Each year, and especially during the Expert Modules, Spéos invites its former students who have become renowned professionals and many other lecturers who count amongst the main protagonists of the market. We wish to thank for their presence this year:


    

Abbas Iranian photographer who lives in Paris. Member of the Sipa press agency (1971-1973), then Gamma (1974-1980), he joined Magnum in 1981 (became a member in 1985). Patrick Artinian Started as a photographer in 1985 for Libération. He works regularly for Télérama and Le Monde. Jane-Evelyn Atwood Photographer for Life Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Stern, GEO, Libération, Paris Match, VSD, Marie Claire, Elle… She won the Eugene Smith Grant in 1990. Christophe Audebert Freelance corporate photographer trained at Spéos. Claude Azoulay Photo reporter for Paris Match. Joseph Balette Pape Creative strategy developer. David Balicki Freelance photographer. Works for Télérama, Marie Claire, Psychologies Magazine, Libération, Le Monde… Jean-Christophe Béchet Assistant editor of Réponses Photo. Dimitri Beck Chief editor of Polka Magazine. Pascal Beno Picture editor and researcher for Paris Match. Nathalie Bocher-Lenoir Chief of the Picture Section for the publishing group SEJER-EDITIS. Samuel Bollendorff Preelance photographer. Member of the Oeil public agency. Special award of the Hachette Foundation. Special mention at the Kodak Critics' prize. Jean Gabriel Bouchaud Photographer, painter, writer, ferrotype collector. Julien Cassagne Editor in chief of Photojournalisme.fr., FreeLens vice-president. Lionel Charrier Co-founder of the Myop agency. Works for Libération and numerous other newspapers. Luc Choquer Photo reporter since 1980. Niépce Award 1992. John Conley Archives director Studio Peter Lindbergh, trained at Spéos. Denis Dailleux French photographer living in Cairo. Philippe Deblauwe Managing director of Picturetank. Marie-Laure de Decker Reporter for Gamma since 1973. Her reports on the conflicts in Vietnam, Chad, South Africa, Chile were published in Newsweek. Claudine Doury Photographer. World Press 2000 and Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Axel Dupeux Editorial photographer based in New York, trained at Spéos. Didier Fèvre Photographer of the daily sport magazine l’Équipe. Frédérique Founès Director of the production, Signatures. Patrick Fournial Freelance photographer. Arcimboldo Award 2005. Guy Frangeul Head of corporate clients at Objectif Bastille. Carlos Freire Brazilian photographer. Travels all over the world. Vincent Gapaillard Still life photographer. Published in several magazines such as British Vogue, Vogue Nippon, Citizen K and Le Monde. Marc Garanger Photo reporter since the 1950's. Travels all over the world. Niépce Award and Geography Society Award (1997). Valérie Ghévart Photo researcher for Nouvelles Images Publisher. Eric Gidel Public accountant, Comptarévise.		Harry Gruyaert Belgian photographer. A Magnum member since 1981. Nicolas Héron Picture editor for Elle International, trained at Spéos. Frank Horvat Fashion photographer. Beatrice Kagan Art buyer. Marie Karsenty Director of diffusion, Signatures. Endo Katsura Japanese photographer. Alain Keler Photographer at the Sygma agency, then Gamma, co-founder of the Odyssey Images agency. Member of the Myop agency. He won the Paris Match Award in 1986 and the Eugene Smith Grant in 1997. Cédric Kerviche Photo editor, Visa pour l’image. Nicolas Khayat Freelance photographer, trained at Spéos. Peter Knapp Swiss photographer, former artistic director at the Galeries Lafayette, then Elle magazine. Frédérique Laffont Photographers’ agent. Marie Lelièvre Picture editor for Le Monde. Molly Lowe American photographer trained at Spéos. Ludovic Maillard Preelance photographer. Souad Mechta Freelance picture researcher. President of ANI – French association for photo buyers. René Minosa Tchékof Freelance photographer. Pascal Moncapjuzan Artistic director at Draftfcb. Bruno Morandi Freelance photographer. Marta Nascimento Brazilian photographer who works in Paris for the REA agency. Pierre Pankotay Founder and C.E.O. of World Assignment. Emmanuel Pierrat Lawyer specialized in copyright. Rémy Poinot Director of the Creative Web Center. Advertising photographer. Jaroslav Poncar Czech photographer, specialized in the Himalayas. Frédéric Reglain Photographer who won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award in 2005. Dorothea Resch Independent advertising photographer trained at Spéos. Reza Reza began his career during the hostage-taking in Iran, during the Jimmy Carter government. He did numerous assignments for the National Geographic; he is the founder of the Webistan agency. Michaël Roulier Food photographer. Paolo Roversi Fashion photographer. Felipe Russo Freelance photographer in Brasil, trained at Spéos. Pascale Thiébot Professionnal retoucher. Guy Tillim South African photographer. Patrick Tourneboeuf A member of "Tendance Floue", a photographers' collective . H»lÀne Vedrenne Commercial and advertising photographer. Estelle Veret Director Pictures Magazine Development, Reuters Media. Jean-François Vibert Freelance photographer and consultant.