Roger Ballen (1950) is one of the most important photographers of his generation. He was born in New York but has been living and working in South Africa for over 30 years. Over the past thirty years his distinctive style of photography has evolved using a simple square format in stark and beautiful black and white. In his earlier works his connection to the tradition of documentary photography is clear but through the 1990s he developed a style he describes as 'ballenesque'. In 2009, he presented his work for the first time in Ljubljana at Galerija Fotografija with world premiere of "Boarding House" and Retrospective 1982 – 2004 in Jakopič Gallery. In his recent series he has employed drawings, painting, collage and sculptural techniques to create elaborate sets. Ballen has invented a new hybrid aesthetic in these works but one still rooted firmly in photography. Ballen has been the creator of a number of acclaimed and exhibited short films that dovetail with his photographic series’. The collaborative film "I Fink You Freeky", created for the cult band Die Antwoord in 2012, has garnered over 125-million hits on YouTube.

DK (1970), who signs his works only with his initials, attained his artistic and photographic knowledge at academies in München and Köln. He has been predominantly working from Ljubljana and was an important part of its alternative scene, its documentarist and occasional performer. He became known for his classic portraits of members of Metelkova. He is also a member of the multimedia artistic collective Strip Core. In his 20-year career of exhibiting, DK has become recognizable for his unexpected series in a wide range of different photographic genres, many of them also demonstrating social engagement.

Boris Gaberščik (1957) was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He graduated at the department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and has been working as a freelance photographer since 1986. Since 1985 he had many solo exhibitions. His works are internationally recognized and included in many museum and private collections. In 2018 he received a Prešeren Foundation Award, the highest national award in the field of arts, selected and granted by the Prešeren Foundation.

Radenko Milak (1980) was born in Travnik, Roman Uranjek (1961) was born in Trbovlje, both cities were part of the former Yugoslavia. Uranjek was the founding member of the Slovenian art collective IRWIN and a member of the Neue Slovenische Kunst (NSK). The two artists started working together on their joint project "DATES" in 2014, after realizing that both of them tied their artistic work to the domain of cultural and political activism using artistic means.