Contact
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Tel: 0044 (0) 208 372 7269 (UK)
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Media contact: lynda@ashcommunications.com
Who we are
GSPA Family 2024
GSPA Team and Award Winners, British Library 2024
Organisation Committee for GSPA2025:
Sebah Chaudhry: Principal Curator for GSPA2025 Exhibition “Culture Identified”
Sebah is a freelance producer and Curator. Producer of Photography Champions at Photoworks, and invited to attend Lishui Photo Festival, China in 2023.
Yintong Betser: Founder of the Global SinoPhoto Awards and ACTIVE Anglo Chinese Communications. Yintong is a British Chinese entrepreneur and an author who has written widely on China and photography, including books, columns and a Chinese blog.
Lynne Bryant: Co-founder of this Global SinoPhoto Awards. Lynne is also the founder of The Architectural Photography Awards, former Chairperson of the British Association of Picture Libraries (BAPLA). Lynne is currently the Honorary Secretary of The Architecture Club.
Andrea Stern: Director of Marketing. She was principal at ASA Ltd and a skilled image industry professional working with collections in the commercial and heritage sectors. Previously Head of Images and Rights at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Lynda Heath: PR Director. Lynda is a committed public relations professional, Lynda has around 30 years’ experience in the PR and marketing communications arena. Her expertise straddles business-to-business and consumer clients across many sectors including the arts, automotive, lifestyle, property, education and travel & tourism.
Yuxing Chen: Social Media Communication Manager. Yuxing Chen is a London based Chinese artist with a key interest on exploration of narrative. Yuxing has won international awards such as the IPE 165 Award and has been selected as one of the TOP 20 Chinese Contemporary Photography, as well as our GSPA2024.
Previous Judges:
Andrew Sanigar
is the Commissioning editor for Photography and Design, Thames & Hudson Publisher.
Kim Hoang（黄秋河）
is the senior picture editor, Save the Children, the Guardian, Magnum Photos.
Yao Lu（姚璐）
is an international award-winning artist, lecturer in photography at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.
Michael Freeman is a photographer and author with 155 books published internationally in 28 languages.
Betty Yao（姚詠蓓）is a curator and author of “Through the Lens of John Thomson 1868–72” exhibition and book. Betty is also a seasoned cultural figure bridging understanding of the East and West.
Gemma Barnett is a curator, photo editor, art dealer and visual arts professional, was a Director at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, and Magnum Photos New York as Director of Cultural Projects.
Richard Bryant has worked with architects such as Foster + Partners, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and Richard Rogers, was the first photographer of architecture to be awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Patrik Schumacher is principal of Zaha Hadid Architects and one of the most prominent thought leaders within the field of architecture, urbanism and design.