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Francesco Bellina (Trapani, 1989) is a documentary photographer based in Palermo. His artistic work focuses mainly on contemporary socio-political issues with a particular focus on the topic of migration. He attended the Law faculty in Palermo and simultaneously dedicated himself to photography. His works have been published on major international media such as The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, Paris Match, Le Monde, Internazionale, L’Espresso, The Washington Post, among others. He often works with NGOs and is a contributor to UNHCR, WHO, and others. In 2018 his work “Nigerian Connection” has been featured in the “Palermo Atlas” by

Born in Shkoder, Albania, in August 1988. He emigrated to Italy in 1995. He started working with images in 2008. He embarked on self-employment as a Visual Artist in 2014. He works on medium to long-term personal projects. His work runs through various multimedia languages, he develops an interest in memories, borders, and the invisible fractures of society. His major productive interest falls on the Euro-Mediterranean area. Since 2017 he has collaborated with the social enterprise Coclea in the production of Masterclasses related to artistic creation in Europe, called ZTC. In 2018 he won an under30 international scholarship with Magnum

Paolo Massimo Testa was born in Alzano Lombardo, in the province of Bergamo. The mountains, climbing, skiing. The father who gives him the first compact, the shots of nature, the desire to document reality as it is. A clean imprinting, a daily newspaper without too many frills that Paolo leaves to move to Milan and study Philosophy. A change of scene that makes him more rebellious, in the city of fashion, where he doesn’t care about fashion. After traveling experiences in Europe, in 2012 Paolo began his studies at the New York Film Academy and moved to the Big Apple,

Maddalena was born in Milan, Italy. Since 2004, her passion and interest for photography have been growing, ranging through different genres. Her current work is focused on fashion, editorial and fine art photography. Maddalena lives and works in New York and Milan. Her work has been featured in fashion magazines such as Vogue.it, Vogue Portugal, Nylon China, L’Officiel, Hearst, Kinfolk, Paper Magazine, and several others. Her clients include: Issey Miyake, Missoni, Max Mara, Brunello Cucinelli, Fabiana Filippi, Away and others. www.lena-mad.com

He grew up in Padova, a city in the northeast of Italy. During adolescence, he tried the first real feeling of freedom riding the skateboard. Whenever he got hurt, he took the camera and spent the afternoons photographing friends. For the first time, he could create something out of nothing, without hurting himself. He continued the way of photography with the Institute of Photography and Visual Arts in Padova. A student grant gave him the possibility of meeting and collaborating for 9 months with Oliviero Toscani. After he moved to Milan to work with Giovanni Gastel for 3 years. He

Miguel Winograd is a Colombian photographer. After studying Latin American history and embarking on several other digressions, he completed the Documentary Photography program at ICP in New York. He is interested in exploring the relationship between people and their environment, and visual narratives of social conflict. Sometimes, he prefers to make portraits of trees. He works generally in analog, gelatin silver processes. His work has been exhibited in New York, Bogotá, Mexico City, and Berlin and published in different media, including The New York Times and The New Republic. www.miguelwinograd.com

León Estrada (b.1983) is an empirical photographer. For 12 years, his work as a creative producer in the fashion industry had his artistic vision influenced by the different photographers with whom he collaborated. His photography is a means to create memories as the only way to a genuine reality, reflecting a mixture of simple everyday life with abstract surrealism, strong contrasts, detailed framing, and mystery. www.instagram.com/leonestrada_

Brazilian photographer living in Milan. Rafa started his career in the late 1990s as a photojournalist, working for Brazilian newspapers and magazines. In 2003, he founded the photographic collective Cia de Foto. Until its end, in 2013, the collective participated in many exhibitions and photo festivals in different countries, published three books, and was featured in many others. Since 2014 he is a freelance photographer and filmmaker, doing commercial works and developing his own projects. In 2021, he published his book “Ci Vediamo all’Angolo”, about Milan’s street corners. www.rafajacinto.com

Mauricio Sierra is a Mexican-born director, photographer, and concept artist with formal training in fine art, music, painting, sculpture, and cinematography. Founder of Tribehouse NY (a boutique post-production house) and armed with extensive expertise in VFX, he is known for his inventive visual style and distinctive manipulation of mise en scène coupled with his ability to solve complex visual challenges. Mauricio’s work maintains a strong and recognizable signature; his high-contrast, candid and lyrical images convey the starkness of life for many of his subjects. Mauricio has collaborated with numerous renowned clients and publications, including HBO, NETFLIX, CHANEL, DIOR, NIKE, MISSONI,