Lukas Birk is an Austrian photographer, researcher, and publisher specialising in visual archives, notably in Myanmar and Afghanistan. His work spans films, exhibitions, and books, often based on deeply researched archival material from underrepresented regions. He co-founded the Afghan Box Camera Project and established the Myanmar Photo Archive. Through Fraglich Publishing, he produces award-winning books on photographic history and visual culture. In 2023, he co-founded the Vernacular Social Club, an international association that brings together enthusiasts, collectors, and professionals around vernacular photography.

Alessandra Calò uses an experimental photographic language to explore themes related to memory, identity and the relationship between man and nature. The dominant practice in her work is the recovery and reinterpretation of archive materials through which does not intend to implement a nostalgic evocation of the past but to propose a new vision of reality. Over the years, she has developed a passion for ancient photographic printing techniques with which she creates real installations and artist’s books. Contemporary authors are often involved in her projects to create speaking images through literary contamination. Her works are part of important private and museum collections and are exhibited at international fairs, exhibitions and festivals.

Chiara Capodici works in the field of photography since 2005, focusing on exhibitions and books design and on education. She served as assistant artistic director of Fotografia-Festival Internazionale di Roma between 2006 and 2008. From 2009 to 2016, she was part of the duo 3/3 – studio di progettazione fotografica. In January 2017 she opened Leporello photobooks et al., a bookshop devoted to photobooks. Since 2020 she collaborates with La Babuch. In 2023 she opened the small publishing house Leporello books.

Giorgia Padovani is the co-founder and co-artistic director of GU.PHO., as well as president of GU.PHO. – Center for Vernacular Photography. She works in the field of cultural project development, with a particular focus on photography and participatory practices through independent projects and with the Modena-based collective Mo’Better Football, with which she develops exhibitions in Italy and abroad.

In the editorial field she has various collaborations including La Biennale di Venezia where she coordinates the catalogue of the Biennale Musica and the Biennale Teatro, as well as the project Scrivere in residenza.

Róza Tekla Szilágyi is the director and co-founder of Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography. She lives and works in Budapest. She has been publishing in national and international art magazines and publications since 2012 – and served as editor for several books, including Fortepan Masters: Collected Photography in the 20th Century: Selected by Szabolcs Barakonyi and József Csató’s My favourite place is the garden in my head. Her main interest lies in everyday photography—a practice that represents the larger part of our visual heritage from the last two hundred years, yet whose cultural importance remains largely overlooked.