Uma Nielson is documenting the Kolla community of Alfarcito in Argentina’s high Andes, where lithium mining threatens the sacred waters that sustain life. Her project, Vientres y Vertientes, highlights how ritual and communal care embodies Indigenous resilience.

Ana Palacios is a visual journalist focused on human rights, animal welfare and environmental issues with a perspective of "solutions journalism". Her project Sanctuaria documents sanctuaries as models of empathy, care and sustainability, urging an ethical paradigm shift.

Jalal Shamsazaran photographs and writings create a poetic and humanistic world in contrast to complex political and social issues. Jalal seeks to reclaim truth and dignity for communities enduring one of the world’s most profound examples of climate loss.

Selene Magnolia Gatti is documenting the human cost of factory farming across Europe, revealing how pollution, odor, and toxicity from industrial agriculture are reshaping lives, landscapes, and health. By pairing community testimony with scientific research, this work turns hidden harm into shared knowledge, laying the groundwork for accountability, policy engagement, and healthier futures.

Afzal Adeeb's Khan's project, The Other Side, captures the intertwined survival of villagers, cattle, and boatmen, revealing how resilience and coexistence emerge amid one of India’s most climate-vulnerable landscapes.

Isaac Nico is exploring the relationships between people, water, and environment along the coastlines of Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. His visual ethnography documents how Tamil coastal communities, shaped by conflict, marginalization, and climate vulnerability, navigate change and resilience in one of South Asia’s most fragile ecosystems.

Maria José Rojas take the viewer on a journey with Arhuaco elders mapping sacred sites to protect the Don Diego basin through spiritual work, ecology, and community education.

Viktoria Pezzei’s long-term project focuses on one of Europe’s most misunderstood and least visible species: bats. Viktoria examines the critical role bats play in agriculture in Germany, documenting both scientific research and community-led conservation efforts. By making the invisible visible, her work reveals how these often-overlooked animals contribute significantly to our food systems and ecological balance.

Roun's Ry's project, The Last Mangrove, tells the story of local communities working to heal their connection to the land and protect these vital forests that sustain life and hope along the shoreline.

David Walter Banks is a photographer and environmental-advocacy artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. His work ranges from stylized portraiture and documentary photography to environmental-issue based long-term projects.

Rosamund (Roz) Kidman Cox is a British editor, photo editor and writer, specialising in wildlife and the environment. She has written, edited and commissioned image-led books, mainly for the BBC and the Natural History Museum, and for more than 20 years, was editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine. In 1981, she relaunched the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition in its current form, remaining involved for more than four decades.

Alessia Glaviano is the Head of Global PhotoVogue and Director of the PhotoVogue Festival, where sheworks to champion talent, both emerging and established, and influence visual literacy to help shape a more just, ethical, and inclusive visual world. Launched in 2011, Glaviano has helped to grow PhotoVogue into a globally recognized platform with over 300,000 photographers today. 

Jen Guyton is a National Geographic Explorer photographer and ecologist with a passion for telling stories at the junction of global environmental change and human culture. I believe that stories -- whether in the form of film, photography, writing, or something else -- have the power to persuade and motivate. That makes them crucial for protecting our wild places.

Esther Horvath has dedicated her photography to the polar regions, especially to the Arctic Ocean, documenting scientific expeditions and behind the scene science stories. She follows the work of multiple science groups that are working to better understand the changing polar regions. In addition to highlighting climate change and all scientific efforts through various polar research expeditions, her mission is also to highlight women in the Arctic, in order to make visible the crucial role women play in shaping the Arctic’s present and future.

Britta Jaschinski is a London based photographer investigating the human - nature relationship and its impact. She documents crimes against wildlife and nature. Known for her unique style in photojournalism, she works with authorities, charities, museums and environmental organizations. 

Sarah Leen is a photographer, a photo editor and a teacher. In 2013 she became the first female Director of Photography of National Geographic magazine. In 2020 she founded the Visual Thinking Collective. .

Shiva Mehta is an award-winning, UK- based wildlife and conservation photographer who uses visual storytelling to raise awareness and inspire action for the natural world. Her work reflects deep passion for wildlife and habitat protection, with a focus on connecting audiences emotionally to conservation issues and supporting frontline initiatives through her photography.   

Kathy Moran is a renowned photo editor and project consultant. Previously, she served as National Geographic magazine’s deputy director of photography. As the magazine’s first senior editor for natural history, Kathy has produced projects on terrestrial and underwater ecosystems since 1990, editing over 350 stories for the magazine.

Azu Nwagbogu is the Founder and Director of African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), a non-profit organization based in Lagos, Nigeria, and the LagosPhoto Festival, an annual international arts festival of photography. He is also the creator of Art Base Africa, a virtual space to discover and learn about contemporary African Art.

Camille Seaman strongly believes in capturing photographs that articulate that humans are not separate from nature.

Camille Seaman graduated in 1992 from the State University of New York at Purchase, where she studied photography with Jan Groover and John Cohen. Her photographs have been published in National Geographic Magazine, Italian Geo, German GEO, TIME, The New York Times Sunday magazine, Newsweek, Outside, Zeit Wissen, Men's Journal, Seed, Camera Arts, Issues, PDN, and American Photo among many others,

Smita Sharma is a Delhi based visual journalist focusing on human rights, gender violence and environmental issues in the Global South. A TED and IWMF fellow, she is a National Geographic photographer whose work on trafficking earned her the Amnesty International Media Award (UK) and the Fetisov Journalism Award (Switzerland). Her work also appears in The New York Times, WSJ, BBC World, TIME, Human Rights Watch, and more, and has been exhibited globally, including at the UN in New York and Geneva.

Paolo Verzone is an Italian photographer based between Italy and Spain. He has been a member of Agence VU since 2003 and for almost 30 years, Paolo has been photographing the world around him.