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Meet The Societies of Photographers Judges - part 3 of 1 2 3

Published 01/04/2015

Academia is one of Sergio Muscat's passions, and it is a passion that genuinely brings something different to our panel of judges. In 2014 Sergio had a journal article published on the subject of fragment and reconstruction in portraiture and this year will see Sergio graduate from his Masters program.

Sergio started judging photographic competitions around seven years ago. It wasn't long before he'd gained experience and moved up to judging higher-level qualifications panels, and now his expertise is regularly called on to judge both the Fellowship-level MIPP qualifications in Malta and our own Fellowship panels at the SWPP. 'I learn so much from judging' Sergio tells me when I ask him what he enjoys about it. 'I enjoy seeing what other photographers are doing, their creativity, their mental process and their photography skills. Seeing an astonishing image for the first time is always a pleasure.'

It's not all about improving his own photographs though, Sergio is also always keen to improve his judging too; 'Spending time with other judges and hearing their opinions on images helps me learn how to read images better too. Listening to the reasoning and arguments of others helps me to improve my own ability as a judge and means that I can more easily look at images from various different angles.'

Like many other judges, Sergio also enjoys entering competitions with his own photographic work. 'During my more intense learning years competitions were vital for me to understand how others saw my work. They still are today, but I also like to show my photographs to people who aren't photographers and I do give weight to both opinions.' Sergio has held several exhibitions of his work, with the most recent being an exhibition of his abstract dance images based on a collaboration inspired by Handel's Messiah. The exhibition was shown in Sliema, Malta in February this year.

Fine art photography isn't always the easiest work to judge as Sergio explains; 'With fine art images it can be difficult to give a technical analysis of an image, reactions from judges tend to be on a more emotional level. What's great about the SWPP is that we have a fantastic spread of judges with different skills and it makes the judging process more balanced and holistic on the whole. I'd always encourage beginners to participate in competitions. It keeps us photographers and judges on our toes and up to date with trends!' www.sergiomuscat.com

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