In Opinion: Two separate photography competitions have dealt with accusations of impropriety in the last month and each responded to those accusations differently, revealing a lot about their ethics in the process.
Photography competitions garner hundreds of thousands of entries per year and give away about as much money to a small subset of winners. But when those competitions are judged by well-known photographers —which is expected of any prestigious competition — this industry is small enough that it is mathematically impossible to avoid the possibility of a conflict of interest arising.
Stuart admits he recognized her work in the competition but maintains he wasn’t preferential to her because of their relationship. In his defense, he makes one interesting point: . That lawyer told me that as a matter of industry practice, anyone involved with the competition who could even be perceived as unfairly influencing the outcome would implicate the objectivity and veracity of the contest. While she was speaking about a photographer entering a competition he runs, I think that general sentiment still applies to this particular situation.
request for comment on the situation and explained that in this case, the judge recused herself from the selection process.
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