Thomas Prior’s feel for the decisive moment, for the vantage point that reveals a sliver of a place’s soul, is grounded in years of on-the-job experience. His work is instinctively documentary in style, but led by the possibilities for storytelling and visual impact framed within a single shot. Thomas is constantly driven to look and look again, retaining the visual acuity of the first-time visitor.

Pei Ketron is a photographer, educator, and traveler based in San Francisco. Pei was born in Taiwan and raised on the Navajo Nation in Arizona as part of a biracial household. As a child, she spent summers enduring the monsoons of the tropics and the remainder of the year running barefoot in the deserts of the American southwest.

Dutch autodidact photographer/Photoshop artist Jan Stel started taking pictures around mid-age, visually exploring lives moments. Before photography he was spraying Graffiti, drawing and illustrating. With his skills in Photography, Photoshop and his profession at post production studio Souverein he has become a specialist in creative imagery.

Peter Dench achieved a World Press Photo Award in the People in the News Stories category and participated in the World Press Joop Masterclass. Solo exhibitions include 'LoveUK' in Cardiff, UK and 'England Uncensored' at the 2011 Visa pour l'Image fesitval of photojournaliam in France and the Periscopio festival, Spain. In 2010, Dench placed 2nd in Advertising at the Sony World Photography Awards.

Jonathan Robert Willis got a trademark style of juxtaposing the ordinary with the offbeat and a reputation for being super down-to-earth and a born (humble) creative. Whether he's shooting portraits of sinners, saints, doctors, rockers, blue collars or white, his approach is the same: find the balance between too little and too much. Force parameters to force creativity. And with a looking-glass take on time and good judgment, he sets himself apart.

John Faier travels worldwide for clients on a variety of challenging projects. For the Chicago Art Institute he photographed the museum's new Modern Wing, designed by Renzo Piano, for marketing and membership materials. In 2010 he presented a solo photography exhibition called Photographs: Queen of Heaven, at the Chicago Cultural Center.