Monica Allende is an independent photo editor and cultural producer. She collaborates with the team of screenprojects.org and is the co-founder of Offspring Photo Meet in London. Previously she was the photo editor at the Sunday Times Magazine, where she launched the award-winning photography section spectrum. She is visiting lecturer at the London College of Communication, has conducted photography workshops worldwide, including Festival di Internazionale a Ferrara, Getxo Photo, and Visa pour L’Image, and has served on juries worldwide including the World Press Photo, Visa Pour L’image, the National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, The Royal Photographic Society Awards, Getty Grant, Renaissance Photography Prize, and the Sony World Photography Awards