The jury 2020 was particularly impressed by the work of ten candidates among the 1102 applications received from 89 countries. Their photographs will be regularly posted on our website, every two months, and will be posted until the next edition of the prix Virginia in 2024.

Irina Shkoda (Ukraine)
Kirsty Mackay (UK)
Jyoti Shrestha (Nepal)
Yu Hirai (Japan)
Laura Chen (Netherlands)
Priya Kambli (united states)
Tori Ferenc (Poland)
Ke Sun (China)
Lee-Ann Olwage (South Africa)
Ela Polkowska (Poland)

The Jury chose to give a Special mention to a early-career body of work to Penny Wolin for Guest Register.
Created in 1975 when Penny was twenty-one the work was published by Crazy Woman Creek Press in september 2022