Tommaso Protti is an Italian photographer who has lived in Brazil for almost a decade. His work focuses on topics such as crime, the environment and rural conflicts. Protti graduated in Political Science and International Relations from Roma Tre University, and later obtained a master's degree in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication.

His long-term project, Terra Vermelha, which documents the Brazilian Amazon and its intersecting social and environmental crises, received the Picture of The Year International award and the award from the Carmignac Foundation.

Protti's work has been published in several reputable publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time Magazine, among others. He is also a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and Le Monde.

Mário Cruz is an independent photographer dedicated to themes related to human rights and social injustice.

Double World Press Photo winner with the projects Talibes Modern Day Slaves and Living Among What’s Left Behind.

He is the founder of NARRATIVA, a meeting point in Lisbon that promotes photography as a form of expression and communication.

Katya Bogachevskaya is a Russian curator and editor based in Lisbon, Portugal.

She is currently the director of the Academy of Documental and Art Photography Fotografika and is the founder of Fotografika Publishing, a publisher that aims to support young photographers with their first books.

The developed projects were distinguished internationally through the World Press Photo, Sony World Photography Award, International Photography Grant, among others.

Blow Up Press quickly became a publisher of reference on the international scene due to its design and the themes it selects for publication. In addition to books, BUP publishes doc! magazine, dedicated to contemporary photography. Since 2020, BUP has organized the annual BUP Book Award, which gives new authors the opportunity to publish their books.

Independent publisher dedicated to photography books and education and works with established and emerging artists equally.

It collaborates with international artistic institutions and, in 2021, Void became one of Futures Photography’s members. Void also runs their own book-making workshops called “Impromptu”, which are an opportunity to share their vision about photography books with new and exciting talents.

Leonel de Castro is an associated photojournalist of Jornal de Notícias.

He won several awards and distinctions throughout his career, including the Estação Imagem Prize and the Pictures Of The Year International. His works have been presented in several solo and group exhibitions, and in several publications.

In addition to photojournalism, he was a teacher at the Portuguese Institute of Photography, at the Escola Artística do Porto, and also taught at the Masters in Communication at the University of Minho.

Fujifilm Portugal is a brand that supports the development of Portuguese contemporary photography. It is present in Narrativa, Novos Talentos FNAC and Prémio Estação Imagem, among other initiatives.

Founded in 1993, Moldura Minuto is the largest company in its field operating in Portugal, offering an innovative framing and fine-art printing service.

Moldura Minuto provides a fundamental support to NARRATIVA in the production of all exhibitions.

The Fernando Lopes Cinema, located at the Universidade Lusófona Campus, is a space exclusively dedicated to cinematographic exhibitions, aiming to provide the spectator with a selection of alternative films in order to complement the city's cinematographic offer.

Photo Book Corner was born in 2012 with a careful selection of contemporary photography books and monographs and, since then, has become one of the main online bookstores in Europe. In 2020, it opened a physical store in the heart of Lisbon.

XYZ Books is an independent publisher based in Lisbon and founded in 2013. It focuses on publishing photography books and frequently works with contemporary photographers. In addition to publishing, XYZ also organizes exhibitions, workshops, residencies and other events related to photography.

XYZ is committed to playing a relevant role in promoting contemporary photography, providing a collaborative and open space for artists and photographers to showcase their work.

Fotografika Publishing is a publishing house that opened in 2020 and aims to publish and promote photography books by young authors, namely authors who graduated from the Academia Fotografika (St. Petersburg).

Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras is an Oscar and Pulitzer Prize-winning filmmaker and journalist.

Her most recent film, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it was awarded with the Golden Lion, the second documentary in the festival's history to receive that distinction. The film was nominated for an Oscar, won the Independent Spirit Award and was named best documentary of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics.

Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin is an American photographer and activist. Her work frequently explores LGBT realities, the HIV/AIDS crisis and the opioid epidemic. She is a founding member of the advocacy group P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now).

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a documentary that focuses on the career of artist Nan Goldin and the fall of the Sackler family's pharmaceutical empire.