Mohamad is an artist, photographer, filmmaker, and curator based between Beirut and Istanbul. He is Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director of COLD CUTS magazine, a photo journal exploring queer cultures in the SWANA region. His work has been exhibited at major venues like the Brooklyn Museum, FOAM Gallery, Art Basel, and the Lyon Biennale, among others, and he received the 2023 LaFayette Anticipation prize. His films have screened at festivals including Eyes Wide Open, Leeds Queer Film Festival, and IQMF. Commercially, he has worked with brands like Gucci, Vogue, Burberry, and The New York Times. Mohamad’s personal projects focus on Beirut’s untold queer histories, and he’s currently developing the first archive of trans* histories in an Arab country, Treat Me Like Your Mother. He’s also working on a long-term project exploring masculinity and family dynamics in Lebanon’s Bekaa region.
Lee-Ann Olwage is a South African visual storyteller who uses collaborative photography to explore themes of gender and identity. Her work focuses on creating a celebratory space where collaborators actively shape the images that affirm their personal narratives. Her photography has been featured in National Geographic, Vogue, The British Journal of Photography, Foam, The Guardian, and Vanity Fair Italy, among others. Olwage’s awards include the World Press Photo Award (2020, 2023, 2024), Sony World Photography Award (2023), International Women in Photo Award Laureate (2023), and CAP Prize (2022). She was also shortlisted for the Marilyn Stafford Fotoreportage Award and selected for The New York Times Portfolio Review in 2022.
J.G. Basdew is the founder of bsdwcorp., an innovative artistic and social practice centered on interdisciplinary collaboration. Emerging as a prominent voice in the arts both in the Netherlands and globally, Basdew’s work spans visual arts, curated exhibitions, theater productions, and audiovisual projects. He explores themes of identity, gender, and vulnerability through an intersectional lens, considering race, class, and queerness.
Dilys Ng is the Deputy Director of Photography at TIME (@time), where she oversees and leads photography for many of the magazine’s most notable covers, including major projects like TIME100 and Person of the Year. Before joining TIME in 2016, she was part of the Singapore International Photography Festival team and ran an independent arts magazine in Singapore.
Maurits is a writer, journalist, podcast maker, and curator. De Bruijn has written the books Broer (2012), De achterkant van de zon (2016), Ook mijn Holocaust (2020), and most recently Man Maakt Stuk (2024). Asside from his work as writer, he is an editor for art magazine Mister Motley, co-created the podcast En niemand bleef onaangeraakt with Randy Vermeulen, which explores the lasting impact of the 1990s AIDS crisis, and co-curated the exhibition The Body Keeps the Score with Yuki Kho.