Forty-nine photo editors from respected picture-desks in twenty-six different countries will judge the Red Bull Illume competition this year. 4,337 photographers from 112 countries registered to the competition website and 22,764 images were submitted to the competition before the February 28 deadline. This is more than three times the amount entered into the 2007 Image Quest. The jury has the challenging task of selecting the best 50 images from 10 categories. For a complete list of jurors, see the press release below.

Press Release

Red Bull Illume Jury 2010 confirmed

World-class photo editors to judge record number of submissions

Red Bull Illume attracts the world’s best action and adventure sports photographs, so it’s logical that the Jury has to be world-class too. Forty-nine photo editors from respected picture-desks in 26 different countries will judge the biggest collection of freesports images ever gathered. 

An impressive 4,337 photographers from 112 countries registered to the website and 22,764 images were submitted to the competition before the February 28 deadline. This is more than three times the amount entered into the 2007 Image Quest. 

After a pre-selection process, the Jury have the challenging task of selecting the best 50 images from 10 categories. They will use a democratic online voting system based not only the images’ technical superiority and composition, but also their impact, spirit and artistic flair. 

“You’re looking for those five images that really jump off the page in each category,” says judge Peter Taras from Surfing Magazine. “You’re looking for how hard it was to get the shot, the composition, the light, the creativity, spirit, emotion of the subject, the thought that went into the image. Right off the bat you’re hyper-analyzing each image.” 

“Red Bull Illume opens your eyes to what many like-minded creative people are doing documenting different sports,” says John Scarth from Snowboard Canada Magazine. “For the viewers of the event, it’s probably the best assembly of action sports images ever seen.”

The Red Bull Illume Jury 2010 includes:

Gustavo Cherro, La Nación (Argentina)

Lyn Walker, Alpha magazine (Australia)

Eva Gamperl-Wolf, Sport Magazin (Austria)

Evgeni Kamenko, MC magazine (Belarus)

Paulo Lima, Trip magazine, (Brazil)

Andy Clark, Reuters (Canada)

Dylan Doubt, Color magazine (Canada)

John Scarth SBC Snowboard (Canada)

Christophe Commarieu, Surfos magazine (Costa Rica)

Jan Sibik, Reflex magazine (Czech Republic)

Eric Colmet-Daâge, Photo (France)

Inas Fayed, Leica Fotografie International (Germany)

Hans-Peter Junker, Stern View (Germany)

Markus Linden, Foto Magazin (Germany)

Simon Bainbridge, British Journal of Photography (Great Britain)

Paul Sanders, The Times (Great Britain)

Grant Scott, Professional Photographer magazine (Great Britain)

Alan Sparrow, Metro (Great Britain)Steve White, Action Asia (Hong Kong)

Sárvári Tibor, Whiteline /Blueline magazines (Hungary)

Giovanna Calvenzi, Sportweek (Italy)

Beatriz Santos, Desconocido (Mexico)

Laura Luykenaar, Salt magazine (Netherlands)

Steve Dickinson, Adventure magazine (New Zealand)

Sergio Urday, Efe Magazine (Peru)

Kuba Atys, Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland)

Luís Lopes, Onbike (Portugal)

Leon Arhire Photo (Romania)

Raymond Babor, Men’s Health (Romania)

Salem Bassabeen, Al Zawiah (Saudi Arabia)

Michael Sargent, Straits Times (Singapore)

Mikael Helsing, Oxigeni / Outdoor magazine (Spain)

Corinne Tâche-Berther, 7th Sky (Switzerland)

Brenda Milis, Men’s Health (USA)

Brendan Lutes, Transworld Motocross (USA)

Grant Ellis, Surfer Magazine (USA)

Greg Garry, Complex (USA)

Jim Colton, Sports Illustrated (USA)

Amy Feitelberg, Outside magazine (USA)

Andrea Verdone, Women’s Health (USA)

Dave Reddick, Bike / Powder magazines (USA)

Eileen Ryan, USA Today (USA)

Grant Brittain, Skateboard Mag (USA)

Jeff Baker, Snowboard magazine (USA)

Jennifer Aborn, ESPN (USA)

Jamie Owens, Skateboarder Mag (USA)

Peter Taras, Surfing magazine (USA)

Melissa Wiley, National Geographic Online (USA)

Antonella D’Agostino, Maxim (USA)

Biographies and interviews with each juror can be seen exclusively at Red Bull Illume’s official website (www.redbullillume.com/people/judges-2010.html).

Photo credit ©Wojtek Antonow

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