Based in New Mexico, Emily was the visual director at Vogue.com before she left to pursue her own creative work in photography. Rooted in connection and vulnerability, her images reveal a deep sensitivity to her subjects and surroundings

British photographer and filmmaker Nick Thompson is known for his masterful blend of colour, form, and classical influence with a contemporary aesthetic. His refined vision has led to collaborations with brands and publications including Dior, Prada, Vogue, Vanity Fair and Netflix

This Amsterdam-based artist creates eclectic, collage-like works, drawing inspiration from contemporary society, blending elements of pop culture, counterculture, and street culture

A photographer living in Catskill, New York, Georgia started out modelling, before taking up a 35mm point-and-shoot, using the camera as a way to connect with people she might otherwise never meet

"A lot of the new designers and young people coming into fashion are putting sustainability first. People are designing with deadstock fabrics, secondhand materials, and organic matter, like fungus and bacteria"

Rotterdam-based artist Sander Coers uses photography to deconstruct and recontextualise memory, uncovering how histories—both personal and collective—are passed down through generations

Based in New York, Adinah's documentary films and music videos have screened at international festivals including Sundance, Cannes, Berlinale and others

This UK-based photographer and director is known for her raw, intimate approach to beauty and fashion imagery, shooting campaigns for a roster of high profile clients from Hermès to Valentino

"It's more of a hope, a sense of optimism, but I really do believe people are moving away from some of the divisive tendencies and starting to refocus on community, on shared interests, on spaces where people can come together"

Working across fine art photography and advertising, Roy's work is underpinned by a dark sense of humour, drawing inspiration from the tensions simmering just beneath the surface

Cincinnati-based photographer Hordinski works throughout the Midwest. A regular contributor to The New York Times and The Washington Post, she also teaches photography at University of Cincinnati’s School of Design

Born in India to a family of sculptors and painters, art has always informed Burman’s approach to photography. He constantly explores new ideas and places while drawing inspiration from the rich philosophies of both the East and West

A visual artist and creative director working across photography, performance art and animation. With a background in fashion photography, Elena creates highly stylised and intimate worlds

A photographer from Dunn County, Wisconsin, Erinn finds subjects within her immediate family and extended community, exploring memory and mortality through the lens of rural American life

"I really now look for the authentic mishaps, or the surprise lighting of the sun bouncing a certain way, or the models being street-cast and bringing their lives into the work"

"The way things are framed by different people says a lot about them - not necessarily in a negative or positive way, but through the way they might 'see' and how they go about capturing 'that' moment"

"It is an inexplicable high when you get a tip from a source. I chase that feeling. When you're young, you have all the energy in the world"

"This obsession with keeping everybody in their box is detrimental to creating electricity and inventing new ways of communicating with each other and doing things"

“My advice to filmmakers was always to view any meeting with an investor as the start of a long-term relationship, not just someone to fill a gap in their budget”

"I like the idea of a space where you can come to learn about an artist, hospitality, a neighbourhood, or even just something unexpected. There’s something about that exchange, that layered experience, that feels more authentic"

Originally from Oslo, and now based in New York, Boe is a photographer and artist whose impressive body of work spans the fields of fashion, art, commercial and outdoor sport

"When you pull a carrot from the earth, the difference in taste between that and one you’ve bought on a supermarket shelf tells you everything. It's sweet. It's utterly carrotty because it's still got its nutrients"

"I think one of his central themes is the drug of love – that initial hit and then the mess that comes after. I think that's certainly been part of his life"

"These are ideas I come up with at night, and then the next day I turn them into reality...I’ve had experiences in finance, fashion, business, and showcasing creativity, so IRON brings all of this together for me"

"Some experiences are not just photo shoots, you’re creating a collaboration that can’t easily be replicated. The pieces just come together"

"Pop culture has always just been culture. It could mean a really obscure show by an obscure artist, an inscrutable poem next to a politician, and then you flip the page and there's a porn star. It's the tapestry of the lives we live – a mix of high and low"

"My mother never got to express herself. So it became my duty to become obsessed with women's freedom. I made an entire book about creative women"

"A lot of my art today is looking at invisible histories and making them visible, because if they are neglected for too long, they disappear"

"Lindbergh developed many projects people don’t know about. One of his biggest was interviewing and filming US prisoners on death row"

"Feeling like you're still striving for success or you're trying to get on to the next rung of the ladder is such a driving force"

"With the camera, I could do creatively what a writer or journalist does with a pencil and paper"

"I enjoy the challenge of making the work look beautiful under the unforgiving flash photography of the paparazzi"

"I like introducing new people to each other through my film-making"

"Are you connected, plugged into it, or making it happen? That’s the million-dollar question"

"Punjabi culture reminds me to stay grounded and have faith in life, which in turn allows me to have faith in myself"

“There's this emphasis on growth, growth, growth, growth. Small can be very beautiful...I don't think growth should always be the barometer for success”

“I once overheard someone say to an artist whose book I’d designed, “oh, I thought you designed your own books,” and that meant I got it right.”

"My work is a product of my personality but it’s also a construct, and I make lots of decisions when I’m writing – it’s not as if I’m just letting it all out"

Based in southwest Missouri and New York, Stella is a director and former photo editor at New York Magazine, who casts her extended family and hometown neighbours to play exaggerated versions of themselves in narrative films