Joanna Ewing is the creative director for Urban Outfittersí in-house print and photography department. Since 2009, she has worked with over 50 photographers on various catalogues and books with the goal of uniting young, emerging artists and highly influential photographers with unique, intimate commercial projects and printed pieces. She lives in New York City.

Jason Miller is the design director at Addison in New York City. For the past seven years, he has created unconventional annual reports and image-driven branding for some of the worldís most respected companies, including GE, Neenah Paper, American Express, PepsiCo and General Mills. His work has been recognized by the One Show, the Art Directors Club, Type Directors Club, the AR100, Graphis, Print and Communication Arts.

Ricardo Viera is the director and curator for the Lehigh University Art GalleriesñMuseum Operation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Viera has been a reviewer and consultant for FotoFest since the early Nineties and has acted as curator and contributed to several important exhibitions, including ìHector Mendez Caratini: Through the Eye of Memory: Three Decades (1974ñ2003),î El Museo del Barrio, New York City, 2006, and ìOur Journeys / Our Stories,î which was organized by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives and toured the nation from 2004 to 2008.

Michelle Dunn Marsh is an advocate for significant photography and a lover of the printed page. Affiliated with the Aperture Foundation since 1996, she most recently served as copublisher of Aperture magazine. Dunn Marsh is also an award-winning book designer and editor for various institutions and private clients.

Jeanne Graves has worked in editorial photography for ten years and is currently the deputy photo director at Menís Health magazine. Previously, she worked at Best Life, Menís Journal, Interview and Wired. Her work has won recognition from the Society of Publication Designers, American Photography, PDN and American Photo magazine.

Jennifer Laski is the photo director of the Hollywood Reporter, which recently relaunched as a weekly glossy. She has also been the photo director of Departures magazine and More. In her 16-year career, she has also held positions at Premiere, ELLE, Mirabella and Black Ink and has freelanced with Us Weekly, Essence, Fortune and InStyle.

Florian Bachleda is the creative director of Fast Company. Previously, he was the creative director for FB Design and Latina and design director for Vibe, Vibe Vixen, Maximum Golf and P.O.V. (Point of View). He has served as president of the Society of Publication Designers and was on its board of directors for five years.

Jon Jones has worked all over the world as a photojournalist for the Sygma Photo Agency and has covered conflicts in Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Rwanda and Sudan. His work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, the Sunday Times Magazine, Paris Match and Stern. In 1999, Jones joined the BBC as a cameraman and producer. In 2007, he joined the U.K. Times as deputy picture editor, before moving to the Sunday Times Magazine as director of photography. Jonesís numerous international honors include two World Press Photo awards.

David J. Carol (left) is the author of the award-winning photography books 40 Miles of Bad RoadÖ and ALL MY LIES ARE TRUEÖ. His newest book, THIS IS WHY WE CANíT HAVE NICE THINGS! will be released in May at the Center for Alternative Photography in New York City. During his many years in the photo industry, Carol has been an editor, gallery owner, book publisher and lecturer. He is currently the director of photography at CBS Outdoor. His books and photographs are in the permanent collections of museums and libraries throughout the U.S.

Claire C. Carter is the assistant curator at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona. She received her B.A. in political theory, gender studies and art history from Indiana University, Bloomington, and her M.A. in the history of contemporary and modern art from the University of Glasgow. In addition to her curating practice, Carter has published art criticism in international art magazines and journals.

Paul Moakley, a photographer and filmmaker whoís exhibited his work internationally, has been the deputy photo editor of TIME since 2010, working on special issues such as TIME 100, Person of the Year and the LightBox photo blog. Previously, he was photo editor at Newsweek and PDN and for guest projects for Ojodepez and Taschen. Moakley is an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and lives at the Alice Austen House Museum, home of one of Americaís earliest and most prolific photographers, as caretaker and curator of the museum.

David Frank has worked in the photo department at The New York Times for 22 years, during which time he has served as weekend picture editor, assignment editor, director of picture-desk technology and, since August 2007, a video journalist. He began his career at The Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, where he worked as a photographer and was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team before rising to director of photography.

Jeff Dunas has been a fine-art and commercial photographer for over 30 years. In 2006, he founded the Palm Springs Photo Festival, of which he is director. He is the author of nine books, including Captured Women (1981), State of the Blues (1998), American Pictures (2001) and Up Close & Personal (2003).

Jed Root is the founder and sole owner of Jed Root, Inc. Established in 1989, it is one of the leading artist-management agencies in the world, comprising a family of fashion photographers, makeup artists, hair stylists, fashion stylists, set designers, illustrators and models.

Michelle Bogre is a photographer, writer and lawyer specializing in copyright and media law. She is the former chair of the photography department at Parsons The New School for Design and is currently an associate professor. Bogre helped to select the winners for this yearís Marty Forscher Fellowship.

Reuel Golden is an editor at Taschen America, working on its photography titles. He is formerly the editor of the British Journal of Photography and executive editor of PDN. He is also the author of three books: New York: Portrait of a City (2010), Witness: The Worldís Greatest News Photographers (2005) and Masters of Photography (1999).

Dennis Keeley has worked as an artist, photographer, teacher and writer for more than 25 years. He is currently the chair of the photography and imaging program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

MaryAnn Camilleri is the founder of the Magenta Foundation, a charitable publishing house based in Canada, and director of the Flash Forward Festival. Camilleri works with individuals and organizations within the arts community and beyond in an effort to broaden the domestic and international recognition of Canadian artists. She keeps the Magenta Foundation connected to the art community through Magenta Magazine Online and through the YouTube channel Magenta Television.

Laara Matsen has been a photographer, writer, photo editor and curator since 1997. Starting as a photo editor at Magnum Photos in New York, Matsen soon began a freelance career as a multifaceted supporter and producer of long-term documentary photo projects. She has edited and curated numerous international photo exhibitions and award-winning photo books and is currently photo editor at D2 magazine in Oslo, Norway.

Ellen-K Syverstad is based in Oslo, Norway, and represents internationally acclaimed artists specializing in contemporary photography through her company www.ellen-k.no. She has been involved in various projects in the Norwegian photographic community since 2001 and served as judge in several competitions.

Hans Dorsinville is partner, executive vice president and senior group creative director at Laird + Partners, a leading New Yorkñbased creative agency specializing in fashion, lifestyle and luxury branding and communication. Dorsinville was formerly the vice president of advertising at Donna Karan International, where he was responsible for all advertising development on the Donna Karan Collection brand as well as DKNY and their licensees. He has worked with artists including Tina Barney, Nan Goldin, Larry Sultan and Sam Taylor-Wood.

Amita Starosielski is Mother New Yorkís resident art producer. She has been involved in global initiatives for the brands Stella Artois and Tanqueray. Her projects include the rebranding of SweetíN Low and orchestrating artwork for a New York City subway train wrap for Target. Starosielskiís career took off at TBWA / CHIAT / DAY, where she worked with clients such as Infiniti, Nissan, Apple and PlayStation. She then joined Arnold Worldwide, where she developed campaigns for Volvo, ESPN and Fidelity Investments. Her work has appeared in Creativity, PDN, Luerzerís Archive and Communication Arts, among other trade journals.

Caroline Wolff is the senior photo editor at W. She was previously the photography and art editor at Interview and has worked at CNN and Vogue. Wolff is a native of Northern California.

Leslie Simitch is the executive vice president of Trunk Archive. For the past 20 years, she has been president of LS Limited, where she represents Philip-Lorca DiCorcia, Pamela Hanson and Elaine Constantine, among others. In addition, she has produced numerous campaigns for Annie Leibovitz, Steven Meisel and Joel Sternfeld. She has worked with many of the premier advertising agencies and has done image consulting for Ian Schrager and Andre Balazs.

Quynh Mai is the founder of Moving Image & Content, a digital agency specializing in the fields of fashion, beauty and luxury with offices in New York and Paris. MI&C conceives, creates and distributes the kind of compelling branded content that generates interest, drives traffic and helps brands build meaningful, long-term relationships with their target audience. Clients include JC Penney, Mugler, The Row, Diane Von Furstenberg, Yves Saint Laurent, Acne and Range Rover.

Kris Graves is the director of +Kris Graves Projects, a photography and works-on-paper project space. With the project, Graves organizes exhibitions and art fairs around the world and is interested in the documentation of 21st-century life throughout the globe. He also works as the collections photographer for the Guggenheim Museum, New York. Graves holds a BFA in visual arts from Purchase College in New York.

Carolyn Nolte bought her first camera when she was in college. Bitten by the photography bug, she started taking pictures for the school paper. Over her 20-plus-year career, she has worked with many amazingly talented artists and contributed to the creative business of stock photography at FPG, Getty, Corbis and SuperStock. She feels fortunate to work internationally in the business of art direction, production and creative management.

Peter B. Kaplan has been a photographer for more than 30 years, and his photographs have appeared in countless publications. Kaplan documented the Statue of Libertyís historic restoration beginning in 1982 and currently has the most extensive story on the statue.