Fabio Bucciarelli is an Italian photographer, journalist, and author known internationally for his documentation of conflicts and humanitarian crises. Bucciarelli’s evocative images not only capture the
human experience but also engage viewers on a visceral level, encouraging deep reflection on the complexities of the modern world.
Recognized as one of the most influential photojournalists of our time,
Bucciarelli collaborates with leading editorial platforms, including La
Repubblica, Die Zeit, and The New York Times, and his work has earned
several international awards, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal, multiple World Press Photo, multiple Sony World Photography Awards, the Visa d’Or News, the Lucie Award, and The Bayeux-Calvados for War Correspondents. He has also won thirteen POY, including the title of Photographer of the Year in 2019.

Over the past decade, Fabio Bucciarelli has complemented his work as a photojournalist with extensive writing and teaching activities. Since 2009, he has contributed dispatches from conflict zones for Il Fatto Quotidiano and co-authored a book on the Libyan war with Stefano Citati. He has also published three long-term photographic books, further developing his narrative approach through exhibitions and author-driven projects.

Alongside his editorial work, Fabio has developed an ongoing educational practice, leading international courses, workshops, and masterclasses in photojournalism across Europe and beyond. Over the years, he has been invited to share his experience at institutions and events such as the International Journalism Festival, Bocconi University, Repubblica delle Idee, Visa pour l’Image, the Turin International Book Fair, the Bronx Documentary Center, and the Frontline Club, among others. He has also taken part in TEDx talks and appeared on Italian television programs, including Che Tempo Che Fa and Piazza Pulita. In 2022, he worked as a correspondent for RAI TG3 covering the war in Ukraine.

Diego Ibarra Sánchez (Spain, 1982) is a visual journalist and educator based in Lebanon, and a regular contributor to The New York Times since 2012, specializing in long-term projects. Author of the photobook The Phoenician Collapse (2022), with a foreword by Amin Maalouf, he describes his work as “painting with light” in times of violence, blending documentary and poetic approaches.

He began working with The New York Times in Pakistan, where he lived for five years, and has collaborated with international media and organizations. His work focuses on conflicts and humanitarian crises across countries such as Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Pakistan, and Lebanon, covering major events including the Yazidi genocide and the fall of Mosul’s Caliphate.

The Phoenician Collapse, developed over seven years in Lebanon, received international recognition, including Best Independent Book by the Lucie Foundation. He has also contributed to several collective photobook projects.

His awards include a Pulitzer Prize acknowledgment (2023) with The New York Times for coverage in Ukraine, the 2026 World Press Photo award for his long-term project on how war affects education, POY Asia (2024), NPPA (2025), and a Getty Images Grant. His work has been exhibited worldwide.

Manu Brabo began his career as an independent photojournalist in 2007 in Kosovo. Since then, Manu has used photography to investigate violence among humankind, working for media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press, NGOs such as Reporters Without Borders, and foundations like The Wellcome Trust.
He has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, five Picture of the Year International (POYI) awards, and the British Press Awards. His work has been exhibited at festivals, photography centers, and art galleries across Europe and the United States. In 2017, in collaboration with National Geographic, he created a retrospective of his work in the Middle East titled Un Día Cualquiera, exhibited in Madrid and Barcelona.
He has taken part in various projects supporting the Spanish Breast Cancer Federation and promotional campaigns for the Prado Museum and Samsung. Additionally, he has carried out cultural projects such as the musical show Ukráina with the rock band Toundra and with the Gijón International Film Festival (FICX).

Bülent Kılıç is a photojournalist working as a freelancer across Europe and the Middle East. He began his career in photography in the early 2000s and describes himself as part of the last generation of analog photographers.  Kılıç is a Kurdish photographer from Dersim, a mountainous region in eastern Turkey. He began covering the war in Syria from its early stages. In 2012, when he arrived at the Turkish-Syrian border, he realized that this would be the defining frontier of his life—nothing would be the same after crossing it. Since then, Kılıç has covered major conflicts in Iraq, Ukraine, and Afghanistan. He worked for Agence France-Presse (AFP) for 16 years before transitioning to freelance work in 2024. For Kılıç, simplicity enriched with aesthetic sensibility and emotional interaction is more meaningful than many other elements in photography. In his images—where he often strives to express what he feels—he seeks to convey a sense of hope and resistance.

Kilic has won multiple World Press Photo Awards and has also served as a jury member for the competition. He has been honored with the Visa d’Or—France’s most prestigious photography award—as well as receiving multiple accolades from Pictures of the Year (POY) in the United States. In Türkiye, he was awarded the Press Freedom Award for his work as a photojournalist. He collaborates with the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant and with leading French publications such as Paris Match and Le Monde.