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Born in St. Petersburg and based in Berlin, Nikita Teryoshin is a documentary and street photographer known for his satirical and surreal visual narratives. His acclaimed project, "Nothing Personal – The Back Office of War," explores the global arms trade and won first prize at the Miami Street Photography Festival. Teryoshin's work has been featured in publications like VICE, Le Monde, and ZEIT Magazin. Nikita will also take part in the Festival’s first edition with a talk and a workshop.
Gustavo Minas is a Brazilian street photographer whose work captures the interplay of light, colour, and urban life. A former journalist, he studied under Carlos Moreira and has been photographing the streets since 2009. His book, Maximum Shadow Minimal Light, showcases his exploration of Brasília's bus station and other urban environments. The same project was a finalist for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2023. He will also lead a workshop during the festival.
Julia Coddington is an Australian street photographer, the co-founder of the Unexposed Collective, a platform for women, non-binary, and gender-diverse street photographers in Australia, and an administrator of Women in Street, a global community that celebrates and promotes the work of women in street photography.
Mário Cruz is a Portuguese photographer focused on social injustice and human rights issues. His projects, such as Talibes: Modern Day Slaves and Living Among What's Left Behind, have earned him two World Press Photo awards. He is the founder and director of Narrativa, a photography centre in Lisbon dedicated to promoting photography as a form of expression.
Alex Webb is widely regarded as one of the most influential street photographers working today. A Magnum Photos member since 1979, his vibrant, layered colour work has been published in over 15 books, including The Suffering of Light and Dislocations (Aperture, 2023). His photographs have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, and Vogue, and have been exhibited at institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Webb has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and two NEA grants, and is currently working on a project about U.S. cities.
Rebecca Norris Webb blends photography and poetry in her work, often exploring themes of memory, loss, and place. She is the author of ten books, including My Dakota, Night Calls, and A Difficulty Is a Light. Her work has been exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art and published in The New Yorker and Le Monde. A 2019 NEA grant recipient, she is currently completing Badlands, a long-term project on the Dakotas, and Glimmerings, a forthcoming book spanning thirty years of colour photography.
Julia Martin is a Canadian artist, writer and educator. She holds a BFA in Photography from Metro University and an MFA in Visual Arts. Julia has exhibited and completed residencies internationally, including a residency with the Consulat de France at Visa Pour l’Image. In addition to teaching and her work as a photographer, she has served on juries for governmental arts funding bodies, and currently works as a Product Marketing & Content Specialist at Format, writing for and editing their online arts Magazine.