NIKON

Nikon Film and Photo Contest
2024-2025 Judges

Photo Competition Judges

Sujong Song

Curator
Republic of Korea

In my experience of judging various photography awards, I have always been delighted to encounter the unique perspectives of photographers. I believe that even within the same prize, there are trends from year to year, and that the process repeats itself, making the history of the prize. In the long tradition of the Nikon Film and Photo Contest, I hope we can discover new trends in this year's edition. I would like to look into the delicate eye and careful editing efforts of each of the applicants, and I also hope to broaden my understanding of photography.

Biography

Sujong Song is a curator and art critic based in Seoul. Her research interest lays in the unfolding of media and visual culture. Song was co-founder of the Seoul Lunar Photo, commissioner of Dak’Art Biennale and the steering committee for the Daegu Photo Biennale.
She previously curated exhibitions including Hurroo Hurroo (GoEun Museum of Photography, 2013), Five Views from Korea (Noorderlicht Photogallery, 2014), Map of Daily Life (Lishui Art Museum, China, 2015), and Hybrid/Metamophorsis (Dakar Biennale, 2016), to name a few. She has judged on panels for World Press Photo, POYi, and Sony Photography Awards among many other awards and also nominated for several awards including Prix Pictet and Joop Swart Masterclass.
Song is currently the senior curator at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) since 2017.

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