Anna Ruth (1975, Canada/Finland) is primarily known for her independent curatorial work as the founder and artistic director of the award winning curatorial platform, Äkkigalleria (2009– ) and the photography projects Laatikkomo – Six Degrees of Photography (2013–2019) and Kirkkopuisto Photo Annual (2012–2018). She grew up as an immigrant on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nation in colonial Canada, graduated (MFA) from the Ecole des beaux arts de Quimper, France, and has been based in Jyväskylä, Finland since 2002. Anna uses art and curation to bring people together, and to learn more about our common humanity. She is currently working with local and international artists to produce projects for Art without Transportation in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Dana Benlakhdar (1985, Finland) is an Espoo-based writer working within the wider framework of art and cultural criticism. She writes about art, archives, and lens-based media with a strong focus on epistemology and coloniality. Dana has previously researched the emergence and transmission of alternative, non-European futurities in the globalized context of media art. More recently she’s been working on a project that explores the lasting impact of French colonial aesthetics in contemporary Algeria. She holds an MA in Critical Writing in Art & Design from the Royal College of Art in London, UK.

Franek Ammer - multimedia artist and curator of Fotofestiwal in Lodz. Before joining Fotofestiwal, co-founded TIFF International Photography Festival. He devoted a large part of his work to bringing up aspects related to the photobooks and popularizing them in Poland. This interest resulted in several exhibitions, lectures and cooperations. In the Fotofestiwal collective, he is responsible for the festival program, coordination of exhibitions, events and photobook section. Franek is also Co-CEO of artistic company Eternal Shipping Ltd. and co-founder of 19 Rivers publishing collective. He lectures at the Fine Arts Academy in Lodz and the University of Arts in Poznan.