Finbarr O'Reilly has spent the last two decades as an award-winning visual journalist and author working in conflict zones and complex humanitarian emergencies. He is a Canon Ambassador, a regular contributor to The New York Times, and has produced exhibitions for the Nobel Peace Prize and the International Criminal Court.

Irina Werning is a freelance photojournalist working on personal projects. She studied a BA in Economics and an MA in History in Buenos Aires and an MA in Photojournalism at Westminster University (2006).  She won the Ian Parry Scholarship in 2006 (Sunday Times Magazine and Getty), BURN grant (Magnum Foundation) in 2012 and 1st place portrait Sony award in 2012.

Simon Roberts (b.1974) is a visual artist based in Brighton, UK. Widely recognised for his large-format, tableaux photographs of the British landscape, his practice also encompasses video, text and installation work, which together, interrogate notions of identity and belonging.

Brian Byrd is a freelance photographer with more than two decades of experience advancing communication as a catalyst for social change. He serves on the board of directors for the Overseas Press Club of America and the advisory board for WITNESS, a global NGO founded by musician Peter Gabriel that uses video and digital technology to document human rights violations.