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Diane Dufour is the founder and co-director of LE BAL in Paris. Internationally recognized for its exhibition and publishing programme, LE BAL as a contemporary art space is a key promoter of emerging talents (Mohamed Bourouissa, Clement Cogitore, Noémie Goudal, Joanna Piotrowska…). LE BAL also aims at rediscovering major artists not so well known in Europe or France or forgotten bodies of work (Chauncey Hare, Judith Joy Ross, Dirk Braeckman, Mark Lewis, Chris Killip, Mark Cohen, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Wang Bing …). LE BAL is also acclaimed for its visual literacy programs and on line platform targeting teenagers, students, teachers, artists. Diane Dufour has conceived more than 30 books including Lewis Baltz, Common Objects; Provoke between Protest and Performance; Ishimoto, - Lines and bodies; Yukichi Watabe - A Criminal Investigation. In 2026, she is on curatorial residency at the Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto. Telwe years ago, she initiated the Curators'day, an annual project platform for 30 European photography and art museums.
Erin O’Toole is Curator and Head of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). She specializes in postwar American photography with a particular focus on work made in California. SFMOMA has a long history of exhibiting and collecting Japanese photography, a legacy O’Toole has enthusiastically continued since the retirement of her mentor, Sandra Phillips in 2016. O’Toole’s most recent exhibition was Kunié Sugiura: Photopainting (2024), a retrospective celebrating the career of this pioneering Japanese artist.
KIM Jeong Eun has worked across publishing, exhibition-making, and platform building with a focus on contemporary photography in Asia. She is the publisher of the photography imprint IANNBOOKS and the founder of THE REFERENCE, an art book and exhibition platform based in Seoul. Since 2024, she has served as Fair Director of T3 PHOTO ASIA in Tokyo, overseeing the gallery sections and international partnership strategy.
Bartolomeo (Leo) Rongone has dedicated his career to fashion, shaping a vision that champions bold creativity and thoughtful nonconformism. He strives to build a community where individuality is celebrated and artistic expression thrives. Alongside his leadership roles, he serves on the board of Leica Camera AG, deepening his ties to visual culture. Under a discreet Japanese pseudonym, he leads a parallel life as a photographer, capturing unguarded, intimate moments that explore desire, vulnerability, and the unsettling beauty of being seen without knowing it.