Jens Friis (MA, History of Photographic Art) was curator in charge of the photographic collection of Museet for Fotokunst, Odense (Denmark) as well as the artistic co-director of the photo festival FotoTriennale.dk initiated by same museum from 2003-2016. During this period he was also the editor of the bilingual and internationally recognized journal KATALOG, which he has continued personally since 2015. Now in its 34th year with an editorial “flexi-board”, contributors and subscribers from all over the world, KATALOG is also an international platform for projects such as Nordic Photo Festival Network, the Creative Europe partnership Parallel and most recently the international Fast Forward – Women in Photography launched at Paris Photo and Tate Modern in 2019. KATALOG has cooperated with the festivals in Cardiff, Glasgow, Houston, Landskrona, Lisbon, e.a. As an author, he has written numerous articles for KATALOG, other journals and several introductions. He has contributed to anthologies i.e. Danish Photographic History (2004) and The History of European Photography 1970-2000 (2016). Aiding the advancement of new talents, he has served on international nominating committees for awards such as Photo Lucida (Seattle), Voies Off (Arles), Kolga Tbilisi (Georgia) as well as on the advisory committee of the Spanish magazine EXIT. Since his debut as a portfolio reviewer at FotoFest in 2004, he has participated in more than 70 festivals and seminars sharing his knowledge, advice and connections, but also gathering valuable material for exhibitions and future issues of the journal.

Master of Curatorial Studies by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. He is associate curator of the PLMJ Foundation’s contemporary art collection. He is curator and vice-president of EMERGE-AC, a cultural association for the promotion of Contemporary Art. He began his activity as an independent curator in 2003. He created the independent project EMPTY CUBE in October 2007 that has presented projects by artists, designers and architects. (www.emptycube.org) He was President of the Portuguese Section of AICA - International Association of Art Critics, from March 2013 to December 2015. He creates, in 2018, the independent publisher emptycube_reader. He regularly writes about artistic projects in catalogues, publications and websites.

Michael Weir, CEO of Belfast Photo Festival since 2009, has curated contemporary art and, primarily, photography exhibitions. He has recently taken a particular interest in “augmented photography” and in the ways new technology has changed the medium. While curating exhibitions, annually Michael Weir organises panel discussions, conferences, lectures, residencies, workshops and film screenings featuring artists such as Ai Wei Wei, Alec Soth, Roger Ballen and Robert Mapplethorpe. He has served on the juries of many international awards, including the ICP Infinity Awards (New York) and SIFEST (Bologna). He also regularly participates in international portfolio readings, notably at Rencontres d'Arles (France), Art Taipei (Taiwan), Platform20 (Switzerland), the Singapore International Photography Festival and Chobi Mela (Bangladesh).

Moritz Neumüller (b. Linz, Austria, 1972) is a curator, educator and activist in the field of visual art. He has worked for institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, La Fábrica in Madrid and PhotoIreland, in Dublin. Furthermore, he runs an online resource for visual artists, called The Curator Ship, and is chief curator of the Photobookweek Aarhus, Denmark. Recent projects include the exhibition Photobook Phenomenon at CCCB Barcelona and The Routledge Companion to Photography, Representation and Social Justice, published by Taylor & Francis New York. His research-based practice also is strongly connected with collaborative and participatory research methodologies, and a strong desire to connect people through culture. Together with other researchers and artists, Neumüller has developed a methodology called Tactile Photography, based on the idea of a stereoscopic capturing system and 3D printing. He is currently in Japan to perform a participative workshop program, in the framework of the TOKAS Research Residency Program in Tokyo.

Paulo studied in Ar.Co, Lisbon (1985) and studied History at the Universidade Lusiada, Lisbon (Bachelors in 1992) and took his Master’s in Imagen and Communication at Goldsmiths College in London (1997) and is doctorate in Photography Studies at the University of Westminster in London (2011). He was an assistant professor at Universidade Lusófona (2010-2014) at ESMAE, Politécnico do Porto, also at ESAD in Calda da Rainha (2010-2011), at Atelier de Lisboa (2010-2016), na FBAUL, Universidade de Lisboa (2016-2020) and at the School of Arts at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (since 2011). He is currently a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History at Univ. Nova de Lisboa (since 2014). He has exhibited regularly in public and private institutions since 1997. His work is represented in several private and institutional art collections (selection): State Contemporary Art Collection, Portugal, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, EDP Foundation, PLMJ, Novo Banco, Museum of London, Lisbon Photographic Archive and Portuguese Photography Center. Monographs: The diversion that made the river bend (2019), Memorator (2015), Mode d’emploi (2014), TNSC (2011), Liceus (2005).

Trish Lambe is the Artistic Director/CEO at Photo Museum Ireland, Ireland’s national centre for contemporary photography. She has overall responsible for exhibition curation, artistic programming and the development of the museum’s artists' archiving initiative. Her curatorial practice is particularly concerned with social and political issues in Ireland. Recent projects include the Reframing the Border 5-year cross-border programme and the In Our Own Image year-long survey of contemporary practices in Ireland. She was the founder of the Museum’s ongoing Photo Album of the Irish social engagement project which explores vernacular photography from Ireland. She is a nominator for national and international artists awards and commissions including the Deutsche Borse Prize and the Prix Pictet.

Wiktoria Michałkiewicz is an interdisciplinary specialist with a passion for storytelling, talent development, journalism, and photography. Her academic journey encompasses five academic degrees that include a PhD in Sociology and MA degrees in Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies from Stockholm University, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Lumière University Lyon 2, and Jagiellonian University. Dr. Michałkiewicz serves as a contributing editor for renowned international magazines, including National Geographic, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue. As an exhibition producer and curator, she has curated multiple exhibitions featuring celebrated artists, collaborating closely with international festivals and esteemed institutions. In one of her most recent roles, she played an integral part in the expansion of Fotografiska Stockholm to Tallinn and New York as part of Fotografiska International. In 2021, fuelled by her passion for transformative power of art, she established REZO, a global consulting agency focused on talent development for visual artists, art advisory services, and merging art with business and academia. Dr. Michałkiewicz often works with most prestigious international art events, galleries, organisations, and venues as a contributor, jury member, speaker, and consultant. @rezo.agency @wiktoriami

Since March 2000, Xavier Canonne has been the director of the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, Belgium. Before coming to the Musée, he was the director of the collection of the Province of the Hainaut (modern and contemporary art) from 1987 to 2000. He has curated many exhibitions and has edited and written various books and studies. He had curated several exhibitions, among them Intimate Man Ray (2003); Scenes of Atget (2004); Lee Miller a Life (2005); and Surrealism in Belgium in the Fine Arts Museum in Mons-BAM (March—April, 2007). Canonne is the publisher of the review "Marées de la Nuit". He is the author of the several books, including Looking at the U.S. – 1957—1986, published in 2009; Requiem pour un homme seul, Le Samouraï de Jean-Pierre Melville, 2010; and René Magritte, The revealing images, published in 2017. Xavier Canonne received his Doctorate in Art History and Archaeology from the Sorbonne University in Paris, with a doctoral thesis dedicated to Surrealism in Belgium.