Jana Johanna Haeckel is an independent curator, lecturer, and writer based in Brussels. She teaches the history and theory of photography and exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, KASK & Conservatorium, in Ghent. Haeckel is the artistic director of  the 4th photo + Photography Biennial in Düsseldorf in 2027. She was previously director of Photoforum Pasquart (Switzerland), amongst other posts, working for the Goethe-Institut in Brussels and the Boros Collection in Berlin. Haeckel obtained her PhD in art history from the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium. She completed her studies in art history, comparative literature and Romance studies at Humboldt University in Berlin, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV). As part of her curatorial and academic work, Jana Johanna Haeckel explores issues of image and body politics in contemporary art, as well as ethical issues in the field of photography. She has curated numerous international exhibitions and authored several publications, including Photography Today. Resistant Faces (Pinakothek der Moderne, 2020) and Everything Passes Except the Past (Sternberg Press, 2021). Her most recent projects include Love, Maybe – Intimität und Begehren in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, an expanded exhibition of the collection of the Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, Munich and associated publication (DISTANZ-Verlag, 2025).

Marta Szymańska is a photography curator and cultural events organiser. For over twenty years, she has been a co-creator of Fotofestiwal in Łódź, where, together with the Fotofestiwal collective, she is responsible for the festival’s programme and development strategies. She also gained experience working with photography as vice-director of the Archeology of Photography Foundation (2014–2019). She has been collaborating with the Sputnik Photos collective for many years. She is an active portfolio reviewer and serves as a jury member in photography competitions.

Francesco Rombaldi is a curator, editor and book designer working in contemporary photography and independent publishing. In 2016, he founded Yogurt, a curatorial platform dedicated to visual culture, which later developed into Yogurt Editions, a publishing house specializing in photobooks, Yogurt Creative Agency, and Charta, a project dedicated to photobook culture.

Over the years, he has developed exhibitions, publications, educational programs and editorial projects, collaborating with authors, festivals and institutions. Alongside this work, he is involved in editing, mentoring and project development for both emerging and established photographers.

He has lectured and taught at universities, festivals and cultural institutions. His curatorial and editorial work has received international recognition, grants and awards in the fields of contemporary photography and visual culture.

Roï Saade is an artist, designer, and curator whose practice moves across photography, bookmaking, and visual research. Rooted in collaborative and process-based methodologies, his work examines how images, printed matter, and design can shape collective memory and challenge dominant narratives. Through publishing, exhibition-making, and archival practices, Saade explores the relationship between visual culture, displacement, and cultural production in the Middle East and North Africa. As the founder of Huwawa Publishing and director of Bound Narratives, Saade develops platforms that foreground underrepresented visual histories and contemporary storytelling practices from the region. His editorial and design work approaches the photobook as a conceptual and material form that carries historical knowledge, political narratives, and alternative modes of seeing.

Krzysztof Candrowicz - curator, sociologist, researcher and project facilitator. Co-founder of Fotofestiwal in Lodz. From 2013-2018, he worked as artistic director of the Triennial of Photography in Hamburg (Germany), and from 2018 to 2024 he worked as guest curator and collaborator of the Ci.CLO Porto Biennale (Portugal). Krzysztof works internationally as a guest curator and visiting lecturer in numerous organisations, museums, schools, and festivals in Europe. He has been a member of the jury of various projects and art prizes, including the Rencontres d’Arles Discovery Award (Arles, France), Robert Capa Award (Budapest, Hungary), Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (London, UK), Prix Pictet (London, UK), LUMA Photo Book Award (Arles, France) and World Press Photo.