Cindy Konits (American, b. 1954) is a lens-based artist exploring family history and identity in the face of evolving technology. She won first prize in Visual Art Open, Photography and Digital Art 2023, first and second prize in The Photo Review Competition 2021, 2022, numerous Julia Cameron, Pollux awards and first prizes London, Budapest and Vienna International Photo Awards. Solo exhibitions traveled from The Baltimore Museum of Industry and The Baltimore Jewish Museum with NEA and NEH grants respectively. Her film The Way I See It, nominated Best Documentary Short, screened in 19 international film festivals and her work is held in public and private collections.

Juhani Pallasmaa is a theorist, writer of over 70 books and 800 essays, and former director of both the Finnish Museum of Architecture and the Architecture Program at Helsinki University of Technology.

Gary Van Zante curated over 60 exhibitions of photography, design and architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum from 2001 to 2025, and has published books and essays on nineteenth century photography in New Orleans, East German photography, and Berenice Abbott, among other topics.