Stephen Mayes is director of VII Photo in New York and has been secretary to the jury of the World Press Photo competition since 2004. He has worked at the top levels of photography for 25 years, in the areas of journalism, art, commercial and fashion - working as manager of Network Photographers and has served as chair of World Press Photo competition. He was SVP at Getty Images developing and implementing content strategies for the world's largest content supplier and later SVP at eyestorm.com representing high-end artists in the consumer market. Mr. Mayes worked with Art And Commerce as director of Image Archive representing top fashion and art photographers for commercial licensing. He regularly writes and broadcasts on the ethics and realities of photographic practice in the new digital environment.