Yasufumi Nakamori is an art historian, curator, and lawyer who found his home in museum curatorial work of global modern and contemporary art. At Tate, as a senior curator of international art, Nakamori strategizes the development of Tate's collection of international photography. Further, Nakamori provides strategic directions and curatorial content for the Tate Photography Acquisitions Committee and develops the strategy for representing photography in Tate Modern programs, exhibitions, and displays. https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern

Damarice Amao is a photo historian and holds a PhD in art history. She is working as associate curator at the photography department of the Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre Pompidou. She co-curated numerous exhibitions with accompanying catalogues, including Photographie, arme de classe (Centre Pompidou/Textuel, 2018), Eli Lotar (Jeu de Paume, 2017), Jacques-André Boiffard. La parenthèse surréaliste (Centre Pompidou, Xavier Barral, 2014) and recently Dora Maar (Centre Pompidou, 2019) and Charlotte Perriand. Comment voulons nous vivre ? Politics of photomontage (Rencontres Arles/Actes sud, 2021). https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/

Hana Kaluznick is Assistant Curator in the Department of Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). She is currently working on the development and inaugural displays for Phase 2 of the V&A’s Photography Centre, opening early 2023. She has contributed to displays including a selection of contemporary new acquisitions from the V&A's collection (forthcoming autumn 2021), Valérie Belin / Reflection (V&A, 2019), and Kodak Canada: The Early Years 1899-1939 (Ryerson Image Centre, 2018), among others. https://www.vam.ac.uk/

In addition to editing Aperture magazine, Famighetti commissions and edits books for Aperture Foundation. He is a visiting critic at Yale University School of Art and works as a mentor. His writing has appeared in Frieze, Bookforum, Aperture, among other publications. He is a member of the American Society of Magazine Editors and has been a guest reviewer and speaker at many international festivals and institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Vogue Italia among others. https://aperture.org/

Gwen Lee is the Director and co-founder of the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) inaugurated in 2008, and DECK, launched in 2014, an independent creative container art space for photographers. She was also the co-founder and managing director of 2902 Gallery in Singapore between 2008 – 2013, which was instrumental in showcasing contemporary Southeast Asian photography in Singapore and at international art fairs. Lee has curated various photography showcases in Asia. In 2016, Lee curated the first solo exhibition of Daido Moriyama in Singapore, and a special photobook exhibition with Steidl Publishing at DECK. In 2022, she received the medal award Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from Ministry of Culture, France. https://sipf.sg/

Chantal Webber is the founder of WEBBER, a multidisciplinary creative agency with offices in London, New York, Los Angeles & Paris. Alongside the agency, Chantal has established WEBBER Gallery, a dedicated space that champions original and unconventional approaches to the medium of photography. WEBBER has built a reputation of fostering artists in both their contemporary art and commercial careers. In her 25+ years in the industry, her passion is to nurture artists, create community, and create sustainable careers for visionaries. Originally hailing from Wales, Chantal is now based in Los Angeles where WEBBER be launching its second gallery in 2023. https://www.webberrepresents.com/

Michael has been Director of the Belfast Photo Festival since 2009 and initiated as well as curated numerous commissions on exhibitions of contemporary art with a particular focus on photography. He curates a varied programme of artist talks, symposiums, residencies, workshops, films and exhibitions per year, which has previously included artists such as Ai Wei Wei, Alec Soth, Roger Ballen and Robert Mapplethorpe. He nominates and judges for a number of international awards, including the ICP Infinity Awards (New York) and SIFEST (Bologna), as well as reviews internationally.

Clare Gormley is Director of Programmes / Curator at Belfast Photo Festival. Prior to this, Clare held curatorial and research positions at institutions including The MAC Belfast; TATE Britain; Pangolin London; Catalyst Arts; and Islington Exhibits, and has worked as an independent curator for organisations such as PS2 and Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast. Clare is the current Writer in Residence at PS2 Belfast and is the founder and co-convener of the Northern Irish Art Research Network, which is supported by TATE, the Paul Mellon Foundation and British Council.