Alan Brooke | Cover | Alan Brooke is a fine art photographer based in Aix Les Bains, France. After 15 years working at sea, he started a career in photography shooting stories for local news organizations in Hull, northeast England. It was a rocky start but before too long he began creating sports features for magazines and national news media. This led to photographing athletes for advertising agencies, and meeting his wife-to-be on a shoot for Speedo. Together they moved to Bourg Saint Maurice in the French Alps to photograph winter sports. Raising two very athletic children, and continuing to work with world class athletes, he developed an ever deeping respect for their hard work and sacrifice.

Massimo Russo | Maria Hurricane | Massimo Russo has had a special connection with photography since his childhood, but it was in 2015 when this hobby turned into something more serious after purchasing his first camera. Russo gets excited about every new travel opportunity, regardless of its duration, because for him, the important thing is to capture the essence of his experiences and interpret them. His focus is on telling stories through his photographs, showing a preference for color photography, in which he believes because of its expressive power and appreciates the authors who use it wisely.

Olga Steinpreis | Stranger | Russian born Olga Steinepreis lives in Freigericht, Germany since 2013. She studied Computer Aided Design at the Southern Federal University. She has always been fascinated by photography. Olga’s body of work is defined by the art photography genre. Olga consistently explores the intersection of art and photography, seeking to uncover and emphasize the symbiotic relationship between these two creative ways of expression. In 2022-2023 she studied at The School of Photographic Arts by Elena Sukhoveeva and Viktor Khmel (Krasnodar,Russia). In 09.2023 she won a study grant by The Academy of Documentary and Art Photography FOTOGRAFIKA (St.Petersburg, Russia) and continues her education.

Norm Diamond | Portfolio | Norm Diamond is a fine art photographer based in Dallas, Texas. For over thirty years he worked as an interventional radiologist, a specialty closer to surgery than radiology. He retired knowing he would become a photographer. After studying with many great teachers, including a mentor, Diamond realized that his images reflected the feelings he had never been able to express before – about his early family life and what he saw and felt as a physician. Themes of memory, loss, and isolation weave through his photographs. “Dark Windows” comprises such images from the past ten years.

Erika Vaitkute | The Turns | Erika Vaitkute, also known by the pseudonym bu.ku.ku., is based in Vilnius, Lithuania. She is a photographer with a passion for capturing portraits, intricate details, and compelling stories. She also enjoys collaborating with brands that share her aesthetic vision. As a self-taught photographer, she is propelled by the desire for inspiration, the joy of creation, and the freedom to express herself, nurturing the blossoming of imagination. Art, for her, is an invitation into daily life, a mirror reflecting an unbreakable connection to history and emotions. Art comprehends her language, her silences, and gently touches the soul.

Tommy Goguely | Condensates | Born in 1984, Tommy Goguely lives and works in Bordeaux, France. A graduate in fundamental physics and holder of a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering, he started photography as a self-taught amateur. After a three-year course at the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts, he began to develop an interest in photography theories and, since then, conceives his images primarily as a means to fuel the reflections about the evolution of the photographic medium by the prism of today’s digital society.