Ilaria Sponda is an independent curator, editor, and writer based in Milan. At the intersection of visual culture and distribution systems, she explores how cultural discourses shape exclusion, founding research frameworks around regional, transnational, and post-national concepts. She holds an MA in Culture Studies from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and has previously worked in curatorial assistant roles at Haus der Kunst München, Lothringer 13 Halle, and Goethe-Institut Athens. Ilaria has served as a portfolio reviewer for Sarajevo Photography Festival and Leipzig Photobook Festival, and regularly writes for international publications, including NERO and The British Journal of Photography.

Carolina Semprucci is a writer and graphic designer based in London, working internationally across photography, publishing, and visual identity. Her writing on photography and digital culture has appeared in PhMuseum’s Annual, Photography+, Gabble, and publications by Kult Books. As a designer, she has collaborated with cultural and research-driven organizations including ArtULTRA and The Justice Gap. She has taught publishing at London College of Communication and is currently Writer in Residence at Photoworks.