Fohlen was born in 1981 in France. He currently works as a freelance photographer for a number of major publications and news agencies, including the New York Times, Le Monde, Paris Match, Libération, Stern, the International Herald Tribune, Le Figaro, Le Point, Le Nouvel Observateur, L’Express, Die Zeit, and other outlets. Fohlen concentrates on political and social photography. His interest in photography emerged during his art studies in Belgium. He started his career working for a small private photo-agency, and moved on to collaborate with other media publications.

Born in 1988 in Russia. Studied at the Far East State Technical University majoring in machine building, but at a certain point decided to become a photojournalist. Sergey works for various regional print and online media outlets, contributes with Rossiyskaya gazeta and Rossiya Segodnya. He focuses on news reporting, and often goes hiking in order to shoot wilderness landscapes. He has won awards at a number of high-profile contests, including The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest in Current issues nomination and The Best of Russia.

Born in 1988. Based in Voronezh. Graduated from Voronezh State Technological University. Began as a photojournalist at Komsomolskaya Pravda in Voronezh in 2012. Working since 2016 as a freelancer with local and federal media, and on her own projects.

Christian Werner is a freelance multimedia/photojournalist based in Boitzum, Germany. As a teenager he developed an interest in photography while traveling to foreign countries. In 2014 he completed the photojournalism & documentary photography course at the University of Applied Sciences in Hannover. His main interests are social diversity and global political issues, as well as the Arab world and culture.

Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.

Katan was born in 1994 in Syria. He works for the Aleppo Media center (AMC) and Reuters, focusing on documentary photography and the everyday life of the people around him. The civil war in Syria has recently been his main subject. Katan believes that every photographer must have a distinctive point of view and style, and should be able to photograph people during significant moments.

Born in 1986, a Palestinian citizen. Started his career as a radio journalist, then worked as an operator for a French TV network. Eventually took up documentary photography; cooperated with Associated Press, AFP, APAimages, and the Al Ittihad and Al-bayan newspapers. The central theme of his work is events in the Gaza Strip in the Middle East.

Yelena was born in 1983 in Russia. She holds a master’s degree in world economics. Before becoming a photographer Yelena worked as a graphic designer. She is a student at the documentary photography workshop of Alexander Radchenko Moscow Photography and Multimedia School. Yelena has won awards in a number of prestigious photography contests. She concentrates on news reporting and documentary photography. She explores human relations in her work, the relationship between humans and nature, and the interconnection of various cultures.

Born in 1981, an Italian citizen. He studied photojournalism at the London College of Communication; he prefers documentary photography. A regular contributor to various Western media outlets, winner of numerous awards, including Getty Grants, Days Japan Awards, and UNICEF POY among others. In his photographs, he seeks to get the viewers to empathize with people in difficult circumstances. In his works, he tries to reflect his own, personal perception of the event or object captured on camera

Maria was born in 1984 in Russia. She graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University as well as the Visual Arts School, where she attended a course called “Photo Journalism. Photography. History in photos”. She dedicates much of her efforts to social photography. Her graduation project was called “A photo essay as an incentive to compassion” and consisted of a photo report on a veteran from Ratnitskoye village. It was published by RIA Novosti, which prompted local authorities to allocated funds so that the veteran could buy a new apartment. Maria is employed by Rossiya Segodnya news agency, and various charities and non-profit organizations

Born in 1983, a citizen of Bangladesh. Works as a photojournalist for The Daily Prothom Alo. Graduated from the Department of Photojournalism at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. The author of a number of photo reports from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, among others. Recipient of several international photojournalism awards. Specializes in documentary photography.

Katan was born in 1994 in Syria. He works for the Aleppo Media center (AMC) and Reuters, focusing on documentary photography and the everyday life of the people around him. The civil war in Syria has recently been his main subject. Katan believes that every photographer must have a distinctive point of view and style, and should be able to photograph people during significant moments.

Fohlen was born in 1981 in France. He currently works as a freelance photographer for a number of major publications and news agencies, including the New York Times, Le Monde, Paris Match, Libération, Stern, the International Herald Tribune, Le Figaro, Le Point, Le Nouvel Observateur, L’Express, Die Zeit, and other outlets. Fohlen concentrates on political and social photography. His interest in photography emerged during his art studies in Belgium. He started his career working for a small private photo-agency, and moved on to collaborate with other media publications.

Miguel was born in 1985 in Spain. He is a documentary photographer specializing in long-term projects on humanitarian and social issues in the Southern Asia region. He focuses on issues that are sometimes ignored such as minorities discrimination, gender discrimination, human trafficking, and poverty. He also documents cultures and traditions from an anthropology perspective, and report on environment issues. Miguel has collaborated with numerous international and local NGOs, as well as The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He has won awards in a number of prestigious photography contests. His work has been featured in Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, El País, CNN, Asian Geographic, Spiegel, South China Morning Post (SCMP), Grupo Vocento, The Diplomat, Deutsche Welle (DW), among others.

The photographer was born in 1988 in Germany. He studied photojournalism at the university of Applied Sciences and Art in Hannover. As a freelance photographer, he works with a number of publications, including Stern, Cicero, GEO, Die Zeit Frankfurter, and Allgemeine Zeitung. As a specialist in documentary photography, he has recently been photographing developments in Latin America, especially Colombia. He believes that photojournalism allows him to explore the world around him.

Born in 1986 in Slovenia. A freelance photographer, working regularly with a number of Slovenian magazines and newspapers. Concentrates on documentary photo projects. Graduated from the Ljubljana Multimedia Academy, and has recently spent a lot of time working in the Gaza Strip. For him, photography is a powerful tool for showing and spreading the truth. In his work he pays special attention to the humanitarian dimension of armed conflicts.

Born in 1988. Based in Voronezh. Graduated from Voronezh State Technological University. Began as a photojournalist at Komsomolskaya Pravda in Voronezh in 2012. Working since 2016 as a freelancer with local and federal media, and on her own projects.

Darya was born in 1987 in Moscow. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism, after which she defended her diploma in the course "Photojournalism" at Lomonosov Moscow State University. For more than ten years he has been working as a photojournalist in federal sports publications in Russia. Now she is a staff member of the Sport-Express newspaper. In photography, she appreciates an unconventional approach and irony.

Konstantin was born in 1990 in Russia. He graduated from Novgorod State University. Konstantin took up photography at the age of 17. He has worked for RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, and Reuters. In 2011, he joined RIA Novosti as a photographer in Veliky Novgorod, and stayed with the news agency when it was transformed into Rossiya Segodnya. Konstantin concentrates on exhibition projects, since he believes the printed image is the final destination for a photographer. For him, a photo exhibit provides an opportunity to show a beautiful and complex story in images accompanied by various visual and audio effects.

Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.

Konstantin was born in 1990 in Russia. He graduated from Novgorod State University. Konstantin took up photography at the age of 17. He has worked for RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, and Reuters. In 2011, he joined RIA Novosti as a photographer in Veliky Novgorod, and stayed with the news agency when it was transformed into Rossiya Segodnya. Konstantin concentrates on exhibition projects, since he believes the printed image is the final destination for a photographer. For him, a photo exhibit provides an opportunity to show a beautiful and complex story in images accompanied by various visual and audio effects.

Mikhail Domozhilov was born in 1982 in Russia. He works in documentary, sports and portrait photography. His work has appeared in various media outlets in Russia and abroad. Mikhail has taken part in a number of exhibitions, including in The Netherlands, Canada, Malaysia, Georgia, Poland, and China. He has won awards in a number of professional competitions. The key subjects of his work are nationalism and nationalists, soccer, unconventional sports, the Ukraine conflict, and heroes. Mikhail also teaches a documentary photography class.