rosella, Australia
Sarker Protick, Bangladesh

Mentors

Frank Kalero, Spain
Hellen van Meene, the Netherlands
Meaghan Looram, United States
Rena Effendi, Azerbaijan
Sujong Song, South Korea
Yuri Kozyrev, Russia

2013

Participants

Ali Noureldine (Ali Ali), Palestine
An-Sofie Kesteleyn, Belgium
Arnau Blanch Vilageliu, Spain
Diana Markosian, United States/Russia
Dina Oganova, Georgia
Evgenia Arbugaeva, Russia
Fatemeh Behboudi, Iran
Javad Parsa, Iran
Maika Elan, Vietnam
Maria Turchenkova, Russia
Peter Dicampo, United States
Veejay Villafranca, the Philippines

Mentors

Celina Lunsford, Germany
Donald Weber, Canada
Manoocher Deghati, France/Iran
Max Pam, Australia
Meaghan Looram, United States
Ramón Reverté, Spain

2012

Participants

Anastasia Rudenko, Russia
Bieke Depoorter, Belgium
Cemil Batur Gökçeer, Turkey
Dhruv Malhotra, India
Hajime Kimura, Japan
Ilkin Huseynov, Azerbaijan
llvy Njiokiktjien, the Netherlands
Jia DaiTengFei, China
Maja Daniels, Sweden
Muhammed Muheisen, Jordan
Sofie Amalie Klougart, Denmark
Tatiana Ilina, Russia

Mentors

James Wellford, United States
Jodi Bieber, South Africa
Mariko Takeuchi, Japan
Markus Schaden, Germany
Maya Goded, Mexico
Ron Haviv, United States

2011

Participants

Alessandro Imbriaco, Italy
Alinka Echeverria, Mexico/United Kingdom
Anastasia Taylor-Lind, United Kingdom/Sweden
Antonio Bolfo, United States
Dimitri Stefanov, Bulgaria
Eunice Adorno, Mexico
Ivor Prickett, Ireland
Kitra Cahana, Canada
Kuba Kaminski, Poland
Leo Maguire, United Kingdom
Mohammed Salem, Palestine
Sebastian Liste, Spain

Mentors

Christopher Anderson, Canada
Dewi Lewis, United Kingdom
Francesco Zizola, Italy
Jodi Bieber, South Africa
Mariko Takeuchi, Japan
Tony Chambers, United Kingdom

2010

Participants

Adam Ferguson, Australia
Alvaro Ybarra Zavala, Spain
Andrea Gjestvang, Norway
Dominic Nahr, Switzerland
Ed Ou, Taiwan/Canada
Giulio di Sturco, Italy
Justin Maxon, United States
Lissette Lemus, El Salvador
Lurdes R. Basoli, Spain
Maisie Crow, United States
Saiful Huq Omi, Bangladesh
Sarah Elliott, United States

Mentors

Alejandro Castellote, Spain
Antonin Kratochvil, Czech Republic
Dewi Lewis, United Kingdom
Jodi Bieber, South Africa
Maggie Steber, United States
Santiago Lyon, United States

2009

Participants

Ali Akbar Shirijian, Iran
Benedicte Kurzen, France
Dirk Jan Visser, the Netherlands
Don McNeill Healy, Ireland
Gihan Tubbeh, Peru
Kathryn Cook, United States
Kosuke Okahara, Japan
Mads Nissen, Denmark
Matt Eich, United States
Simona Ghizzoni, Italy
Shorab Hura, India

Mentors

Celina Lunsford, Germany/United States
Dewi Lewis, United Kingdom
Giorgia Fiorio, Italy
Maggie Steber, United States
Philip Blenkinsop, Australia/United Kingdom
Tom Kennedy, United States

2008

Participants

Agnes Dherbeys, France
Andrew Biraj, Bangladesh
Clemence Limburg, Belgium
David Magnusson, Sweden
Inaki Domingo Callejon, Spain
James Pomerantz, United States/United Kingdom
Jehad Nga, Libya/United States
Martina Bacigalupo, Italy
Massimo Berruti, Italy
Michael Christopher Brown, United States
Peter Agtmael, the Netherlands/United States
Philipp Ebeling, Germany

Mentors

Barbara Stauss, Switzerland
Chris Boot, United Kingdom
Hugh Pinney, United Kingdom
Jon Jones, United Kingdom
Maggie Steber, United States
Ziv Koren, Israel

2007

Participants

Agnes Dherbeys, France
Alexandra Demenkova, Russia
Christoph Bangert, Germany
Cédric Gerbehaye, Belgium
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Iraq
Irina Werning, Argentina
Kate Brooks, United States
Munem Wasif, Bangladesh
Olivia Arthur, United Kingdom
Rafal Milach, Poland
Sirio Magnabosco, Italy
Xin Zhou, China

Mentors

Ayperi Ecer, Sweden/Turkey
Barbara Stauss, Switzerland
Brian Storm, United States
David Burnett, United States
Jan Grarup, Denmark
Shahidul Alam, Bangladesh
Susan Bright, United Kingdom

2006

Participants

David Gillanders, United Kingdom
Ivan Chernichkin, United Kingdom
Jesse Marlow, Australia
João Kehl, Brazil
Leonie Purchas, United Kingdom
Marieke van der Velden, the Netherlands
Mikhael Subotzky, South Africa
Newsha Tavakolian, Iran
Rodrigo Miguel Abd, Argentina
Stephanie Sinclair, United States
Tamas Dezso, Hungary
Tom Craig, United Kingdom

Mentors

Alessandra Mauro, Italy
Ayperi Ecer, Sweden/Turkey
Barbara Stauss, Switzerland
David Hurn, United Kingdom
Lesley A. Martin, United States
Simon Norfolk, United Kingdom
Witold Krassowski, Poland

2005

Participants

Alberto Giuliani, Italy
Alfredo D'Amato, Italy
Anna Kirstine Kari, Denmark
Ashley Peter Gilbertson, Australia
Daniel Silva Yoshisato, Peru
Lana Kristina Slezic, Canada
Lorena Ros, Spain
Mauricio Alexandre Lima, Brazil
Oded Balilty, Israel
Philippe Dudouit, Switzerland
Rena Effendi, Azerbaijan
Samantha Appleton, United States

Mentors

Anthony Suau, United States
Ayperi Ecer, Sweden/Turkey
Emma Reeves, United Kingdom
Gabriel Bauret, France
Marta Gili, Spain
MaryAnne Golon, United States
Simon Norfolk, United Kingdom

2004

Participants

Alnis Stakle, Latvia
András Fekete, Hungary
Benjamin Lowy, United States
Casper Dalhoff, Denmark
Colby Katz, United States
David Sauveur, France
Kristen Ashburn, United States
Lucia Nimcova, Slovakia
Moises Saman, Spain
Naomi Harris, Canada
Pal Christopher Hansen, Norway
Pieter Ten Hoopen, the Netherlands/Sweden

Mentors

Alex Webb, United States
Ayperi Ecer, Sweden/Turkey
MaryAnne Golon, United States
Radu Stern, Switzerland
Roger A. Turesson, Sweden
Tom Stoddart, United Kingdom
Val Williams, United Kingdom

2003

Participants

Alexander Gronskiy, Estonia/Russia
Erik Refner, Denmark
Gillian Laub, United States
Ilse Frech, Netherlands
Julian Röder, Germany
Lynsey M Addario, United States
Martin Kollar, Slovakia
Peter Funch, Denmark
Sibylle Fendt, Germany
Simon Roberts, United Kingdom
Tomás Munita Philippi, Chile
Vera Hartmann, Switzerland

Mentors

François Hébel, France
Manoocher, Iran/France
MaryAnne Golon, United States
Nicole Robbers, the Netherlands
Peter Bialobrzeski, Germany
Roberto Koch, Italy
Tom Stoddart, United Kingdom

2002

Participants

David Steets, Germany
Gleice Mere Silveira, Brazil
Golam Mostafa Bhuiya Akash, Bangladesh
Joseph Sywenkyj, United States
Justin Jin, China/United Kingdom
Knut Egil Wang, Norway
Narelle Autio, Australia
Pep Bonet, Spain
Peter Dench, United Kingdom
Timothy Hetherington, United Kingdom
Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, Zimbabwe
Ulrik Jantzen, Denmark

Mentors

Alexandra Boulat, France
Daniel Glückmann, Spain
Eva Leitolf, Germany
MaryAnne Golon, United States
Paul Lowe, United Kingdom/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stephen Mayes, United Kingdom

2001

Participants

Brian Finke, United States
Felicia Webb, United Kingdom
Flore-Aël Surun, France
Ian Teh, Malaysia
Jan Michalko, Germany
Jonas Bendiksen, Norway/United States
Mayu Maria de Fatima Mohanna Garcia, Peru
Peter Granser, Australia
Rob Finch, United States
Sam Faulkner, United Kingdom
Yannis Kontos, Greece
Ziyah Gafic, Sarajevo

Mentors

Aidan Sullivan, United Kingdom
Chris Boot, United Kingdom
David Hurn, United Kingdom
Dominique Roynette, France
Jerome Delay, France
Michelle McNally, United States
Peter Bitzer, Germany

2000

Participants

Balazs Gardi, Hungary
Gary Calton, United Kingdom
Hywell Waters, Zimbabwe
Karim Ben Khelifa, Tunisia/Belgium
Karin Beate Nøsterud, Norway
Roberto Arcari, Italy
Sarah Caron, France
Sophia Evans, United Kingdom
Teru Kuwayama, United States
Themba Hadebe, South Africa
Thorsten Futh, Germany
Trine Søndergaard, Denmark

Mentors

Daphné Anglès, France
David Hurn, United Kingdom
Dirck Halstead, United States
Grazia Neri, Italy
Paul Wombell, United Kingdom
Roger Hutchings, United Kingdom
Volker Lensch, Germany

1999

Participants

Christobal Herrera Ulashkevich, Cuba
Joachim Ladefoged, Denmark
Julie Ansiau, France
Maria Zbaska, Poland
Matias Costa, Spain
Nicolai Fuglsig, Denmark
Pablo Aneli, Argentina
Penny de los Santos, United States
Saurabh Das, India
Trent Parke, Australia
Valeri Nistratov, Russia
Wang Yao, China

Mentors

Christian Caujolle, France
Dominique Roynette, France
Giovanna Calvenzi, Italy
Hans-Jürgen Burkard, Germany
Marcel Saba, United States
Tom Stoddart, United Kingdom

1998

Participants

Alessandra Sanguinetti, United States/Argentina
Amelia Troubridge, United Kingdom
Andreas Teichmann, Germany
Chen Yuang Zhong, China
Jordis Antonia Schlosser, Germany
Markus Buhler, Switzerland
Olivier Culmann, France
Rip Hopkins, United Kingdom
Robert Huber, Switzerland
Stephan Vanfleteren, Belgium
Stuart Freedman, United Kingdom
Yto Barrada, Morocco/France

Mentors

Barbara Nagelsmith, France
Christiane Breustedt, Germany
Gideon Mendel, South Africa
Liu Heung Shing, China
Robert Pledge, United Kingdom
Tom Kennedy, United States

1997

Participants

Andrew Testa, United Kingdom
Anton Hammerl, South-Africa
Jose Ignacio Lobo Altuna, Spain
Katherina Bosse, Germany
Klaus Reisinger, Australia
Laura Cano, Mexico
Michael Ackerman, United States
Stefano de Luigi, Italy
Stephen Gill, United Kingdom
Tao Lytzen, Denmark
Xin Liu, China
Zalmai Ahad, Afghanistan

Mentors

Christiane Gehner, Germany
François Hébel, France
Liu Heung Shing, China
Michele McNally, United States
Nancy Lee, United States
Stanley Greene, United States
Tom Stoddart, United Kingdom

1996

Participants

Gigi Cohen, United States
Jean-Francois Campos, France
Jingtao Sun, China
Jodi Bieber, South-Africa
Manfred Jarisch, Germany
Maya Goded, Mexico
Morad Bouchakour, Netherlands
Nicolai Howalt, Denmark
Paolo Pellegrin, Italy
Rafael Trobat, Spain
Samuel Zuder, Germany
Zana Briski, United Kingdom

Mentors

Christian Caujolle, France
Christiane Gehner, Germany
Diego Goldberg, Argentina
Mark Sealy, United Kingdom
Michele McNally, United States

1995

Participants

Cathy Loughran, Ireland
Dan Habib, United States
Eva Leitolf, Germany
Jerome Brezillon, France
Joao Silva, South-Africa
Kai Wiedenhöfer, Germany
Laura Iliyna, Russia
Marco Pesaresi, Italy
Matias Recart, Chile
Nadia Benchallal, France
Swapan Parekh, India
Wenn Huang, China

Mentors

Christian Caujolle, France
Donna Ferrato, United States
Elisabeth Biondi, Germany
Randy Miller, United States
Roberto Koch, Italy
Robert Pledge, United Kingdom

1994

Participants

Alexis Cordesse, France
David Modell, United Kingdom
Giorgia Fiorio, Italy
Harriet Logan, United Kingdom
Isabella Balena, Italy
James Nubile, United States
Kadirvan Lohuizen, the Netherlands
Klaus Reisinger, Australia
Michael Trippel, Germany
R. Davila Wood, Spain
Stephen Dupont, Australia
Tim Zielenbach, United States

Mentors

Christian Caujolle, France
David Turnley, United States
Fred Ritchin, United States
Giovanna Calvenzi, Italy
Michael Rand, United Kingdom
Robert Pledge, United Kingdom