Free Weekly Photography Contest | Photographer of the Week 42, 2024

From October 14, 2024, to October 20, 2024

Photographer of the Week | Photographer of the Week

United States

Life Escape from series Wayward Summer © Sara Markese

Behind the Shot: Life Escape

"Summer can be like a Sunday. Too long, lonely and quiet in all the wrong places. A respite long awaited, only to arrive with an aura of loss before it starts. That is how I remember them growing up, and approaching my fiftieth year, I found myself back again. Time spent following my daughter’s lead and joining in her play as we ventured out to pools and beaches had passed, and I was sitting alone. Watching from farther and farther away as her growth and independence propelled her forward. I felt that disquieting nostalgic feeling again – like looking from the window while others play - sitting with time, with loneliness, with space, with thoughts – she will grow up, I will miss her – sitting with sadness, with self. " – Sara Markese.

Expert Juror

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel

Photographer, Founder & Editor All About Photo

www.hermandgrisel.com | @allaboutphotocom

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel is a photographer, curator, and editor of All About Photo, an international platform dedicated to supporting photographers worldwide. Born in Paris, France, and raised between Paris and London, she moved to the United States in 2006, where she further developed her connection to the global photography community.

In 2013, she co-founded All About Photo with her husband, creating a space designed to give photographers greater visibility and exposure. More than a cultural guide, the platform has become a trusted resource for photographers and photography enthusiasts alike, featuring curated exhibitions, competitions, and editorial content.

A central part of the platform is the All About Photo Awards, which she has helped shape over the years in collaboration with renowned photographers and curators such as Liu Bolin, Ann Jastrab, Ed Kashi, Eli Klein, Jules Maeght, Aline Smithson, Ami Vitale, Stephen Vanfleteren, Sabine Weiss, Frank Horvat, Elizabeth Avedon, Laurent Baheux, Ian Berry, Claudine Doury, Denis Dailleux, Hiroshi Watanabe and many others. She has also served as a juror and curator for numerous international galleries and organizations.

Her own photographic work has been published in books and magazines and exhibited in galleries and museums internationally.

Today, while continuing her personal work, she focuses primarily on discovering and promoting emerging and established photographers through All About Photo. She is also the editor-in-chief of AAP Magazine, a publication dedicated exclusively to showcasing outstanding photographic portfolios.