Wendy Paton: An award winning fine art photographer, Wendy Paton was in the throws of a successful ground breaking career training and driving Standardred race horses in New York, when in 1981 her interest in photography emerged. She studied photography at the International Center of Photography in New York, learned the intricacies of night photography from Michael Kenna, and darkroom printing techniques from her mentor and collaborator, master printer Chuck Kelton.
Paton's series of black and white candid night images, Visages de Nuit (Faces of Night) was first exhibited in 2009 in Clues To Identity, at the International Center of Photography Rita K. Hillman Gallery. Her first solo exhibition in New York followed in March of 2010 at Sous Les Etoiles Gallery. She is professionally represented by Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, NYC, In Focus Galerie, Cologne, Germany and Lumiere Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Karen Sinsheimeris the Curator of Photography at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA).

Simon Van Booywas born in Great Britain and grew up in rural Wales. He is the author of The Secret Lives of People in Love, Love Begins in Winter (winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award) and the novel, Everything Beautiful Began After. His essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, and ELLE Men(China), where he has a monthly column.

Xavier Canonneis the director of Musée de la photographie, Carleroi, Belgium.