Spotlight Awards 2021 edition
See the 2021 winners and shortlists
Photo: Patrick Curtet
Judges
Put your work in front of international expert judges who are managing billions of dollars of marketing budgets
Whether you’re a winner in the competition or not, if a judge likes what you do, you could get hired.
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Chris Booth
Associate Creative Director
The LEGO Agency
UK
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Brendan Donnelly
Creative Director
M&C Saatchi
AUSTRALIA
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Edgar Liñayo
D2D Brand Manager
Nestlé
SPAIN
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Grant Pearce
Creative Director & Commercial Editorial Director
Vogue Man Hong Kong & GQ Australia
HONG KONG
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Robyn Selman
Photo Director
Forbes Magazine
USA
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Nicholas Tamarin
Senior Editor
Interior Design Magazine
USA
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Ely Tomines
Creative Design Manager
Celebrity Cruises, Inc.
USA
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Debbie Totten
VP Creative Dev + Brand Communications
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
USA
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Camila Rodrigues de Souza
Senior Creative Art Director
Wunderman Thompson
BRAZIL
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Victor Arriazu Martin
Creative Director
VMLY&R
SPAIN
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Agustín de Tena
Editor
Car & Driver / Hearst
SPAIN
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Joseph Siegel
Sr. Director Creative and Marketing
DHL
USA
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Danny Ratcliff
Director of Post Production & Motion Graphics
Hearst
USA
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Jérémie Atlani
Senior Art Director
CHANEL
FRANCE
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Katarina Pepichova
Creative Producer & Art Buyer
Calvin Klein
NETHERLANDS
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Natasscha Girelli
Branding & Creative Director
Hooligans Magazine
DENMARK
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Christopher Stahl
Producer, Director, DoP
Volkswagen of America
USA
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Stephen Moore
Art Director
Sainsbury's
UK
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Jordan Gladman
Creative Director
Juliet Creative
CANADA
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Matt Hubbard
Creative Director
Droga5
UK
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Alayna Kunitake
Art Director
Ogilvy
AUSTRALIA
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Florian Severin
Creative Director
Thomas Sabo
GERMANY
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Cari Spinnler
Senior Content Producer and Marketing Consultant
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
USA
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Kristina Wilmar
Art Buyer
H&M Home
SWEDEN
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Yuri Ezhkov
Creative Director
MAC Cosmetics
HONG KONG
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Angela Sumner
Creative Director
Elizabeth Arden (Global)
USA
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Fabio Cerdeira
Creative Director
Uber
BRAZIL
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Janique Helson
Head of Brand Marketing, Content & Creative Services
Volvo Cars
USA
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Felix Ettelson
Senior Art Director
Ogilvy
AUSTRALIA
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Marjorieth Sanmartin
Executive Creative Director
TBWA
GERMANY
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Jesse Young
Art Director
McCann
AUSTRALIA
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Ernesto Castaldini
Creative Director
Wunderman Thompson
ARGENTINA
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Sasha Patkin
Photo Editor
Harvard Business Review
USA
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Lucy Nkosi
Art Director
Forbes Africa
SOUTH AFRICA
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Ruth Ferrier
Freelance Art Buyer
Marks and Spencer
UK
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Ryan van Son
Integrated Creative Director
Wunderman Thompson
SOUTH AFRICA
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Naoto Ichikawa
Creative Director
TBWA HAKUHODO
JAPAN
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Jamie Spence
Creative Producer
Vogue
UK
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Krystal Atwater
Senior Creative Producer
Creative Studios Fisher-Price Inc.
USA
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Kevin Lennox
Freelance Senior Producer
Nike
USA
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Tiffany Huang Ou-Yang
Head of Design
Colgate Palmolive
HONG KONG
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Clara Ho
Creative Director
Grey
HONG KONG
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Mari Torres
Senior Creative
McCann Worldgroup
GERMANY
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Annie Henley
Art Buyer/Producer
VLMY&R
USA
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Abigail Nicolas
Photo Editor
Sports Illustrated
USA
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Karen Frank
Director of Photography
ESPN
USA
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Echo Mah
Creative Director
Tiffany & Co.
USA
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Martín Miguel
Art Director
Arandu
BOLIVIA
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Matias Paglieri
Creative Director
Digitas
ARGENTINA
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Elma Karabegovic
Associate Creative Director
FCB
CANADA
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Nadine Baltes
Head of Production
Havas Düsseldorf
GERMANY
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Rory McKechnie
Creative Director
DDB Group
NEW ZEALAND
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Camilla Ploug
Creative Director
Ogilvy Denmark
DENMARK
Commercial categories
Covering all sectors of commercial photography
The competition has 13 advertising categories with a prize pool of over $30,000
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Fashion
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Julia Buruleva
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Joanna Kustra
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Dorit Thies
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Timothy Saccenti
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Advertising
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Johnny Valentine
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Richard Boll
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Sam Thies
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Staudinger + Franke
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Beauty
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Bruno Juminer
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Elena Paraskeva
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Julia Kuzmenko
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Simon Songhurst, rep. by JSR
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Architecture & Interiors
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Heroes Agency
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David Mitchener
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Walter Shintani
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Balint Jaksa
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Cars
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Paul Barshon
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Alex Howe
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Andy Wee
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Malek Fayoumi
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Corporate & Industrial
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Adam Gault
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Alex Petrenco
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James Braund
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Christian Vorhofer
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Food & Drink
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Tina Sturzenegger
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Kris Kirkham
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Mike English
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Marek Bartos
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Kids
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Adrianne Miller Roberts
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Rocco Bizzarri
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Isabel Pinto
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David Handley
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People & Lifestyle
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Adrien Crasnault
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Michael Krosny
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Camille Chaudeurge
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Katarina Premfors
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Portraiture & Celebrity
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Robert Wilson
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Hamish Brown
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David Giesbrecht
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Lucho Vidales
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Sport
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Matthew Mcquillan
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Michael Müller
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EXYL
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Victor Fraile
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Still Life
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Dag Dalvang
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Aine Photography
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Ivan Moshe
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Barry Makariou
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Travel, Documentary & Landscape
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Brian Hodges
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Mark Lehn
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Jasper James
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Marina Kloes
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Special category
Story Telling: Shoot for a Cause
In collaboration with ModelManagement.com we invite photographers to create images that represent diversity, respect or stand for a social cause.
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