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[edit]The best photos of the Wiki Loves Earth are chosen by an independent panel of jury members of photographers and Wikimedians from across the world. Meet the jury of Wiki Loves Earth 2024!
Osama Silwadi
[edit]Osama Silwadi is a Palestinian photojournalist, visual storyteller, archivist, and folklorist. He started his professional career in 1991. During the first Palestinian Intifada, he faced difficulties and challenges and was in danger as he worked in the conflict areas. In October 2006, Osama was seriously injured by a stray bullet during a march in the center of Ramallah, which resulted in paralysis of the lower limbs. Silwadi has won titles inspired by his work in documenting the Palestinian heritage, including "The Eye of Palestine" and the "Palestinian Heritage Documenter". Osama was the international jury member of the previous WLE editions in 2020, 2021, 2022 and was glad to continue contributing to the contest this year.
Susanna Ånäs
[edit]Susanna Ånäs is a coordinator by practice and an artist, photographer, and documentarist at heart. Having joined the Wikimedia movement in 2012, she now runs the AvoinGLAM group in Helsinki, Finland, promoting open access to cultural heritage. The group likes to interpret GLAM as Global Languages, Art, and Memory instead of the institutional Galleries, Libraries, and Museums. The focus of the work is on urgent and important issues and bringing people together from across domain boundaries to work and learn together on them in case studies, experiments, or events like the co-creation "hackathon" Hack4OpenGLAM. Susanna has organized Wiki Loves Monuments in Finland three times. She wishes to explore and promote ways in which open culture advocates can make a positive impact on vulnerable and threatened cultural heritage or secure environmental sustainability. Susanna was the international jury member of the previous WLE edition in 2022 and was glad to continue contributing to the contest this year.
Ananya Mondal
[edit]Ananya Mondal is a veteran Wikimedian, hobbyist, nature photographer, and conservationist from India. She is also fond of Forest Survey, Rock Climbing, and Himalayan Trekking. In photography, her special love is shooting Butterflies and that's why she started and still has been operating successfully a scientifically-based WMF-granted project on species and subspecies level detailed documentation of butterflies of West Bengal and North-East India entitled Wiki Loves Butterfly (WLB) for the past 6 years with a group of enthusiast Wikipedians, lepidopterists, naturalists, researchers, scientific organizations, etc. hailing from different parts of India. She is also known as Butterfly Wikimedian and received the Wikimedian of the Year 2021 Rich Media Award. Ananya is one of the members of the Organizing team of Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) in India and Wiki Loves Food (WLF) in India. Ananya was the international jury member of the previous WLE editions in 2018, 2022 and was glad to continue contributing to the contest this year.
Bijay Chaurasia
[edit]Bijay Chaurasia, a Nepal-based professional photographer specializing in landscape, travel, cultural, and monumental photography with a decade of experience, has captured Nepal's allure. A dedicated Wikimedia contributor since 2014, he promotes Nepal's charm worldwide.
Jan Ainali
[edit]Jan Ainali started his Wikimedia journey on Wikimedia Commons in 2006. He has been the CEO of Wikimedia Sverige and is a co-founder of Wikimedians for Sustainable Development. In previous years, he has been on the jury for the Swedish Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments, as well as the international Wiki Loves Monuments. In his day job, he helps organizations become better working in the open at Open By Default.
Magdalena Sobolewska-Bereza
[edit]Magdalena Sobolewska-Bereza is a biologist working at Warsaw University, Faculty of Biology. Nature and biodiversity is her great passion. She loves to observe wild animals and nature in the city, take photos, and educate her students about them. She leads educational excursions, during which she teaches respect for biodiversity and balance between our fast-growing civilization and nature. For many years, She’ve been teaching photography, and currently, She is focused on mobile photography. She likes to use experimental techniques and combine photos with graphics and art. She is also a trained phototherapist. The combination of diverse experiences enables her to develop people’s skills and show them how to express their emotions by capturing moments in the form of photos wherever they are.
Lloyd Ericson Castro Rodriguez
[edit]Lloyd Ericson Castro Rodriguez is a Secondary School Teacher III specializing in Biological Sciences with a deep passion for writing and photography. His journey in photojournalism began during his time as Editor-in-Chief of school publications, where he led his team to win consecutive Best Tabloid awards in Eastern Visayas. Since 2016, Rodriguez has garnered multiple national and international accolades for his travel, environmental, and documentary works. His photography has been featured in exhibitions and publications worldwide, reflecting his dedication to storytelling through both science and art.
Habib Mhenni
[edit]Habib Mhenni has been a Wikimedian since 2010, an Admin on Wikimedia Commons, and a jury member of many international Wiki Loves contests over the years.
Valentine UWIMPUHWE
[edit]Valentine UWIMPUHWE holds a bachelor's in International Relations and is pursuing a master's in Development Studies. She volunteers with Wikimedia User Group Rwanda, managing social media and content creation. Valentine has served as a jury member in local and international Wikimedia competitions.
Elena-Tatiana Chiș
[edit]Elena-Tatiana Chiș an architect working in restoration and interior design in France. Part-time freelance graphic designer, passionate about photography (landscape and architecture), monuments, and travel. She had some photos presented in different exhibitions, some of them published in architectural magazines and books, web articles (UNESCO), calendars (2013 KLM Social Calendar), etc. Discovered Wiki in 2016 through the Wiki Loves Monuments contest. That year, she was a winner in the top 10 national in the following countries: 1st and 5th place in Morocco, 3rd place in Peru, 3rd and 4th place in Tunis. Also, one of the Wiki Loves Monuments coordinators in Romania since 2018. One of the members of the Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group since 2018.
Ajeigbe Rukayat
[edit]Ajeigbe Rukayat, a certified trainer of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Program, an ambassador for movement charters in the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC), and a Kiwix ambassador, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN) Community Support Fund Committee 2022/2023 fiscal year, among others. I have also participated in and co-facilities various Wikimedia projects such as the Wikimedia Awareness Program in Osun State, Wiki4HumanRight Campaign in Osun State 2023, Wiki Loves Earth 2023, Wiki Loves Africa 2023, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP), Wikidata (media personalities in Nigeria), WikiGLAM Awareness for Libraries and Librarians in Kwara, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, and 1lib1ref in Kwara 2022.