Roxana Marcoci is the Acting Chief Curator and The David Dechman Senior Curator of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. She has a Ph.D. in Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Major recent exhibitions she curated include LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity (2024); An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers (2023); Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear (2022); Louise Lawler: WHY PICTURES NOW (2017). She has co-authored the three-volume Photography at MoMA (2015/17). Marcoci is the recipient of the Center for Curatorial Leadership, co-founder of MoMA’s Forums on Contemporary Photography, and co-chair of the Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP) and Southeast and East Asia research program. https://www.moma.org/

Florian Ebner is Head of the Photography Department at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Previously, he directed the Photography Collection at Museum Folkwang in Essen and curated the German Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015). His curatorial work examines the social and political dimensions of photography, highlighting the medium’s role within contemporary visual culture. Recent exhibitions include Hito Steyerl: I Will Survive. Physical and Virtual Spaces, Centre Pompidou, 2021 (with Marcella Lista), Germany / 1920s / New Objectivity / August Sander, Centre Pompidou, 2022 (with Angela Lampe), and Wolfgang Tillmans: Nothing Could Have Prepared Us – Everything Could Have Prepared Us, Centre Pompidou, 2025. Born in Regensburg, he lives and works in Paris and Essen. https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/

Kim Bubello is the Deputy Director of Photography at TIME in New York, where she has spent the past nine years shaping and producing powerful visual storytelling. Her work spans studio portraiture, in-depth photojournalism, and still life — reflecting the breadth of TIME’s photographic voice. As an editor, Kim believes in building meaningful relationships with photographers and values the collaborative process that brings each assignment to life. Most recently, she produced a story on immigration and commissioned portraits with two sitting presidents. Between breaking news and long-term projects, Kim also led TIME’s annual still life portfolio for the Best Inventions franchise.. https://time.com/

Lisa Sutcliffe is Curator in the Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where her principal focus is post-1960s photography and time-based media. Sutcliffe joined the Met in 2022, from the Milwaukee Art Museum, where she served as Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Art. Previously, she was an Assistant Curator of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Sutcliffe has organized many exhibitions, including Jesse Krimes: Corrections (2024); Derrick Adams: Our Time Together (2021); Susan Meiselas: Through a Woman’s Lens (2020); The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State Prison (2018); Naoya Hatakeyama: Natural Stories (2012); The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography (2009); She has organized film screenings, lectures, and panels with internationally acclaimed artists and written about contemporary art and photography, including essays on Rineke Dijkstra; Naoya Hatakeyama, An-My Lê; and Nigel Poor. https://www.metmuseum.org/

Alessia Glaviano is the Head of Global PhotoVogue and Director of the PhotoVogue Festival. After joining Vogue Italia in 2001 and shaping its visual identity as Visual Director, she transitioned in 2022 to focus solely on leading PhotoVogue. In this role, she collaborates with all Vogue editions worldwide, championing both emerging and established photographers. Under her leadership, PhotoVogue has become an industry-leading platform. Glaviano also oversees the PhotoVogue Festival, the first conscious fashion photography festival. She regularly lectures at top institutions and serves on juries for major international photography awards. https://www.vogue.com/photovogue

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.