Applications Open for the 2025 New York Portfolio Review

New York Portfolio Review

Applications are now open for the free New York Portfolio Review which is produced by The New York Times photo department, Photoville and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

This year we are bringing together 160 talented photographers with 80 top photo editors, publishers, and curators for the 12th annual New York Portfolio Review on April 26 and 27, 2025.

Due to popular demand, and the need to be as accessible as possible for those who cannot travel, the 2025 review will take place in person and remotely. On Saturday, April 26 the review will be in person in New York. On Sunday April 27 the review will be virtual over Zoom. Photographers can apply for either the in-person review, or the online review. But not both. Once you apply you will not be able to change which day, or format, that you wish to participate in.

Participation is open to anyone 18 or older. The review focuses on photojournalism, editorial and documentary photography, though all types of work will be considered.

The deadline is Monday, February 3, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

A mainstay of photo events in the United States, the review convenes members of the photographic community to share work, exchange ideas, help each other — and have fun. On Sunday April 13, there will be an online orientation session with presentations open to all the photographers attending either day of the review. Topics will include working with photo editors, running a business and negotiating contracts, editing and sequencing your own photos and self-care.

Each in person participant will receive five private critiques. Each photographer attending remotely will receive four private critiques.

Important information to note before you apply:

Photographers who attended last year’s review are not eligible to apply. Those who attended once in previous years can apply for this year’s review, but they must submit new work.
Those who have already attended the review twice cannot apply.
When you apply you will be asked to select your top choices for the reviewers you most want to see. You must choose 15 reviewers that you wish to see. We will match the photographers chosen to attend with as many of those reviewers as possible using an algorithm.
To apply, send no more than 10 photos total, from one or two projects or bodies of work, using the form below.
The files should be JPEGs, 1,500 pixels at the longest side and 72 D.P.I.
Each file needs to be less than 4 MB each. Entries with individual files larger than 4MB will be disqualified.
We will inform those who are accepted by March 17, 2025. Be sure to triple-check the email address you submit.
You can only apply once. Choose either Saturday (in person) or Sunday (remote) from the dropdown menu. Not both. If you apply more than once you will be disqualified.
Photographs submitted will only be used to choose who attends the review. They will not be used for any other purpose.
There is a selection committee of 8 editors and curators who will be choosing the participants.
If you have any questions email us at [email protected]

APPLY HERE

In Person Reviewers Saturday April 26:

Akili Ramsess, Executive Director, National Press Photographers Association
Alex Snyder, Senior Photo Editor, The Nature Conservancy
Allison Schaller, Senior Visuals Editor address, Vanity Fair
Amy Kellner, Senior Photo Editor, The New York Times Magazine
Andrew Hinderaker, Photo Editor, Metro, The New York Times
Anne Farrar, Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic Magazine
Bernadette Tuazon, Director of Photography, CNN
Brian Piper, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, New Orleans Museum of Art
Corinne Perkins, North America Editor, Reuters Pictures, Reuters
Craig Allen, Senior Photo Editor, International Desk, The New York Times
Danese Kenon, Managing Editor of Visuals, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Danielle A. Scruggs, Photo Editor, The Wall Street Journal
David Y. Lee, Senior Program Officer, Storytelling, National Geographic Society
Donny Bajohr, Photo Editor, Smithsonian Magazine
Elizabeth Krist, Contributing Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review
Gail Fletcher, Photo Editor, The Guardian
Ian Morton, Photo Editor, National Geographic
Jacqueline Larma, Deputy Director, Photography/Special Projects, Associated Press
Jane’a Johnson, Editor, Aperture
Jehan Jillani, Visuals Director, The Atlantic
Jessie Schwartz, Photo Editor, Travel & Real Estate, The New York Times
Jovelle Tamayo, Multimedia Editor, The Marshall Project
Kaitlin Marron, Senior Photo Editor, ESPN
Kerri MacDonald, Editorial Lead, Instagram
Maridelis Morales Rosado, Photo Editor, The Cut, New York Magazine
Marie Monteleone, Senior Enterprise Photo Editor, Bloomberg News
Maya Valentine, Photo Assignment Editor, The Washington Post
Michael Wichita, Director, Photography, AARP
Natalia Jiménez, Senior Photo Editor, The Washington Post
Noelle Flores Theard, Senior Photo Editor, The New Yorker
Pamela Chen, Camera and Photos, Apple
Renee Melides, Photo Editor, The New York Times
Sam Barzilay, Creative Director, Photoville
Sandra M. Stevenson, deputy director of photography, The Washington Post
Sangsuk Sylvia Kang, Photo Editor, International, The New York Times
Sara Barrett, Senior Photo Editor/Opinion, The New York Times
Stephen Reiss, Photo Editor/National, The New York Times
Tanner Curtis, Styles Photo Editor, The New York Times
Tim Rasmussen, SR.AME Visual Journalism, The Boston Globe
Virginia Lozano, Photo Editor, NPR

Virtual Reviewers Sunday April 27:

Adam Dean, International Photo Editor – Europe, The New York Times
Alessia Glaviano, Head of Global PhotoVogue and Director PhotoVogue Festival, Conde Nast
Allyson Torrisi Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic
Alyssa Goodman, Photo Editor, The Associated Press
Amelie Mittelmann, Photo Editor, Stern Magazine
Anna Alexander, Director of Photography, WIRED
Cameron Peters, Photo Editor, National Geographic
Christy Silva, Creative Director, Design, Instagram
Denise Wolff, Editorial Director, Independent
Emma Raynes, Director of Programs, Magnum Foundation
Eslah Attar, Photo Editor, The New York Times
Fruhlein Chrys Econar, Photo Editor, Wall Street Journal
Heather Casey, Photo Editor, National, The New York Times
Hideko Kataoka, Director of Photography, Japan Newsweek
Jessie Wender, Photo Editor, The New York Times, Opinion
Joanne Imperio, Senior Photo Editor, The New Yorker
Joe Rodriguez, Senior Visuals Editor, Rolling Stone
Julius Constantine Motal, Photo Editor, The Guardian
Kara Milstein, Senior Photo Editor, TIME
Kate Bubacz, Head of Visuals, Rest of World
Kathryn Humphries, Art Director, Harper’s Magazine
Katrin Trautner, Photo Editor, GEO Magazine
Lara Huck, Deputy Photo Director, German Newspaper DIE ZEIT
Leslie Mazoch, Senior Photo Editor, Associated Press
Lucy Conticello, Director of Photography, Le Monde
Marvin Orellana, Photo Editor, Apple
Matt McCann, Photo Editor, The New York Times, Science + Climate
Maye-E Wong, Senior Editor, Wider Image and Special Projects, Reuters
Melissa Dale, Associate Director of Visual Storytelling – Photography, The Nature Conservancy
Mikko Takkunen, Photo Editor, International, The New York Times
Nicole Werbeck, Director, NPR Visuals, National Public Radio
Olivier Laurent, Senior Photo Editor, Washington Post
Peter DiCampo, Visuals Editor, ProPublica
Robert Miller, Director of Photography, The Washington Post
Sana Ullah, Senior Program Officer (Storytelling), National Geographic Society
Sandy Ciric, Director of Photography for the Americas, Getty Images
Shannon Simon, Senior Photo Editor, The New York Times Magazine
Steve Sapienza, Senior Editor, Pulitzer Center
Whitney Hollington Matewe, Deputy Director of Photography, NBC News / MSNBC