Free Weekly Photography Contest | Photographer of the Week

From June 09, 2025, to June 15, 2025 – Week 24

Photographer of the Week | Photographer of the Week

Poland

Flickers I from series Flickers © JJ Jordan

Behind the Shot: Flickers I

A portrait that feels more like a memory than a moment. A half-seen face, barely held, like a mirage emerging from the shadows. It is less about who the person is, and more about the trace they leave behind. The image is part of a series of black and white photographs exploring the fragile threshold between presence and absence. My intention was to evoke the fleeting clarity of a match struck in the dark, when there is just enough light to glimpse another, and then it is gone. These portraits are not records of identity, but echoes of an encounter, half-remembered and unresolved, like afterimages burned into memory.

Expert Juror

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel

Photographer, Founder & Editor All About Photo

www.hermandgrisel.com | @allaboutphotocom

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel is a professional photographer who specializes in Fine Art Photography and Printmaking. She grew up in Paris, France and in London, UK before she moved to the United States with her family in 2006. She decided to use her knowledge of the photography world to become the curator of the website, All About Photo, which she founded in 2013. Much more than a cultural agenda, All About Photo is a source of information for photographers and aficionados of photography as well as a showcase platform for talented artists.

An integral part of All About Photo is its annual awards competition, The Mind’s Eye, she has juried over the years with renowned photographers and curators such as Liu Bolin, Ann Jastrab, Ed Kashi, Eli Klein, Jules Maeght, Aline Smithson, Ami Vitale, Judy Walgren, Sabine Weiss, Frank Horvat, Elizabeth Avedon and many more. She also juried competitions and shows for A Smith Gallery, Darkroom Gallery, Gomma Photography Grant, Rayko Photo Center, L.A. & N.Y. Photo Curator, Emerge UK Prize, The PhotoPlace Gallery, Praxis Gallery, The Young Photographer's Award and others.

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel's work has been published in books and magazines as well as exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide.

While still working on personal projects, she now spends most of her time discovering new talents for All About Photo. She is also working on the new AAP Magazine committed exclusively to the publication of portfolios.