2025 Weston Scholarship Judges

Kate Kondratieva is an accomplished Ukrainian portrait photographer based in California. Kate has an extensive experience in photoshoots across Europe and the United States. Over the past decade, Kate has curated a diverse portfolio, featuring collaborations with numerous Ukrainian and European publications, as well as various commercial and private projects. She has worked with notable figures like Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Branson, Oleksandr Usyk among many others. Her lens frequently focuses on individuals within the realm of creative professions, such as artists, musicians, actors, and directors. Kate has a unique ability to capture the essence of her subjects. Her photography is driven by a purpose to translate the distinctive experiences of people into captivating images. With each photo shoot, Kate strives to delve deeper revealing the inner world of individuals she works with.

Robin Winfield Born in St. Louis, MO., Winfield grew up surrounded by art and artists and was taught a deep appreciation of them by her parents Rodney and Betty Winfield. Before graduating from JohnBurroughs High School she spent half a year in Tokyo, Japan as an exchange student. Winfield then attended Smith College in Northampton, MA where she majored in Fine Art. In 1979 Winfield worked with her father on a large fabric commission. As a result she found a love of the tactile and continued with a 10 year exploration into wearable arts after moving to Wellfleet on Cape Cod. Having taken photographs since a teenager, Winfield finally found the direction she continues in today. In 1989 a photograph became a focal point on a canvas and her painting finished the story around it. Winfield loves to travel and photograph, mostly architectural subjects and makes her home with her husband Ron Baxter in Monterey CA. She has shown her work in many galleries around the country and opened her own Gallery/Studio in Carmel in 2009.

Kim Weston is a fine art photographer from California who specializes in nude photography. Weston was born to one of the most influential and creative families in American history and has been making fine-art nude photographs for over 45 years. Kim learned his craft assisting his father, Cole Weston, in the darkroom making gallery prints from the original negatives of his grandfather, Edward Weston. Kim also worked for many years as an assistant to his uncle, Brett Weston, whose bold, abstract photographs ranked him as the "child genius of American photography." Kim Weston's largest body of work consists of silver gelatin prints made from 6×7 (56mm x 69mm), 4×5, and 8×10 negatives. In addition to the 8×10 format he prints in 11×14 and 16×20 sizes. He also prints in Platinum and lately he has added paint to his photographs.

Past Weston Scholarship Judges