Grazia Neri is Founder and President of Grazia Neri Photo Agency in Italy. Grazia created her own photography business in 1967 by representing the newborn French agency, which later became Sygma. She has been judge of international competitions such as the World Press Photo, the W. Eugene Smith Grant and the 2004 Prix Bayeux-Calvados in France. Neri has lectured internationally on photojournalism, organised exhibitions throughout Italy and is the artistic director of her own gallery which she opened in 1997. In 2001 Grazia was awarded with the Memorial Elvira Puorto, a prize assigned to women involved in photography.