artist, professor [The Netherlands]

Redefining realness in the context of social identity and fashion is the foundation of his work. Co-author of Exactitudes project — a visual record of more than three thousand social types documented over the last twenty years. Professor of photography at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (KABK). Works with Gucci, Helmut Lang New York, Nike, Hugo Boss, etc.

curator, photo editor [Spain]

A freelance professional working with photography, interested in contemporary documentary and original storytelling. Worked as Archive Director at Magnum Photos, NY; picture editor for Colors Magazine in Italy and the director of OjodePez, the documentary photo magazine published in Spain. Artistic director of Cortona On The Move, the international festival of visual narrative and curator of photography for PhEST, a festival on contemporary photography and art.

Director of Photography at Financial Times FT Weekend Magazine, curator [The UK]

A visiting university lecturer at the University of the Arts London (LCC), and regularly participates at international portfolio reviews, festivals, art fairs, and awards, including Unseen, Foam Paul Huf, and the Kraszner-Krausz Foundation Book Award. Has been a Master at both Foam and Fabrica Masterclasses and is part of Magnum Photos Professional Practice, which supports young and emerging photographers.

Head of the Dissemination Department of the Museum of Photography in Krakow [Poland]

Had been a director of Krakow Photomonth Festival for five years and was the President of the Board of Foundation for Visual Arts, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of the visual arts in Poland, with an emphasis on photography.

photographer, curator [Ukraine / Sweden]

A representative of Kharkiv photo school. Works in mixed techniques from hand-colored black and white photos to conceptual investigations. Since 1990 living in Sweden. Has been working as a head teacher at the photo school Kulturama in Stockholm for the past 15 years. Founder and coordinator of the Ukrainian Photography Alternative [UPHA]. Has been the curator of numerous international photographic projects.

writer, photographer [The UK]

His photographic work focuses on his immediate domestic environment. Writes for a range of publications including World Press Photo, The British Journal of Photography, Photomonitor, and Source Magazine. Also runs an online series of lectures through the RPS linking contemporary photography to global, historical, and theoretical perspectives.

Photographer, Bird in Flight Prize ‘19 winner [Bangladesh / The Netherlands]

Born and raised in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, currently based in the Netherlands. His work is about the precarity of the corporeal and the spiritual human conditions in contemporary society. His photographic methodology walks the line between documentary and fiction. He relies heavily on magic-realism as a storytelling method. Accolades also include World Press Photo’s Joop Swart Masterclass, British Journal of Photography, Burn Emerging Photographer of the Year.