Speakers & Workshop Leaders
Xyza Cruz Bacani
was a domestic worker in Hong Kong when her street photography was “discovered” on Facebook. She has since become a rising documentary photographer, winning grants from Magnum, the Pulitzer Center and Open Society. She was named one of the BBC’s 100 Women of the World 2015 and is currently a FUJIFILM ambassador.
Svetlana Bachevanova
is a longtime photojournalist and publisher at FotoEvidence, a publisher and activist organization that supports documentary photography focused on human rights and social justice. The FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo recognizes one photographer whose work demonstrates courage and commitment in the pursuit of social justice.
Endia Beal
is a North Carolina based artist, educator and activist, who is internationally known for her photographic narratives and video testimonies that examine the personal, yet contemporary stories of women of color working within the corporate space. Beal currently serves as the Director of Diggs Gallery and Assistant Professor of Art at Winston-Salem State University.
Chris Boot
became executive director of Aperture Foundation in 2010. Previously, he was director of London’s Photo Co-op (since renamed Photofusion), an independent photography education center; director of Magnum Photos, first in London, and then in New York; and editorial director at Phaidon Press. He is the author and editor of Magnum Stories (Phaidon, 2004).
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