Previous winners
2021 DPA Winner: Donavon Smallwood
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2021 Daylight Photo Award Juror's picks:
Kai Caemmerer (SFO Museum): Tommy Keith
Alexa Keefe (National Geographic): Sarah Pabst
Joanna Milter (The New Yorker): Adrian Martinez Chavez
Mark Murrmann (Mother Jones): Prarthna Singh
Amanda Webster (The New York Times): Jenny Kim
2020 DPA Winner: Maria Sturm
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2020 Daylight Photo Award Juror’s picks:
Andrew Hinderaker (New York Times): Fabiola Ferrero
Gregory Eddi Jones (In the In-Between): Ada Luisa Trillo
Eve Schillo (LACMA): Julie Glassman
Erik Vroons (GUP): Gloria Oyazarbai
Jane Yeomans (Bloomberg Businessweek): Roger Grasas
2019 DPA Winner: Bryan Thomas
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2019 Daylight Photo Award Juror picks:
Jacqueline Bates (California Sunday Magazine): Rydel Cerezo
Clinton Cargill (Vanity Fair): Felipe Beltran
Elizabeth Renstrom (Vice): Sara Bennett
Gabriel H Sanchez (BuzzFeed News): Delaney Allen
Kamil Tyebally (Refinery 29): Gianluca Calise
2018 DPA Winner: Matthew Genitempo
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2018 Daylight Photo Award Juror picks:
Joshua Farr (Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT): Ksenia Kuleshova
Jon Feinstein (Humble Arts Foundation, Seattle, WA): Amani Willett
Sarah Leen (National Geographic, Washington, DC): Kacper Kowalski
Adam Ryan (SFMoMA, San Francisco, CA): Pablo Lerma Gonzalez
Thea Traff (New Yorker, New York, NY): Antone Dolezal
2017 DPA Winner: Zora Murff
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2017 Daylight Photo Award Juror picks:
Roy Flukinger (Harry Ransom Center, Austin): Annabel Elgar
Caroline Hunter (The Guardian, London): Tommaso Sacconi
Alex Ramos (Leica Gallery, San Francisco): Julien Chatelin
Chris Wiley (The New Yorker, New York): Peggy Levison Nolan
Lars Willumeit (Independent Curator, Zurich): Hiro Tanaka
2016 DPA Winner: Marta Zgierska
2016 Daylight Photo Award Juror picks:
Gail Buckland (Independent Curator, New York): Polly Braden
WM Hunt (Independent Curator, New York): Bryce Lankard
Chris McCall (Pier 24, San Francisco): Tabitha Soren
Clara de Tezanos (GuatePhoto, Guatemala City): Molly Lamb
Amy Wolff (CoEdit Collection, New York): Sandra Hoyn
2015 Daylight Photo Award Winner: Katrin Koenning
2015 Daylight Photo Award Juror Picks:
Peggy Sue Amison East Wing Gallery) Sian Davey
Luca Desienna/ (Gomma) C.Y. Frankel
Shane Lavalette (Light Work) Andy Mattern
Karen McQuaid (Photographers Gallery) Nicholas McElroy
Takeki Sugiyama (Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival) Tito Mouraz
2014 Daylight Photo Award Winner: Zhang Kechun
2014 Daylight Photo Award Juror Picks:
Lars Boering (Dutch Photographers Association) Antoine Bruy
Julian Cox (de Young Museum) Anna Beeke
Louise Clements (Format Festival) Michele Palazzi
Elissa Curtis (MSNBC) Christopher Capozziello
Holly Hughes (PDN) Lisa King
2013 Daylight Photo Award Winner: Bryan Schutmaat
2013 Daylight Photo Award Jurors picks:
Ann Jastrab (Rayko Gallery) Christopher Capozziello
Carrie Levy (Wired) Michelle Frankfurter
Stephen Mayes (VII) Lara Tabet and Michelle Daher
Melanie McWhorter (Photoeye) Jost Franko
Sean O'Hagan (Guardian) Nadia Sablin
Aaron Schuman (Seesaw) Wenji Yang
2012 Daylight Photo Award Winner: Aaron Vincent Elkaim
2012 Daylight Photo Award Jurors Picks:
David Bram (Fraction Magazine) Jess Dugan
Alexa Dilworth (Center for Documentary Studies) Ula Wiznerowicz
Jim Estrin (New York Times) Mu Ge
Taj Forer + Michael Itkoff, Daylight
Paul Moakley (Time Magazine) Pavel Maria Smejkal
Jessie Wender (New Yorker Magazine)