Jury Member – 6th Edition of the CENIE Photography Contest
In a world where millions of images are generated every second, understanding the power of a photograph is not only a matter of art but also of culture and strategy. Stéphanie Van Duin knows this better than anyone. From her position as Director of CEWE Spain, a subsidiary of CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, Europe’s leading photo printing and digital imaging company, she has turned technology into an ally of emotion and innovation into a vehicle for human connection.
A graduate of Université Paris-Dauphine, her professional career combines two worlds that rarely speak so naturally to one another: the global business vision and the sensitivity to the image as a medium of expression and collective memory.
A Career Between Innovation and Emotion
Before taking on the leadership of CEWE in Spain, Van Duin developed a solid career in Europe’s digital and publishing sectors. She was Digital Director at the Lagardère Group (Hachette Book Group), where she led the transition to e-books and launched the first print-on-demand programs in collaboration with Ingram. Her work helped lay the foundation for a hybrid publishing model in which technology does not replace paper but extends it.
Later, as Executive Director at RELX in France and Italy, she promoted the development of e-commerce and CRM services, leading the launch of digital libraries and B2B loyalty programs. Her approach was always based on an essential premise: behind every piece of data, there is a story; behind every user, a person.
In 2015, she joined the PhotoBox – Hofmann Group, a European leader in personalized photo products, where she managed international operations and the development of the B2B channel. Under her leadership, the company expanded its presence across the Iberian Peninsula and consolidated an ecosystem combining technology, design, and creativity to bring photography closer to millions of European households.
Since 2018, as head of CEWE Spain, her strategic vision has helped strengthen an idea that connects directly with the spirit of the CENIE Photography Contest: that the image remains the most universal language for expressing life, affection, and the passage of time.
Photography as a Shared Experience
For Stéphanie Van Duin, photography is not just a physical or digital medium — it is a way to connect generations. Her work at CEWE has focused on recovering the emotion of memory in an increasingly digitalized environment, showing that technology can be humanized when placed at the service of remembrance.
Under her direction, the company has championed sustainability, personalization, and craftsmanship as pillars of its model, reaffirming the value of printed photography in an era dominated by immediacy. In her own words, “every image is a story that deserves to be preserved with the same care with which it was lived.”
This philosophy fits perfectly with CENIE’s purpose: to place the gaze — not age — at the center of our understanding of longevity. Because every photograph, like every life, has its rhythm, its texture, and its story.
A Business Vision in Service of Culture
Stéphanie Van Duin’s inclusion on the jury of the 6th Edition of the CENIE Photography Contest strengthens the connection between visual culture and the image industry. Her international experience brings a unique perspective: that of someone who understands that photography is also an act of collective communication — a bridge between individual creativity and the social value of sharing.
Within the framework of this edition — under the theme Age Does Not Define Us. The Gaze Does. — her presence adds a new dimension: that of management as a form of creation. Because innovation, when it has purpose, is also a form of art.
An Invitation to Participate
The deadline to submit photographs is November 30. Participating in the contest means contributing to a shared reflection on life, time, and the beauty of differences. Stéphanie Van Duin’s presence on the jury underscores CENIE’s commitment to the plurality of gazes — artistic, technical, human, and business — that make photography a borderless territory.
Because, as her career shows, every image can be at once a memory, a message, and an opportunity for connection.
The CENIE jury, composed of leading figures in art, culture, and innovation, will evaluate the works with the sensitivity and rigor that characterize a contest seeking to transform the way we look at longevity — not as a limit, but as an expansion of life.
Click on the link to participate.