Sophie Bachelier
Sophie Bachelier is as photographer and docu-journalist. She also produces the albums of the Senegalese singer, El Hadj N’Diaye. She is currently conducting an investigation the phenomeno of illegal immigration as seen by Senegalese women.
www.sophiebachelier.com
Michaël Batalla
Born in 1971, he lives and works in Paris. A poet, he edits the collection Expériences Poétiques published by éditions Le Clou dans le Fer and runs writing workshops.
Nando Dalla Chiesa
He is the son of the Police General murdered in Palermo in 1982. President of the « Libera association », he is considered a leading figure in the fight against the Mafia in Italy, in universities and in politics.
Among the many books he has published, the most recent are La convergenza. Mafia e politica nella Seconda Repubblica (ed. Maltempo, 2010) and Contro la mafia. I testi classici (ed. Einaudi, 2010).
Boubacar Boris Diop
He is a Senegalese writer. His Murambi, le livre des ossements, was part of the « Rwanda, writing from a sense of duty » project. Some of his books such as Doomi Golo (ed. Papyrus-Afrique, Dakar, 2003), have drawn considerable critical review.
Benoît Fougeirol
Born in 1962, he lives and works in Paris. His work has been exhibited in a number of Parisian galleries. It appears in public collections and has been published in several books.
www.benoitfougeirol.com
Laurent Pariente
A French artist born in 1962, he lives and works in New York. His exhibitions include shows at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (GB, 1996), at the Musée Bourdelle, Paris (2006), and at MUDAM, Musée d’Art Moderne du Luxembourg (2008). In 1996 he designed an industrial building for the Lefranc Company at Saint-Martin-Boulogne in Northern France.