Vicky Martin | Cover | Vicky Martin is an award winning British photographer with a background in art and design. She is best known for her conceptual portraits depicting the conflict between themes of fantasy and reality and strength and vulnerability, especially in relation to the female experience. Vicky intertwines her created characters with staged realities, which seek to convey the tension and conflicts found within the self. Throughout her work she likes to explore, through strong female characters, recurring themes that she is drawn to, which include: conformity to the stereotypical, individual and societal expectations of femininity, vulnerability and self-doubt. Whilst all her works contribute to the narrative framework developed across her series’, they also each depict an element of ambiguity that the viewer is invited to interpret in relation to themselves and their unique perception of the world.

Josef Buergi | Mongolia – The migration of the eagle hunters | Born in 1965 in Stans, Switzerland, Josef Buergi started around 2000 with photography. He studied engineering at the Bale Institute of Technology and works now full-time as a project and team leader for the local government. As a pure autodidact, he developed the knowledge by himself but also by studying the masters. His music photography, together with travel, have become two of his life’s passions. His photography focuses on music, culture, landscapes, and wildlife; images that reflect a spatial and temporal journey through life. He seeks the quiet moments and the light in whatever context he finds himself. He is an eclectic photographer who enjoys diversity in his imagery. Hence his images range from travel to landscapes and portraits. He believes that photography can capture those inimitable moments and empower us to make a positive change in our world. Through his travels, he has developed his photographic style.

Diana Cheren Nygren | The persistence of family | Diana Cheren Nygren is a photography-based artist located in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work explores the relationship of people to their physical environment and landscape as a setting for human activity. She was trained as an art historian focused on modern and contemporary art, and the relationship of artistic production to its socio-political context. Diana’s photographic work is the culmination of a life-long investment in the power of art and visual culture to shape and influence social change, addressing serious questions through a blend of documentary practice, invention, and humor. Her project “When the Trees are Gone” has been featured in numerous publications both print and online and has been shown in galleries and museums around the world.

Annette LeMay Burke | Fauxliage | Annette LeMay Burke is an award-winning American photographic artist and Northern California native who resides in the heart of Silicon Valley. Her work explores the evolving western U.S. landscape and its connections to human experience. Through her lens, Burke captures the subtle yet powerful changes in our environment over time, uncovering the tangible and ephemeral traces left behind. Her work delves into the metaphorical clues embedded in landscapes, reflecting both her personal ties to the West and the pervasive influence of technology on our interconnected world. Burke holds a BA in Geology from the University of California, Berkeley, and following a successful decade in high-tech, she now focuses on her artistic practice.

Torrance York | Semaphore | Artist and educator Torrance York earned a BA from Yale and an MFA in photography from Rhode Island School of Design. She is from the United States. In 2022, she published her monograph Semaphore about the shift in her perspective after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The book contains 67 photographs and an essay by Rebecca A Senf, PhD, Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. Featured in various publications and podcasts, Semaphore has been awarded in Lenscratch’s 2021 Art & Science Awards, as a Critical Mass 2021 Finalist and a favorite book of 2022 by online photography magazine What Will You Remember? An ongoing project, Semaphore has been exhibited at the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University in Massachusetts, and is currently on view at the Lightburn Gallery, New Canaan Library in Connecticut. Her work is represented by Rick Wester Fine Art, Chelsea, NYC.

Ezell Jordan | Seafood markets Korea | Ezell, street photographer and videographer, has always been deeply curious about the stories of others, stemming from a life of extensive travel, and the exposure to unique and diverse ways of life. Originally a musician from Buffalo, NY, obtaining a Masters in Ethnomusicology in Dublin, Ireland where he currently resides. Coming from a robust technical background in the entertainment industry, he has worked on everything from major live music productions, to the world of television and broadcast, earning an Emmy as a Technical Operations Producer. These experiences brought forth a deep passion for the technical side of photography, its artistic expression, and its ability to deliver imagery that can touch others. Street photography has been the primary area of focus, with a preference for the candid, subtle, and pure. What speaks to him most are the moments in life that are sometimes overlooked or taken for granted, taking care to frame the little things that add to the whole and ultimately tell a story.