Here are the people behind LPA movingPictures

Kevin O'Connor: Managing Director / producer

Kevin trained to become a master black and white printer before moving on to assist photographers in fashion and advertising studios. He ran his own photographic and post-production studios (O'Connor/Dowse Studio) in London, working on award-winning advertising campaigns for clients including Benson and Hedges, Guinness, Fiat, Digital Corporation, Mercedes Benz and Smirnoff.

Wishing to broaden his understanding of photography as a fine art medium, Kevin gained a postgraduate diploma in Photography: History, Culture and Criticism from the London College of Printing.

In 1997, Kevin conceived and founded the London Photographic Awards. For four years, he organised and managed the annual competition that culminated in a traveling exhibition across the UK, Europe and the USA. A coffee table catalogue supported each exhibition, three of which won prizes in the New York Festival. Kevin then formed the London Photographic Association in 2001 to reflect the uptake and influence of digital technology on the way commercial and fine art photography is commissioned, produced, and marketed.

Kevin's industry recognition

Guest speaker at the Canon Pro Photo Solutions 2010 event ("Lost in Space? The importance of marketing yourself in the digital age")

Member of international judging panel for the 2010 Wannabee Art Prize (The Vito Montemurro for Young Contemporary Art Foundation in cooperation with Wannabee Gallery Milan)

David Edmunds - Creative Director / producer

David has worked on both sides of production, as a client and for major agencies. He has extensive experience of handling clients and creatives and specialises in efficiency, bringing projects in on budget and on time.

He started his career as an Art Director and has worked for leading creative agencies. As Writer and Art Director, he has years of experience creating and producing campaigns across media (including TV). His skills include the selection, commissioning and art direction of photographers and commercials directors.

After launching his own design agency, David became a respected photographers' agent. David also has extensive experience in produced high quality 3D models, sets and special effects for leading advertising agencies, design groups and TV production companies including the BBC and ITV.

David's key projects

Agent for photographer Richard Cooke (aerial photographer for award-winning TV and poster campaign for Visit Britain) - Producer of extensive portrait documentary of Soho's French House book and major exhibition - Photography production and photographer representation on award winning poster launch campaign for Talk Radio - Photography production for worldwide advertising and design use for Barclays Bank's pioneering online in-house photo library - Design and launch of promotional package for Raindance (the first legal rave events and merchandising company) - Creation and art-direction of photography for award winning in-store poster campaign for Lee Jeans (with photographer Bob Carlos Clarke)

Juliana Koranteng: Associate Editor

London-based Juliana Koranteng is the associate editor of LPA movingPictures.

She's a multi-lingual business journalist, editor, published author and media consultant specialising in international media, marketing and entertainment.

Her 15 years' experience ranges from journalism assignments around the world, author of business books, to speech and ghost-writing for the Monaco Royal Family.

In addition to writing about the international film industry for The Hollywood Reporter for more than 10 years, she has covered the global sectors in music, advertising, TV, sports, games and copyright issues, and examined how they are being affected by developments in digital technology.

This can be seen in her work as contributing editor at Billboard magazine, the US music-industry bible; and similar roles at Advertising Age, as well as at Boutique Editions, the contract publisher of the high-quality daily magazines distributed at the international festivals on TV, films, music, and advertising in Cannes.

Her articles have appeared in leading business and news publications such as the Economist, The Washington Post, and TIME magazine.

Her other achievements include originating, developing and selling the well-established New Media Age magazine to Centaur Media (publisher of Marketing Week) in the UK.

She has interviewed numerous high-profile decision makers and celebrities, ranging from Rupert Murdoch, Sir Martin Sorrell, Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, Paralympic gold medallist Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, to such film/TV stars as Daniel Craig, Sir Derek Jacobi, CSI's David Caruso, and rock stars Robbie Williams and George Michael.

Koranteng has spoken and hosted panel sessions at various international conferences, including MIDEM, the music industry event at Cannes, the International Olympic Committee's Women and Sports event in Jordan (2008), and been keynote speaker at the New Zealand government's 1998 Sports TV Forum; she has also been interviewed on BBC TV and radio, CNN International, and Bloomberg TV.

Editorial-consultancy clients include Time Inc; Eurosport; and CISAC, the international organisation responsible for the collection of royalties earned by rock stars, authors and other creative talents.

She has been invited by Nokia to comment on the future of digital media and entertainment at Nokia's headquarters in Finland, and has contributed to T-Mobile's coffee table books on the future of mobile entertainment and live electronic music.

Koranteng has a Master's Degree in Business Journalism from Northwestern University, Chicago; an English Language and Literature honours degree from the University of Wales, Swansea; and a business-language diploma from the Paris Chamber of Commerce.

Paul Ryan: Writer and Interviewer

Paul is a writer, actor and singer who has also worked regularly as a presenter and interviewer at a number of public events, notably film screenings at London's Cine Lumiere. He has written on the arts, mainly film and photography, for a wide range of publications including the Guardian, Sight and Sound, Art Quarterly, The Irish Times and The Independent.

Paul has conducted scores of interviews in print and in public with such figures as Sir Peter Ustinov, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Sir David Hare, Antony Gormley, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Brook, Jane Birkin, Willy Ronis, Robert Doisneau and Henri Cartier-Bresson. His books include Never Apologise: the Collected Writings of Lindsay Anderson (edited with an introduction and a lengthy interview with Anderson), Marlon Brando: a Portrait and a study of the photographer Willy Ronis for the Phaidon 55 collection.

In addition to Paul's writing and on-stage interviews (conducted in French and English), Ryan has long maintained a career as a performer, most recently appearing in Lulu at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in the French film Venus Noire (2010) directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. He is also a professional singer, appearing in jazz clubs and other music venues with his musical partner, the pianist Kenny Clayton. In 1996, Paul Ryan was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government for his cultural services and was raised to the rank of Officier in the same order in 2008. His website, currently under construction, can be found at www.paulryan.org.uk

Paul interviewed two film makers for LPA movingPictures,

David Graham Scott. and M.T. Adler

Lisa Ray: Business Development Manager

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