The Alexia

The Alexia is pleased to announce that ELIZABETH KRIST will serve as one of three jurors at this year’s professional and student grants selection weekend.

Elizabeth Krist was a photography editor at National Geographic magazine for over 20 years and is now on the board of Women Photograph, advises the Eddie Adams Workshop, and is a contributing editor for Virginia Quarterly Review. She curated National Geographic’s Women of Vision exhibition and book, the latest Women Photograph annual, and five Photoville installations. Elizabeth is a member of the Oracle curators group, teaches for the International Center of Photography, and collaborates with the New York Portfolio Review, the Joop Swart Masterclass, Leica, and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. Recently, she finished editing two 2026 books with Michael Yamash*ta, and NPPA recognized her with its 2025 Outstanding Leader Award.

Feel free to join us for The Alexia 2026 professional and student grant judging weekend (sponsored by Sony) MARCH 27–28 at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in Newhouse I Room 102. Student submissions will be judged on Friday, beginning at 9 a.m. and will be followed by a Q&A session with the judges in the early afternoon, then a keynote presentation. The professional grant submissions will be judged on Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. All events are free and open to the public. (They will not be live-streamed.)