Photography Director, Bookmark London - Editorial / Commercial

Emmanuelle Peri is the Photography Director at Bookmark London, overseeing the creation of visual content for brands such as American Express, Christie’s, Fabric Magazine, Tesco, Standard Life and Patek Philippe. She commissions and art directs in-depth travel and architecture photography essays, portraiture and still life, as well as documentary.

Educated in Art History & Museology at the Sorbonne and École du Louvre in Paris, Emmanuelle is committed to enabling new talents to emerge and is most interested in work with a strong editorial and artistic focus. She likes to nurture a dynamic working relationship with photographers, encouraging a collaborative creativity to develop.

Particularly keen to see unusual ideas for travel, arts and architecture photo assignments.

Picture Editor, The Observer New Review - Editorial / Portraiture

Tony Bell is a picture editor on the Observer New Review where he commissions mainly portraits & features for both print & online. He has been at the Observer for over 12 years.

Managing Director, Wyatt-Clarke & Jones - Photographers Agent

James Gerrard-Jones is Managing Director at Wyatt-Clarke & Jones, an agency at the heart of the mainstream advertising establishment but specialising in introducing the work of non-advertising photographers (particularly documentary and fine-art photographers) to advertising clients. James has over 18 years’ experience working with commercial photography, both with his current agency and previously with photographic collections including National Geographic.

Director, Brighton Photo Fringe - Fine Art

As a creative producer, Claire has over 15 years experience of working with a portfolio of artists, commissioning organisations and visual arts festivals.

In 2010, Claire started working with some of the world’s best known documentary photographers and since then she's developed her practice with a focus on photography to support lens-based artists.

Claire's portfolio includes: Black Country Stories with Martin Parr (Multistory, 2010-2014); Open for Business (Multistory and Magnum Photos, 2011-2012); Pictures from America: Rochester with 10 Magnum photographers (Magnum, 2012); Ex-offenders with David Goldblatt (Multistory, 2012-2013); three editions of HOUSE Biennial featuring Gillian Wearing, Nathan Coley and Laura Ford (2015 - 2017); Brighton Photo Fringe (2016); two editions of the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards (Photoworks, 2017-19); Brighton Photo Biennial (2018); Peckham 24 (Photoworks, 2019); In Focus with Explorers (2019).

Director, Three Colt Gallery - Fine Art

George Pringle is the Director at Three Colt Gallery in Limehouse, East London.  After studying Fine Art at Oxford Brookes, graduating in 2007, she then cut her teeth in the music industry over the next ten years, producing records and performing under the name "George Pringle".  She saw the project as performance art and a part of her broader artistic practice which incorporates poetry, photography and gonzo journalism.  She has performed at literary and music festivals, featured on poetry as well as music programmes on BBC Radio and has supporting bands such as AIR on tour.   She returned to study at Goldsmiths where she graduated with a masters in Filmmaking in 2015.  After managing two bars in central London, Pringle thought she would combine her experience in hospitality with her artistic knowledge: She launched Three Colt Gallery in December 2018, with a drive to showcase up and coming artists in an informal environment that encourages a diverse range of events as well as creative, social interaction.  Her extensive personal artistic experience as well as her "Day Job" as a Director give her unique perspective from both sides of the creative  process.

Publisher, The Sunday Publisher & Photographer's References - Book Publishing / Curator

Frédérique Destribats is a publisher, photography book collector and author based in Paris. She is a professional translator specialised in art and photography collaborating with various international publishers (Aperture/PhotoBookReview, Artpress, Dalpine, Filigranes, Journal, Editions La Martinière, Metabooks, RVB Books, Steidl Verlag, The Eyes, 10×10 Photobooks, Editions Textuel…); institutions (Musée de L’Elysée/ELSE magazine, Carré d’Art Nîmes, Musée d’art contemporain MCA Sydney); galleries (Galerie 1900-2000, Priska Pasquer) ; and artists (BöhmKobayashi, Sophie Calle, Vincent Jendly, Laurent Kronantal, Jeanne Susplugas).

She has recently initiated an editorial platform, L’éditeur du dimanche / The Sunday Publisher, dedicated to publishing challenging artists books. Under the imprint, d&books, publications include INDEX by Antoine d’Agata (2014, editor and co-published with Editions André Frère ; Je n’ai plus peur du noir, by Suzanne Magre and Julien Magre ( 2016, co-editor et alli and co-publisher with Filigranes); Other Adventures of Pinochio by Lorenzo Tricoli (co-editor and co-publisher for the English version).

Recently released, the projects of two distinctive emerging photographers, Moshe by Sandrine Lopez and Ecume by Isidora Gajic. The platform is also home to the collection, Photographers’References (in collaboration with Baptiste Lignel), a series of long-term conversations with internationally renowned artists, including David Goldblatt (2014) and Richard Misrach (2016). The next conversations with Joachim Schmid will be released in 2017.

Editorial contributions include:

The PhotoBookReview, Aperture, Paris Photo, issue 11, Fall 2016, on photobooks for children; “The Puzzle of Absence (Reading Notes)”, in Out of the Blue by Virginie Rebetez, published by Metabooks, 2016.

She recently co-edited the magazine Co-Curate #2, Adolescences, published by Isabelle Evertse (2017).

PHOTO CREDIT: © Bogdan Konopka

Senior Art Buyer, A&E/DDB - Advertising / Production

I'm a Senior Art Producer and Senior Art Buyer with over 8 years experience in producing photography, illustration, film, art, model making, CGI and post production.

Aussie by birth and British by residence, my career began after I won a D&AD New Blood Award for illustration. Since then, I've been featured in Campaign's Emerging Talent Portfolio and climbed the ranks at AMV BBDO in London, where I now serve as a Senior Art Producer. Whilst here I also had the opportunity to Art Produce for Irish International, Seven C3 and Creative Producer with AMV Live.

Director, Hoxton Mini Press - Book Publishing

Hoxton Mini Press was founded in 2013 by Martin Usborne and Ann Waldvogel and is an independent publisher making collectable art books about East London. We think that Hackney and its surroundings are the city's most exciting and vibrant areas.

We also think that art books should be accessible. We work with the best photographers, illustrators and writers (both established and upcoming) to make books so beautiful and charming you'll keep them for your grandchildren. We also sell limited edition prints on fine paper at reasonable prices.

Photo Editor, The Guardian Weekend Magazine - Editorial

Kate Edwards has been picture editor of the Guardian Weekend magazine for over 12 years. She has been a judge on a variety of photography awards, including World Press Photo, and been a reviewer at national and international photography festivals.

Photo Editor, The Red Bulletin - Editorial / Commercial

Creative Director, Island Records - Commercial / Music / Portraiture

Charlie Drinkwater is Creative Manager at Island Records. At Island Charlie is responsible for helping artists explore, develop and maintain their visual identities through art direction and design across all mediums. Charlie works as part of Studio Island , Island’s in house creative and design team, who work label wide with managers, A&R's and marketing on artist projects as diverse as U2, Sigrid, Drake, JP Cooper, and Sean Paul to name a few.

ROLE, Institution - Field / Field

I'm a Senior Art Producer and Senior Art Buyer with over 8 years experience in producing photography, illustration, film, art, model making, CGI and post production.

Aussie by birth and British by residence, my career began after I won a D&AD New Blood Award for illustration. Since then, I've been featured in Campaign's Emerging Talent Portfolio and climbed the ranks at AMV BBDO in London, where I now serve as a Senior Art Producer. Whilst here I also had the opportunity to Art Produce for Irish International, Seven C3 and Creative Producer with AMV Live.

Art Buyer, M&C Saatchi - Commercial / Creative

Art Producer, BBH/UNSIGNED - Creative / Advertising

I’ve worked at creative agency BBH in the Art Production department for 3 years now, and have worked across many of their biggest clients including Absolut, Tesco and VW. However my proudest success during my time at BBH has been leading the Unsigned showcase which gives unsigned Photographers, Illustrators and Directors the platform to exhibit their work in a carefully curated show here at BBH. Unsigned has represented over 80 artists - many of whom have gone on to commissioned work or even artist representation as a direct result of the show. In 2019’s event, we partnered with Free Range to present the Unsigned Award, which Offered 5 photographers who exhibited at the annual Free Range show the opportunity to have their work on display at the Unsigned exhibition in September. The show is in its third year, and the team are on the hunt for the next roster of exciting, talented unrepresented photographers.