Ryan McIntosh (b. 1984, California) is a Los Angeles-based artist and photographer. He received his MFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design, and his BFA in Photography from University of Arizona. Ryan’s recent work revolves around mankind impact on the natural environment and the changing landscape of the Southwest. He photographs exclusively with an 8x10-inch view camera, committing himself to producing only handmade silver chloride contact prints in the traditional wet darkroom processes. His upcoming exhibition THESE IDEAS WERE NOT MINE, YET I HAD THEM will be on view at Marshall Gallery, Santa Monica, CA from April 5 to May 17, 2025.

Yogan Muller (b. 1987, France) is a French-Algerian photographer, first-generation graduate, and educator whose work engages with the ecological crisis and its impact on landscapes and communities. He received a Practice-based PhD in Photography from ENSAV La Cambre and Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. 

Since 2009, Britt Salvesen has been LACMA's Curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and the Prints and Drawings Department. Previously, she was director and chief curator at the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), University of Arizona. Prior to joining CCP, Salvesen was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Milwaukee Art Museum and associate editor of scholarly publications at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Greg Foster-Rice is an Associate Professor at Columbia College Chicago. He teaches photographic history, theory, and criticism of the 20th and 21st centuries in the Department of Photography. Foster-Rice's current research focuses on the intersection of photography and issues of urbanism, landscape, and identity.