DARREN CHING

Darren Ching is the owner of Klompching Gallery. His involvement in photography spans over 20 years, including jurying and curating numerous photo competitions and exhibits. He’s written, participated on panel presentations, conducted workshops and lectured on the subject. As an educator, he’s been Adjunct Faculty member at SVA, External Examiner for MICA, and guest critic at RISD and Parsons. Formerly, Creative Director of PDN, establishing its design and judge for PDN’s 30. Additionally, he is an accomplished designer, and a consultant to photographers.

DEBRA KLOMP CHING

Debra Klomp Ching is the co-owner of the Klompching Gallery. She has been working with photography since the 1980s—is an experienced , portfolio reviewer, private consultant, lecturer, writer, and art dealer. She holds a BA (Hons) in Photographic Studies, and an MA in Critical History and Theory of Photography. She is an Adjunct Faculty member of the School of in NYC, and is active as a juror/judge for photography awards, including the recent Arnold Newman Portrait Award (2018), among others.

NATASHA EGAN

Since 2011, Natasha Egan has served as the executive director of the of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (MoCP), where she was previously the associate director and curator since 2000. She has organized over fifty exhibitions with a focus on contemporary Asian art and concerned with societal issues, such as the environment, war, and economics. Egan was a guest curator for the 2010 FotoFest Biennial in Houston; the United States pavilion curator for the 2016 Photo Dubai Exhibition; and a guest curator for the 2019 Lianzhou Photography Biennial in China.

LISA VOLPE

Lisa Volpe is the Associate Curator, Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Before arriving in Houston, she was the Curator of the Wichita where she oversaw all areas of the museum's . Additionally, she held various curatorial roles at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA), and fellowships at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

PAUL KOPEIKIN

Paul Kopeikin opened his Los Angeles gallery in 1991 and has produced over three hundred exhibitions of photography, including vintage, modern and contemporary work in both single and group exhibitions. More recently the Gallery has branched out to show , and especially works on paper other than photography. The gallery has participated in numerous international art fairs, portfolio reviews and competitions of various kinds. The physical gallery closed at the beginning of 2020 but otherwise the business continues as it always has.

ANDY ADAMS

Andy Adams is an independent curator + writer whose work explores current ideas in photography and visual media. He is the Director of FlakPhoto Projects, a digital/arts lab focused on promoting photography in all of its forms. Adams is a pioneer in the field of online art exhibitions and has collaborated with the RISD Museum of Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the James Watrous Gallery, and numerous other organizations. In his spare time he hosts the FlakPhoto Network, an online community focused on conversations about photo culture.