Unsplash Awards

Pablo is a 3D artist from southern Patagonia currently working at the Blender HQ in Amsterdam, where he created the animated series Caminandes and worked as lighting artist in multiple Blender open movie projects. Currently he is working on the Blender user interface, design, and communication of the Blender project via weekly live streams on YouTube.

Rodrigo is a Digital Engagement Senior Specialist at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF International), passionate about inspiring audiences to act for our one shared home and all our futures.

David Basulto is the Founder of ArchDaily, and its global network of sites in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. ArchDaily’s mission is “to improve the quality of life of the next 3 billion people who live in cities by 2050, by providing inspiration, knowledge, and tools to the architects who face this challenge.” David has served as jury for several awards, prizes and design competitions in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia. David has been chosen as one of Chile’s 100 Young Leaders, and received the National Award of Innovation for ArchDaily, by the Government of Chile.

Kemi Alemoru is a storyteller whose work spans writing, editing, hosting, curation, and consultancy. My work harnesses the life-affirming power of being accurately represented and understood while ensuring underserved audiences’ experiences and cultures are documented and explored. I’ve collaborated with British Vogue, The Guardian, Dazed, gal-dem, Channel 4, and Sky as well as brands like Chanel, Burberry, Gucci, and more.

Robin is Visuals Director at British GQ where he’s worked for 8 years heading up the visuals department and commissioning covers, fashion and feature photography. He’s worked in the fashion/photography industry for over 15 years, prior to GQ as Photography Editor as part of the editorial team at Farfetch, and with publications and agencies including Wallpaper* and The Future Laboratory.

Karen Freer (she/her) is the Marketing Manager at Analogue Wonderland and has recently been running LGBTQ+ Photowalks around the UK. During the COVID pandemic she founded LGBTQ+ Faces of Bristol — a portrait photography series which aimed to empower and create a more positive representation of the queer community in Bristol.

Born and raised in Hudson, Quebec, Canada, Brad is one of the most recognizable TV personalities in Canada. He has appeared on some of Canada’s largest television shows, including Chopped Canada, Breakfast Television, and The Bachelor Canada. He currently hosts The Big Bake on Food Network USA and Food Network Canada.

Sarah Gardner is the Director of Social Media at National Geographic based in Washington, D.C. She leads the team responsible for bringing the iconic brand’s storytelling to life across social platforms with a combined audience of more than 765M followers.

Holly Shackleton is a an award-winning editor and creative consultant for luxury brands and editorial platforms within the fashion industry. As former Editor-in-Chief of Vogue’s global digital team, and former Global Editor-in-Chief of i-D magazine, where she worked for 15 years, Holly has been a staunch champion of young creative talent in fashion and photography throughout her career.

Jerome, a sports photographer based in Tahiti, has been practicing sports photography for nearly 10 years. He loves sports because it provides fantastic and unique moments. Jerome says that “photographing sports is a way to be even closer to the action, the athletes and to experience the emotions in an even more intense way. I am addicted to emotions!” Jerome captured the epic Olympic surfing photo at the 2024 Summer Games.

Karin is Visuals Director at Conde Nast Traveller magazine UK and working across the CN Traveller Global Network. Originally from Germany and having made London her home in the late 90s, Karin has worked in print media / magazine publishing for 25 years for companies such as The Financial Times, Penguin Random House, Hearst, and projects for TATE Modern Art Gallery.

Martin Rowson is a multi-award winning cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, graphic novelist, writer, performer and poet whose work has appeared in almost every publication you can think of, most notably The Guardian, The Daily Mirror, The Independent, TheTimes, Byline Times and many others. His books include comic book adaptations of The Waste Land, Gullivers Travels and The Communist Manifesto. From 2000 to 2008 he was Cartoonist Laureate to the Mayor of London and for 22 years was Chairman of the British Cartoonists’ Association.

Rachel Louise Brown is a fine art, editorial and commercial photographer. She graduated from the Royal College of Art, MA Photography course in 2011. Alongside shooting commissions, she is course leader of MA Commercial Photography at LCC, UAL. Shooting for the likes of Harper’s Bazaar and The National Theatre, Brown’s intention is to celebrating meaningful people and stories, while exploring the construction of performance and the importance of the imaginary. She has exhibited and completed artist residencies internationally, notably showing her series Simulations as part of the Women in Photography Pavilion Commission at Photo London (2019) and was a winner of Portrait of Britain (2022).