Aivars Liepiņš (1953)
is a Latvian artist who learned the basics of photography on his own, but has also studied at the Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Philology, University of Latvia. He has worked as a photographer for various press publications, was one of the founders of a photo-news agency and co-authored many books and albums.

Photographs by Aivars Liepiņš have been published in Latvia and in various publications abroad, exhibited in the Latvian National Art Museum and the Latvian Museum of Photography, among others.

Romualdas Požerskis (b. 7 July 1951, in Vilnius)
is a Lithuanian photographer and a 1990 recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize. A member of the Lithuanian Union of Art Photographers since 1976.

Institutions possessing Romualdas Požerskis’ photographs in their collections include the National Library of France in Paris, the Finnish Museum of Photography in Helsinki, the Modern Art Museum in Stockholm, the House of Photography in Burghausen, Germany, FIAP Collection in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Latvian Museum of Photography in Riga, the Ackland Art Museum in NC, USA, the Lithuanian National Museum of Art in Vilnius, the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius and the MO Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, among others

Jaan Künnap (b. 9 February 1948, in Kõue)
is an Estonian mountaineer, photographer, and sports coach.
Since 1998, he has worked as a photographer for the Tallinn City Museum. 

In 1987, he received the Snow Leopard award together with Kalev Muru and Alfred Lõhmus. In 2001, he was honored with the 3rd class of the Order of the Estonian Red Cross

Vytautas Daraškevičius (b. 1946)
is a Lithuanian photographer and member of the Lithuanian Association of Photographers, who also worked at the Electrographic Research Institute. His photographic archive covers more than half a century of Lithuanian cultural heritage. It is this heritage that he considers to be a sign of the uniqueness of each nation and each people, and he not only participates in national celebrations as a photographer of the day, but also sings and dances along.

Mati Hiis (b. 1946)
is Estonian, he has been photographer since age 7, when he acquired his first Smena. Since 1973, he has been a correspondent for the Õhtuleht newspaper.

His Works have been displayed in Germany, Finland, and Estonia
Awards from domestic and international photo contests since 1962. Won Estonia’s Best Sports Photo award in 2003 and 2007, and Best Nature Photo award in 2004.

Alnis Stakle (b. 1975, Latvia)
is Latvian photographer and the Professor of photography at the Rigas Stradins University (LV). He holds PhD in art education from Daugavpils University (LV). His work brings a critical approach to questions of visual representation of collective and private trauma, loss, memories and the materiality of the medium of photography. Working both documentary and conceptually his works disclose how sociopolitical ideas can be examined through both fact and fiction as well as the interplay of collective and subjective experience.