Blink is a network of content creators, comprised of filmmakers, photographers, artists, social media influencers and writers available for hire with their profile and location displayed live in an iPhone and Android app. The company has announced on Friday March 9 a free, all-day Photo and Video portfolio review and networking event on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Ilegal Mezcal’s space in the West Village in New York. This review is open to all creators on the Blink network (it’s free to sign-up to become a member), and is focused on inclusion, uplifting the next generation of artists from a range of disciplines, connecting them with editors, brands and agencies in the content market.
Submissions are open from now until – Monday, March 12, at 11 PM EST at blink.la/bpr2018.
The reviewers participating in the Blink Portfolio Review include:
Adam Ferguson | Photojournalist, Nominee of World Press Photo’s Picture of the Year Award and Winner of Award for Spot News in 2018.
Alexander Scott Rosen | Freelance Director of Photography, Producer and Editor, Previously CNN Digital
Allyson Torrisi | Director of Photography, Popular Mechanics and President of The Society of Publication Designers
Amanda Webster | Assistant Photo Editor at The Wall Street Journal Magazine
Amber Terranova | Faculty Member in The BFA Photography and Video Department at SVA, Curator at SCREEN Projects & Curator at Adobe
Amy Pereira | Visuals Director, Previously the Director of Photography at MSNBC
Anna Dickson | Photo Lead, C&C. at Google
Aurélie Jouan | Image Curator at Adobe
Benjamin Petit | Co-Director of #Dysturb
Chelsea Matiash | Senior Editor for Digital Storytelling at The New York Times
Chelsea Moynehan | Director and Cinematographer of Blink Media
Dustin Drankoski | Photo Director at Mashable
Elisabeth Biondi | Independent Visuals Editor, Previously the Visuals Editor of The New Yorker
Francesca Marani | Photo Editor at Vogue.it & Curator of Photo Vogue Festival
Freya Morales | Photo Coordinator at the United Nations Development Programme
Genevieve Fussell | Senior Photo Editor at The New Yorker
Jessica Dimmock | Visual Storyteller & Director, Co-Director of Netflix’s Flint Town
Jonas Cuenin | Editor-in-Chief at The Eye of Photography
Josh Raab | Multimedia Editor at TIME
Kate Bubacz | Deputy Photo Director at BuzzFeed
Liz Pierson | Photo Editor at Conde Nast
Marie A. Monteleone | Assignment Photo Editor at Bloomberg Visual Media
Noah Rabinowitz | Creative Director at VICE
Quentin Nardi | Chief Photography Editor at Smithsonian Magazine
Sabine Meyer | Photography Director at the National Audubon Society
Sandra Stevenson | Visual Editor at The New York Times
Siobhan Riordan | Exhibition Specialist at Open Society Documentary Photography Project
Soo-Jeong Kang | Executive Producer at The New Yorker
Stephanie Heimann | Photo Director at The New Republic
Zackary Canepari | Visual Storyteller & Director, Co-Director of Netflix’s Flint Town
Submission Details
Applications are open to both professional and emerging storytellers. They will need to upload a maximum of 10 images or a maximum of 5 videos to their Blink portfolio, and then submit their details here. Submissions are open from now until Monday, March 12 at 11 PM EST.
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