Participants included Mikhail Krasnov, Head of PhotoPro; Valery Nikiforov, Director of the Photocenter on Gogolevsky, home to previous MIFA exhibitions; Nina Kiseleva, Chairman of the Board of the National Association of professionals of the photo industry; Victor Boytchev, Director of the Bulgarian Institute of Culture, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Bulgaria in Russia and winners such as George Mayer, MIFA Photographer of the Year 2021.