NIKON

Nikon Film and Photo Contest
2024-2025 Judges

Photo Competition Judges

Malin Fezehai

Photographer
Sweden / Eritrea

I’m honored to be a judge for this contest and to celebrate the power of visual storytelling. Photography and film allow us to share untold stories, evoke emotion, and shift the way we see the world.
To all the applicants: your work matters. Every frame reflects your vision, your voice, and the way you connect with the world. Be bold, be true to yourself, and trust the stories you’re telling. For me, the most impactful stories are the ones that help us see and understand the world in a deeper way.

Biography

Malin Fezehai is a photographer, filmmaker, and visual reporter based in New York. A National Geographic Explorer and 2023 Climate Pledge grantee, she is currently working on a project about adaptation to living on water.
Malin’s work focuses on displacement and dislocation across over 40 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Her career began in Sweden before moving to New York to study at the International Center of Photography.
She has worked as a visual reporter for The New York Times and photographed survivors of violent extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa for the UNDP, resulting in her book SURVIVORS.
Her awards include a 2015 World Press Photo Award for the first-ever iPhone image to win the prize, the Wallis Annenberg Prize, and being named one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch. Clients include The Washington Post, The New York Times National Geographic, Apple, Nike, and the United Nations.

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