Cristina Mittermeier Cristina Mittermeier is a Mexican-born marine biologist, photographer, and writer, specializing in conservation issues involving fisheries and indigenous cultures, to address the fragile balance between human well-being and healthy ecosystems. A Sony Artisan of Imagery since 2008, Mittermeier is also a photo editor and an engaging public speaker. She has edited and co-edited 24 coffee-table books on conservation issues, and her work has been published by a wide range of sources, from scientific journals to popular magazines. Mittermeier's awards include selection to the World's Top 40 Most Influential Outdoor Photographers, a 2011 Nature's Best/Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year award, and the North American Nature Photographer's Association 2010 Mission Award. She sits on the board of the WILD Foundation, serves on Conservation International's Chairman's Council and is an advisory board member of the Wild Seas and Waters Program, and the Marine Wilderness 10 + 10 Project. Until recently, Mittermeier was President of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP); an organization she founded and directed for six years. In that capacity, she led and participated in successful conservation photography expeditions to sites in Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Brazil, British Columbia, and Northern Norway. Currently, she is co-founder and Executive Director of SeaLegacy.

Elsa Garrison Elsa Garrison is a New York-based staff photographer with Getty Images Sport. A graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, Garrison began her career in 1996 with Allsport in Los Angeles, which was acquired by Getty Images in 1998. As a staff photographer, she has covered a wide variety of major sporting events, including the World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, World Soccer, the Summer and Winter Olympic games, the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. Her work has been internationally published on websites and in magazines such as The New York Times, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, the Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Boston Globe. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and an adorable puppy.

Sandy Puc Sandy Puc, an internationally acclaimed photographer and businesswoman, delights in sharing her knowledge, experience, and passion for photography through a variety of speaking engagements, international tours, and her educational website, Sandy Puc' University. A commitment to community inspired her to found the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation (NILMDTS.org) in 2005, for which she received a 2012 Humanitarian of the Year award from the Framed Network, and recognition as a 2012 Woman of Worth by L'Oreal Paris. Puc holds the prestigious titles of Print Master and Explorer of Light from Canon USA, and, for many years, she served on the board of directors for Professional Photographers of America. Based in Littleton, Colorado, with two high school-aged children and a dog, Canon, Puc is known for her sense of adventure, a daring spirit, and for inspiring those around her to continually strive to attain new goals.

Eve Cohen Eve M. Cohen is a cinematographer whose work ranges from independent feature films to television series, documentaries, and cinematic virtual reality. She entered the world of filmmaking through the study of fine art-specifically painting and photography-and holds a BFA in photography and an MFA in cinematography, both from UCLA. Her cinematography work for films and virtual reality projects has screened in festivals and theaters around the world. You can find her work on just about every digital platform available and many TV channels. Cohen welcomes all adventures in filmmaking; her latest one took her underwater for a Virtual Reality short segment. She is currently in production on a documentary series for broadcast television, pre-production on a long form docu-narrative Virtual Reality project (dir. James Kaelan), and in post-production on the second season of a narrative digital series. She was also the director of photography of the truly independent feature film "Like The Water" (dir. Caroline Von Kuhn) which was the catalyst for creation of crowdfunding and distribution platform Seed&Spark. Cohen is also a co-founder at Seed&Spark, where they believe the art of storytelling is about expanding imagination-shining a light on a world inside and deepening empathy for the world outside.

Polly Morgan Polly Morgan (BSC) was born in London and worked internationally as a Camera Assistant before attending The American Film Institute in 2010. Named an ASC Rising Star in 2012, Morgan has since become one of the youngest members to join the British Society of Cinematographers. In 2016, she was named as one of Variety's Ten Cinematographers to Watch. Her feature film credits include The Intervention (Sundance Film Festival), The Truth About Emanuel (Sundance Film Festival), and The Pretty One (Tribeca Film Festival). Her TV credits include: The A Word and From Darkness for the BBC and American Horror Story: Asylum for Fox.