FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS Matthew Hong Editor / Creative Director Primarily a poet, his books include I, Faust, Cities & Dust, and Exit Orpheus, as well as his forthcoming epic poem, Exoration. Matthew Hong is the Founder, Editor and Creative Director of Artpil. The Artbox ART DESIGN COMMUNICATIONS The Artbox is an art, design & communications studio based in New York and Paris, specializing in interactive website creation, identity/logo design, and photography. Ornella Mazzola Photographer Ornella Mazzola is born near Palermo in 1984 and grew up in the streets of this city, from which she inevitably inherited strength and fragility. She studied documentary cinema, photography and art history. Parisa Azadi Visual Journalist and Artist Parisa Azadi is an Iranian-Canadian visual journalist whose work is grounded in themes of systematic violence, social injustice, and radical resistance within historically oppressed communities. Michael Parfitt PHOTOGRAPHER Michael Parfitt (Australia) is a photojournalist and traveller whose work explores humanity, culture, and the human condition through compelling visual storytelling. Laure d’Utruy Photographer I am a French photographer based in Berlin. Formerly, I have worked and studied finance and business in Paris until I moved to London in 2013 to pursue a degree in photography… Bill Phelps Photographer / Director Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Phelps has built an impressive career lending his talents to Italian Vogue, French Marie Claire, Conde Nast Traveller UK, The New York Times Magazine, Fortune and Interview… Photo Boite Photography Organization Photo Boite is an organization promoting photography, recently adopted by Artpil to present its projects with higher visibility. Photo Boite collaborates with various organizations and contributes regularly to Artpil. Julie Hascoët Photographer Julie Hascoët is a young visual artist born in France. Her work has been shown on photo & publishing-related festivals, La Gacilly Photo Festival, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Tbilisi Book Days… Michael Whelan Photographer Michael Whelan’s practice engages with some of the most pressing issues of our time. His work investigates behavioral experiences invoking a dialogue on the impact of the innovations of modernity. Eléonore Simon Photographer Eléonore Simon’s work focuses on the poetry of city life, on the quiet and enigmatic moments that emerge in the midst of our chaotic and overwhelming urban environments. She currently lives in Valparaíso. Alessandro Zanoni Photographer After attending the Liceo Artistico and the graphic design degree at European Design Institute in Milan, I began my profession working in printing, publishing, design, and finally photography, focusing on the discovery of unusual and desolate urban landscapes. Beatrice Sacco Artist / Art Director Beatrice Sacco is an artist based in Turin, Italy. Exploring various media including sculpture and photography, her practice deals with contrasts and contradictions, showing the line between opposites and their intertwined connection. Emin Mathers Photographer Emin Mathers was born in Baku in 1990. From 2009, during his last year in Architecture and Construction University, he started to practice photography as a more realistic tool to share his observations. Wlasta Laura PHOTOGRAPHER Wlasta Laura (b. 1994, Znojmo) is a visual creative who is using photographic processes and images to realize her ideas. She is focused on photography, drawing, writing and video. Chantelle Weir Writer / Artist Chantelle Weir is a London-based freelance writer and multidisciplinary artist. A graduate of Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, she has since placed writing at the core of her artistic practice. Ken Aria Contributor Art, poetry, photography. Beauty… Publisher, collaborator with everything print, sometimes digital. Longtime friend and comrade. Aria Press. Contributor to Artpil. Galya Budagova PHOTOGRAPHER I use photography as a tool of showing love, as a language so to speak. In the simplest sense. It seems to me that I am not doing very well in other ways. Sometimes I do not find the words, and sometimes they are completely different ones. Sarah Blesener Photographer Sarah Blesener is a documentary photographer based in New York City. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she studied Linguistics and Youth Development at North Central University. Loo & Lou Gallery Art Gallery Committed both aside young talents and acknowledged artists, the Loo & Lou Gallery opened in June 2015 with two exhibition spaces : one in the Haut-Marais area and one off the Champs Elysées. Ekaterina Anchevskaya Photographer / Filmmaker Originally from Russia, Ekaterina finds her inspiration in her homeland and its distinct culture. She was preparing for film school before deciding to switch to Journalism and Spanish studies.. Davide Degano Photographer / Videographer I was born in Italy with a Colombian background, currently living in The Hague. I investigate the storytelling possibilities offered by the visual medium, a narrative which has a power that is often impossible to convey in written text. Alexandra Gilliams Photographer / Writer Alexandra Gilliams photographs environmental and fashion portraiture, as well as subjects on the street. She is currently working on her Masters in Paris and is an Associate at Artpil. Beatrice Petrivelli ART HISTORIAN Beatrice is an Art Historian born in 1996, who recently completed her Master’s degree in Rome. After her bachelor’s degree in 2019, she focused her passion on Modern and Contemporary Art. Emilien Urbano Photographer Emilien Urbano is a documentary photographer. In 2012, having covered the struggles of refugees in Athens, he went to Syria, in the coastal region of Latakia, where he reported on the fight of FSA rebels against Al Assad’s regime… Chiara Causo Artist / Writer With a background ranging from photography, writing, dance and performance studies, Chiara deals with the different phenomenologies of art with a particular focus on educational practices, fashion and customs. Jinhyun Cha Photographer Jinhyun Cha is an artist working in documentary photography that explores Korea’s modern and contemporary history and the identity of the division of Korea between South and North Korea. Catherine Lemblé Photographer Catherine Lemblé is a photographer based in Brussels. She received her master’s in photography from Luca School of Arts Brussels. Her work is framed by the ever-changing relationship between man and the natural world. Stéphane Lagoutte Photographer After studying Fine Arts, he committed himself to documentary photography. From the field of news reporting, to the margins of society, he is interested primarily in the relationship between man and his environment. Miss Aniela Photographer Miss Aniela is a fine-art photographer based in South East UK. Miss Aniela independently models for, directs, photographs and digitally processes her own images. “My images have become their own autobiography…” Sara Camardella Filmmaker / Writer Sara Camardella is filmmaker and writer based in Rome. After earning her degree in Screenwriting and Editing, she wrote, produced and directed her first short film “Lividi.” Gemma Williams Fashion Writer / Consultant Irish born fashion curator and writer specializing in contemporary accessories and emerging designers. Author of Fashion China, Thames & Hudson (2015). Gemma currently lives in London. MYOP Photo Agency Agence MYOP represents a group of 19 photographic artists who bring together their differing visions of contemporary photography and who question today’s world through the stories they tell. Thierry Clech Photographer Thierry Clech only uses silver-based photography and his pictures are exclusively black and white. He takes photographs during his travels: India, Japan, Nicaragua, Ukraine… Ana Sonderéguer ART HISTORIAN Ana is an art historian from Mexico City who came to Paris to obtain her master’s degree in Museology. She is fascinated by cultural diplomacy and international cooperation between Latin America and Europe. Giulia Coppola Visual Curator My practice operates at the intersection of editorial storytelling and cinematic montage. I approach images not as isolated elements, but as frames within a sequence designed to build meaning and atmosphere. Cati Cietla Artist Artist with a mixed background in literature, photography and the arts. German expressionism. Russian cinema. Post-structuralism. Working and residing somewhere between the big city and off grid. Collaborator and contributor to Artpil. Burçak Yakici Independent Curator / Art Critic An independent curator and art critic based in Turkey, born in Baghdad, with a multicultural approach shaped by a diverse upbringing across cities such as Moscow, Geneva, Aleppo, Oslo, and Strasbourg. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Strasbourg. Paola Paleari Writer / Curator Author, editor and curator based in Copenhagen, her main area of interest is photographic language and its relations with contemporary visual culture and art practices, often intertwining art criticism with other forms of storytelling. Aria Press Publisher Publisher, collaborator with everything print, sometimes digital. Art, poetry, photography. Beauty… Longtime friend and comrade. Aria Press. Contributor to Artpil. Roman Butym PHOTOGRAPHER Roman Butym is a Ukrainian photographer living in Krakow, Poland. Roman engages in artistic and reportage photography. In 2001, when he first picked up a Skina 35mm film camera, photography became a part of his life. Benedetta Ristori Photographer Benedetta Ristori is a freelance photographer currently based in Rome. Her work focuses on the tensions that exist between forms, such as a human head or a geometric shape, and the space which they occupy.
