IPFA Meeting Barcelona 2026

Researcher, curator, and mixed-media artist working at the intersection of experimental design, collaboration, and critical technology. She leads ARK (Atelier Roosje Klap) and, since 2024, serves as director of Noorderlicht, an international platform for photography and lens-based media.

Director of Fotofestival Naarden, she combines strategy and storytelling to make photography accessible, diverse, and thought-provoking. Her global path from journalism to marketing to photography across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia shapes a practice driven by resilience, curiosity, and a belief in art’s power to connect people.

Lana Mayoute is a Guadeloupean-French curator and cultural practitioner whose work explores identity, diaspora, and Caribbean artistic expression. Founder of Diaspo’ART and coordinator of the FOTOTRAS festival, she develops photographic projects, collaborates with regional networks, and engages in decolonial, community-driven artistic research and circulation.

Curator and visual artist based in the Netherlands. She works independently as an art and photography festival curator, event producer, and moderator. As chair and chief curator of the Photo31 Foundation, she promotes photographers’ visibility and fosters collaborations with galleries and museums. She is passionate about supporting emerging artists.

Nelson Marmelo Photographer, curator, and artistic director. Graduated in photography and visual arts, with experience in medicine and diagnostic imaging. Founder and artistic director of Diafragma – Covilhã International Photography Festival and the co-founder of the international collective Afinidades. Exhibits internationally and works as a juror, and curator in the field of photography.

Shirin Abedi is an award winning German-Iranian documentary photographer based in Amsterdam. Her work explores themes of love and pain. Shirin publishes an irregular newsletter “On Photography and Life”, and founded the IRAN FOTO FEST in 2025, an independent festival for documentary photography from–in–for Iran.

João Kulcsár is the founder and director of São Paulo Photo Festival and Paranapiacaba Photo Festival. A curator of over 100 photographic exhibitions in Brazil and internationally, he is also a professor at Senac University and works extensively on visual literacy, accessibility, and photography for visually impaired audiences.

Cédrick-Isham Calvados is a Guadeloupean artist and filmmaker whose work explores identity, memory, and territory through Caribbean and postcolonial perspectives. A BnF laureate, he has exhibited internationally and founded FOTOLIB and the FOTOTRAS festival, promoting photography as a tool for expression, transmission, and community dialogue.

Lens-based artist, visual researcher, anthropologist, curator, and photobook publisher. Founder of the Paper Photo Festival and editor-in-chief of photobooks.pl, he lectures at Jan Długosz University and creates photobooks, exhibitions, and academic works exploring boundaries, corporeality, everyday life, and how images construct meaning.

Xavi Herrero is a Catalan filmmaker and producer based in Ibiza since 2014, where he founded the Ibizacinefest, the island’s international independent film festival. Awarded at the Málaga Festival, he blends cinema and photography to explore human stories. In 2025, he begins a new creative phase with Street Photography Barcelona.

Georgian-born curator, visual artist, and lecturer based in Germany. Co-organizer and curator of KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO and co-founder of PURPUR COLLECTIVE. Regular jury member and portfolio reviewer at major international photography platforms, including FotoFest Houston, Visa pour l’Image, and ICP New York. Her work explores themes of home, migration, womanhood, and diversity.

Arnaud Laroche is the director of the Boutographies festival. Trained in image-making, he has led the festival since 2002 and regularly participates in international events as a portfolio review expert.

Luna Coqueiro is the assistant director of the Boutographies festival. She joined the team in 2023 and works on national and international projects, cultural mediation, and festival administration.

Photographer, curator, and educator based in Budapest, and chair of RANDOM – Association of Contemporary Photographers. A graduate of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, her award-winning work explores urban life, identity, and society, and has been exhibited across Europe and the U.S.

Curator, journalist and director of Le Vie delle Foto. For over twenty years, she has organised photography exhibitions and cultural events in Italy and abroad. Since 2020, she has curated shows for the DoubleTree by Hilton in Trieste, merging art, culture and innovation.

Fine art photographer with a background in painting. Founder and creative director of the international photo festival Lens op de Mens in Pelt, she tells contemporary stories with a classical aesthetic. Internationally awarded, her work connects art and society through light and emotion.

Educator and lecturer in artistic theory and practice in Barcelona. She holds a Master’s degree in Humanities and Contemporary Art from the UOC and researches artistic expressions in urban space. She is part of the curatorial team of the Experimental Photography Festival and co-curator of the festival’s collective exhibitions.

Photographer, audiovisual filmmaker, and visual educator with more than 17 years of experience creating photographic and audiovisual narratives that explore the relationship between territory, identity, and cultural transformation. My work combines visual documentary practice, cinematography, and community-based pedagogy, generating processes in which the image becomes a tool for memory, education, and reflection.

Jean-Yves Camus is director of the Nouvel Observatoire Photographique du Grand Est, where he leads programmes for contemporary photographic creation and professional support. He oversees L’Événement Photographique and Starting Blocks NCY, directs the NOP-Galerie, and develops research-based projects on mountain territories and the snow economy. He lives and works between Nancy, Briançon, and Paris.

Based in Belgrade since 2013, where he directs Бартcелона POP UP, a photography platform with over 80 exhibitions. Founder of Belgrade Photo Month and BPM Book Week, he also curates the Catalan Film Festival in Serbia, fostering cultural exchange between Spain and the Balkans.

Rui Prata is a Portuguese curator and founder of Encontros da Imagem and the Imago Festival. With a background in history and curatorial studies, he has directed institutions, taught, and curated internationally. He is not interested in photojournalism, fashion, or advertising, focusing instead on artistic and conceptual photography.

Photojournalist, journalist, lecturer-researcher at the National University of Tucumán, and activist. His work explores memory, identity, and human rights, and has been exhibited in more than fifteen countries. He is the creator and director of the Argentina Documentary Photography Biennial, the country’s oldest festival, and has worked as a curator, juror, speaker, and portfolio reviewer in photography events across Latin America.

Photographer, author, and publisher who has shaped contemporary photojournalism. A long-time collaborator with GEO magazine, he has produced hundreds of photo essays and award-winning books. He is co-founder of Edition Lammerhuber and the Global Peace Photo Award, and director of Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo and Open Your Eyes.

Award-winning photographer whose work has been exhibited internationally and published in magazines and photobooks. Director and curator of BSPF – Brussels Street Photography Festival, and curator for WSP – Women Street Photographers (NYC). Frequently invited as a jury member and portfolio reviewer at international photography festivals. Her practice moves between street photography and the documentation of everyday life.