Charlotta María Hauksdóttir is an Icelandic artist based in California, working primarily in photography. Residing in the USA for over 15 years, she still draws inspiration from her home country Iceland and her work centers around the unique connection one has to places and moments in time, and how memories embody and elevate those connections. She graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute with an MFA in Photography, in 2004, and received a BA in Photography from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, Italy, in 1997. Charlotta's work has been exhibited around the world, with solo exhibitions in the USA, Russia, and Iceland. She has received a number of awards and has been published in several magazines and books. Her work is part of numerous public and private collections all over the world. Guðbjörg R. Jóhannesdóttir is a doctor of Environmental Philosophy and an associate professor in Iceland.Guðbjörg R. Jóhannesdóttir is an associate professor both in the Department of Design and Architecture and the Department of Arts Education at the IAA as well as being a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Iceland’s Institute for Philosophy. Environmental philosophy has been at the center of her works from the start of her studies at the University of Iceland. She completed an MA in Values and the Environment at Lancaster University and PhD studies at the University of Iceland. Guðbjörg’s research interests include environmental aesthetics, environmental ethics, phenomenology, sensuous knowledge, embodiment, perception, landscape, interdisciplinary practices and participatory practices. David Rosenberg is a social media and communications director, most recently for TEDx and TED Conferences, journalist and photo editor with experience in all sectors of publishing: magazine, book, web and video. High-level: managing news content, social media, producing domestic and international photo and video shoots, on-camera interviews, discovering new talent, negotiating contracts and licensing.
