Jury

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Educated at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. Between 1990 and 1991 he photographed the fall of the communist regime in Bulgaria for Reuters. 1991-2002, as a photojournalist for EPA, he covered the war in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia, political changes in Moscow and Tbilisi, the crisis in Kosovo and was EPA’s chief reporter in Russia. 2002-2007 was AFPs chief reporter for Europe, Africa and countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2007-2010 he was chief editor at AFPs photo department in Paris and since 2011 editor-in-chief at AFP Photo in Washington.