Dimitri Beck is the director of photography at Polka (magazine+gallery+factory) of which he is one of the founding members alongside the Genestar family since 2008. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Webistan, Reza's photo agency, in Paris.
Dimitri began his career as a freelance journalist in 1998 and has often worked in Central Asia and the Caucasus
A journalist, Dimitri regularly speaks at conferences on storytelling through images and gives courses at the journalism department of Sciences Po in Paris and at the Spéos photo school.
Nestan Nijaradze is the artistic director and co-founder of the Tbilisi Photo Festival – the first international annual photo festival in Georgia – founded in 2010, and the Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum. Both platforms use the medium of photography as a catalyst for social and cultural change in Georgia and the South Caucasus region.
Nijaradze has curated numerous exhibitions of international photographers in Georgia and abroad, promoting the vibrant emerging regional scene of visual artists as well as rich traditions of Georgian photography
Raed Bawayah is a Palestinian photographer from Paris who divides his time between Paris, graduate of the Musrara photography school in Jerusalem,
Raed Bawayah has organiser of the La Quatrième Image festival in Paris, the International Photography Competition, the Vienna International Photo Awards and other private exhibitions.
A committed photographer, his works have been exhibited in several museums, such as the European House of Photography in Paris, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Stuttgart, the Multimedia Museum in Moscow and the Tel Aviv Museum, as well as in festivals such as the Arles Photography Meetings and the Visa pour l'image Festival.
His works have been acquired by the French Ministry of Culture, the city of Paris, the Tel Aviv Museum, the Stuttgart Museum of Contemporary Art and the Fondation des Treilles. He has received several prizes and honorable mentions, such as the Fondation des Treilles prize for photography and was a finalist for the Paris Academy of Fine Arts prize.