Konstantin Gribov is a photographer from Moscow with over 20 years of experience. Specialized in portraits, photojournalism and street photography, his images have been awarded and exhibited internationally.

Mariana San Martin began her artistic practice in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and currently lives and works in Serra Gaúcha, Brazil. Her main focus is the role of interference in narratives, and her work often allows different experiences to intersect and transform her pieces through a process of deconstructing the human figure. This process is based on the idea that our subjectivity is created through the continuous exchange between the internal and external worlds, and that each lived moment adds new layers to the whole of who we are. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts with an emphasis in Graphic Design from the Federal University of Pelotas (2012).

Fco. Manuel Mas Mas approaches photography as a passion, although his work has already earned him several national and international awards, as well as exhibitions and lectures. In his photography, he values color and the mastery of light — not through heavy editing, but with only minimal adjustments of brightness and contrast. The image emerges directly from his Fujifilm camera, the result of meticulous note-taking in a small notebook where he recorded every configuration: lens, settings, and the most suitable hours of the day. For Manuel, what appears in his photographs is a reflection of what he feels within. His scenes are not sought in distant journeys to Bombay, Cuba, or Portugal, but in the small corners of the Valencian Community — sometimes even without leaving his own neighborhood. His photography is essentially local, always grounded in the same elements: a stage set with color and light, and one or more characters passing by at that decisive moment. This often involves long waits — sometimes more than forty-five minutes standing still in one place. Manuel is a patient, technical, and determined photographer: he will return to the same location as many times as necessary until he finds the Decisive Moment. Colors shift throughout the day and are especially beautiful in the early hours. Creamy yellows, vivid reds, deep blues — only experience and a methodical nature like Manuel’s can capture that light at just the right time, which has often meant waking up before dawn. That pleasure of setting out at daybreak after a week of hard work, in creative solitude, in pursuit of the perfect image, remains one of his greatest personal motivations. Manuel does not shoot two or three hundred photos a day. Instead, he imposes on himself a strict discipline: to be selective, technical, and self-demanding. He will not take more than twenty-five photographs per session — and from them, he must obtain at least one excellent image, one true decisive moment.

The artist, who continues his life in Istanbul, first started photography with the education he received in 2010. The artist, who is interested in street photography, is trying to improve himself in this field every day. He states that his aim is not to be professional, but to stay as an amateur and to live the photograph with the same love and spirit.