Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

Laura Zalenga is a German freelance photographer with a passion for creating self-portraits filled with emotion. She started taking photographs at eighteen and although she went on to study Architecture in Munich, she always found the time and inspiration for photography, publishing her work on Flickr and Facebook, where she first started to get noticed.

Laura’s visual language is captivating and clear, narrating an intimate story in every image she produces. She believes photography to be a type of therapy and one of the motivating factors behind her work, capable of healing both ourselves and others.

In 2018, she was one of the seven international artists selected for the Adobe Creative Residency and has worked for companies such as Adobe, Artemide, Disney, Lufthansa, Sony, and more. Laura also teaches workshops and gives inspirational talks relating to photography throughout the world.

Giulia Candussi is an Italian photojournalist based in Scotland with over a decade of experience in producing photo reportages about human rights, environmental issues, and cultural identity. It was during her studies in International Relations (Bologna University, Italy) where she discovered the field of photo-reportage and the impact it could have on the world. Passionate about expressing her vision, she went on to study a Master’s in Photojournalism in London.

Giulia has collaborated with local media and international news agencies such as Getty Images and her work was published on La Repubblica, L’Espresso, The Guardian, Huffington Post, US Weekly, and more. She has traveled extensively in Europe and the Americas, also working with non-governmental organizations. As a documentary filmmaker, she has produced “Upstream” and “Hogar”. Currently, she produces “Van Life”, a documentary series for BBC Scotland’s “The Social”. Her work has been exhibited in èStoria, international history festival (Gorizia, 2011) and Photomonth, international photography festival (London, 2010), Centro Culturale Candiani (Venice Mestre, 2015), at the art gallery Storie Contemporanee (Rome, Italy 2017), and more.

A native of Malaysia and a surgeon by trade, Yaopey Yong has combined the different facets of his life in his work: his passion for life as a doctor, his admiration of nature like his homeland, and love for photography from his father, who is also an avid photographer.
Yaopey is the recipient of numerous photography awards including the Award of Excellence from The Spirit of Resilience Awards. His work has been featured in publications like National Geographic, Photography Week, and Asia Overland, among others. He has also had exhibitions throughout Europe and the USA.

Julia Nimke’s passion for photography began at age eleven when she started photgraphing everything around her. She learned how to develop film and went on to become a photojournalist. She also completed a coveted Adobe Creative Residency.

Julia has done commissioned work for clients such as Adobe, Fujifilm, Lufthansa, Air Canada, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Dell, and Sony. Her work has been featured in magazines like Geo Special, Condé Nast Traveller, Emotion, Geo Saison, and Time Out New York. She has also done a wide range of commercial photography for a variety of marketing campaigns.

Phil Sharp is a London-based portrait photographer specializing in headshots for actors. He started experimenting with photography after borrowing a friend’s camera, and later went on to work at a family portrait studio, where he learned how to get the most out of his subjects. He lived in New York for a few years, where he captured street photography, before moving back to London in 2009 to work for a variety of commercial and editorial clients. Motivated by his fascination with the human experience, he turned to headshot photography, using his editorial skills to capture interesting shots that tell stories about his subjects.

Phil has won multiple awards, including the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize and the Portrait of Britain award. He has worked with clients including Evening Standard magazine, BBC iPlayer, and The British Journal of Photography.
He also shares his photography with over 30K followers on Instagram.

Scott grew up in Switzerland, backpacked through the American West, and trekked the Himalayas before spending the last 20 years as a commercial photographer in New York City. After initially shooting sports, Scott's work eventually shifted toward the athletes themselves and portraiture. This led to him photographing many of the best creative minds in Hollywood, the music industry, and the worlds of business and government. Scott is also a member of International Cinematographers Guild Local 600 as a still photographer.

Along with his advertising work for global brands and major magazines, Scott has created several personal projects including his “Scar Stories” portrait series, the highly acclaimed "Mandela Day” project (capturing the hands and faces of many of those who support Nelson Mandela's message) and a series of portraits accompanying the film "Pop Culture" about the experience of fatherhood. His work has been shown at solo and group exhibits and is held in many collections internationally.