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Global expertise
since 2021.

Meet the international editors, curators, publishers, educators and photography experts who have shared their knowledge with HPR participants.

Current edition

Reviewers 2026.

These 62 experts are confirmed for the current Hamburg Portfolio Review. Select a portrait to read more about their work.

62 confirmed reviewers in 2026

Reviewer archive 2021–2025

A global network
of experts.

Since 2021, a network of global photography experts have supported the HPR with their experience, perspectives and time. A huge thank you for your wonderful support.

122 unique experts from 2021–2025

Adam Dean

Panos Pictures

Photographer

HPR 2025

Adrian Evans

Panos Pictures

Director

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025

Ahmed Najm

Metrography Agency

Managing Director

HPR 2021

Alessia Glaviano

Vogue Italy

Brand Visual Director

HPR 2021, 2023

Alexa Becker

Independent practice

Photography coach and publishing consultant

HPR 2025

Alexandra Lechner

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt

Managing Director

HPR 2025

Amélie Mittelmann

stern

Visual editor and creative producer

HPR 2025

Amélie Schneider

Die Zeit

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025

Andrea Horvay

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (FFF)

HPR 2023, 2024

Andreas Pufal

Geo/ PM Magazine

Visual Director

HPR 2021

Andreas Trampe

Hamburg Portfolio Review

Senior Photo Editor

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025

Anna Gripp

Photonews Verlag Brudna/Gripp GbR

Chefredakteurin

HPR 2021

Antonio Carloni

Gallerie d’Italia Torino / Cortona On The Move

Curator and co-founder

HPR 2023

Arianna Rinaldo

PhEST

Director

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Armin Smailovic

Focus

Photographer, Editor, Educator

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Ashfika Rahman

Visual Artist and Educator

HPR 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Barbara Stauss

Studio Stauss & DEJAVU e.V.

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Bernadette Tuazon

CNN Digital

HPR 2025

Bertan Selim

Prince Claus Fund

Head of Grants and Collaborations

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Bongani Isaac Mahlangu

Market Photo Workshop

Photography educator

HPR 2022

Brigitte Schaller

Leica Fotografie International (LFI)

Art Director

HPR 2024

Candice Jansen

Market Photo Shop

research, archives & exhibitions programming

HPR 2021

Carla Rosorius

GEO Magazine

Photo Editor

HPR 2021, 2025

Carol Körting

Leica Fotografie International (LFI)

Editor

HPR 2021, 2025

Celina Lunsford

Fotoforum Frankfurt

Artistic Director

HPR 2021, 2022

Christian Gogolin

GEO

Picture editor

HPR 2024

Christian Popkes

Fotogipfel Oberstdorf

Festival Director

HPR 2024

Christoph Bangert

Hochschule Hannover

Professor of Photography

HPR 2022, 2023, 2024

Ciril Jazbec

National Geographic

Photographer

HPR 2024

Claudia Hinterseer

South China Morning Post

Senior Video Producer

HPR 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025

Cyril Drouhet

Le Figaro

Director of Photography

HPR 2021

Daniel Tchetchik

Haaretz

HPR 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Demet Yıldız Dinçer

Istanbul Museum of Modern Art

Photography Department Manager

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025

Denis Brudna

Photonews Verlag Brudna/Gripp GbR

Chefredakteur

HPR 2021

Dimitri Beck

Polka Magazine

Director of Photography

HPR 2025

Dudley Brooks

Washington Post

Deputy Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Edda Fahrenhorst

horizonte zingst & Yeast Photo Festival

Managing Director

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Fiona Shields

The Guardian

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Fiona Wachera

Aga Khan University

Photography educator

HPR 2024, 2025

Francesca Hummler

Der Greif

Community Manager and Program Curator

HPR 2025

Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson

Reuters

HPR 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Gael Almeida

National Geographic Society

Executive Director for Latin America

HPR 2024, 2025

Gilles Steinmann

NZZ

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Gillian Henn

chrismon Magazine

HPR 2024, 2025

Giulietta Palumbo

Magnum

Digital Production

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Guido Schmidtke

stern Magazine

HPR 2024, 2025

Gwen Lee

DECK / Singapore International Photography Festival

Director and co-founder

HPR 2025

Harriet Logan

Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant

HPR 2025

Heike Ollertz

University of Applied Sciences Europe

Photographer, Lecturer

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Henner Flohr

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.)

HPR 2023, 2024, 2025

Henriette Simons

DER SPIEGEL

HPR 2025

Hideko Kataoka

Newsweek Japan

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Ian Landsberg

African News Agency

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022

Ilija Prokopiev

PrivatePrint

Director

HPR 2021

James Estrin

New York Times

Photographer

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Jane Yeomans

Bloomberg Businessweek

Photo Editor

HPR 2023, 2025

Jay Davies

Getty Images

Director of News Photography

HPR 2021, 2024

Jenny Smets

Trouw Newspaper

Curator

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Jerome Huffer

Paris Match

Head of Picture Desk

HPR 2021

Jessica Lim

Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops

Director

HPR 2022

Jewel Samad

Agence France-Presse (AFP)

HPR 2024, 2025

Julie Hau

National Geographic

HPR 2024, 2025

Karen Fromm

Professorin FH Hannover

Director LUMIX Festival

HPR 2021

Kate Bubacz

Rest of World

Visuals Editor

HPR 2023

Katharina Mouratidi

f3 – freiraum für fotografie / GfHF

Artistic Director

HPR 2022

Kathryn Cook-Pellegrin

International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

Photographer, Head of Content

HPR 2021

Katrin Iwanczuk

Leica Fotografie International (LFI)

Senior Editor

HPR 2023

Katrin Trautner

GEO Magazine

HPR 2024, 2025

Laetitia Ganaye

Maps Agency

Editorial Director

HPR 2021, 2022

Lara Huck

DIE ZEIT

HPR 2024, 2025

Lars Boering

Advisor

Director

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Lars Lindemann

Georg Koppmann Preis

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Laurence Tan

The New York Times

HPR 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Lekgetho James Makola

University of Pretoria

CEO of the Javett Art Centre

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Lois Lammerhuber

La Gacilly-Baden

Publisher, Photographer, Art Director

HPR 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025

Lucy Conticello

Le Monde

DoP M Magazine

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Magdalena Herrera

Independent practice

Visual editor and curator

HPR 2023

Mags King

The Sydney Morning Herald

Photo editor

HPR 2022

Maral Deghati

Independent practice

Editor, curator and producer

HPR 2023

Marie Monteleone

Bloomberg News

HPR 2024, 2025

Marina Paulenka

Independent practice

Curator and photography consultant

HPR 2023

Mark Sealy

Autograph ABP / University of the Arts London

Curator and academic

HPR 2024

Martina Bacigalupo

6 Mois

Senior Photo Editor, Photographer

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Maye-E Wong

Reuters Wider Image

HPR 2024, 2025

Michael Danner

University of Applied Sciences Europe

Photographer, Lecturer

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Michael Regnier

Panos Pictures

Editor and Archive Sales

HPR 2024

Miriam Zlobinski

Internationale Photoszene Köln

Curator and visual historian

HPR 2022, 2023

Muhammed Muheisen

former AFP Chief Photographer

Photographer

HPR 2021, 2022

Nadine Isabelle Henrich

Deichtorhallen Hamburg – House of Photography

Curator

HPR 2025

Natalia Jimenez

The Washington Post

Senior Photo Editor

HPR 2025

NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati

Kathmandu Photo Festival

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Niamh Treacy

FORMAT International Photography Festival

HPR 2022, 2023, 2025

Nicole Neumann

DER SPIEGEL

HPR 2023, 2024, 2025

Nicolás Pereyra

El Pais

HPR 2024, 2025

Nina Röder

University of Applied Sciences Europe

Lecturer

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Olfa Feki

Independent practice / #Kerkennah01

Curator

HPR 2022, 2023, 2024

Orsolya Groenewold

Stern Magazine

Editor

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Paolo Woods

Riverboom / Independent practice

Photographer

HPR 2022, 2023

Paul Ninson

Dikan Center

Founder and Executive Director

HPR 2023

Peter Lindhorst

FREELENS Gallery

Curator

HPR 2023, 2024, 2025

Rahel Zander

stern Magazine

HPR 2024

Rowin Ubink

de Volkskrant

HPR 2023, 2024, 2025

Sangsuk Sylvia Kang

The New York Times

Photo editor

HPR 2022

Sarker Protick

Pathshala-South Asian Media Institute

Photographer, Lecturer

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Silke Frigge

laif

Managing Director

HPR 2024, 2025

Solana Cain

The Globe and Mail

Visual editor

HPR 2022, 2024

Stuart Smith

GOST Books

HPR 2024, 2025

Sudanshu Malhotra

Greenpeace International

Multimeda Editor

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Swan Ti Ng

PannaFoto Institute

Co-founder and photographer

HPR 2024, 2025

Tanvi Mishra

Independent practice

Curator and visual editor

HPR 2022, 2023

Teona Gogichaishvili

Kolga Tblisi Photo Festival

Photographer, Lecturer

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Tessa Giller

Prince Claus Fund

Head of Programmes

HPR 2023

Thomas Borberg

Politiken

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Thorsten Gerke

Der Spiegel

Editor

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023

Tina Ahrens

DIE ZEIT

Director of Photography

HPR 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Tinka Dietz

DER SPIEGEL

Photo Editor

HPR 2022

Tristan Lund

The Incite Project

Curator and art consultant

HPR 2024, 2025

Uche Okpa-Iroha

The Nlele Institute

Founder and Director

HPR 2022, 2023

Ute Noll

UNO ART SPACE

Curator and founder

HPR 2024

Valeria Posada-Villada

Wereldmuseum

Curator

HPR 2023, 2024

Willemijn van der Zwaan

Fotomuseum Den Haag / Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Curator of Photography

HPR 2025

Xavier Soule

VU’ Agency & Gallery

Director

HPR 2024, 2025

Reviewer 2026