Benoît Grogan-Avignon

Benoît co-founded Lightbox in 2012 with Jessica Biggs and Amy Thompson. After graduating, he moved to London where he now works as a freelance photographer, videographer and graphic designer.

PhotographyLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019London

Jessica Biggs

Jessica co-founded Lightbox in 2012 with Benoit Grogan-Avignon and Amy Thompson. After graduating, she moved to London and now works as a technology start-up consultant for KPMG.

ConsultancyLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019London

Amy Thompson

Amy co-founded Lightbox in 2012 with Jessica Biggs and Benoit Grogan-Avignon. After graduating in 2014, she has worked on numerous wildlife documentary filmmaking projects. She now lives in Bristol where she continues her work as a shooting researcher.

FilmmakingLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Bristol

Alex Longson

Alex co-founded CombiniCo, a food and beverage start-up based in St Andrews. Within one year of launching, his company has grown to employ over 80 staff, open multiple locations and complete a million-pound Angel Investment round for national brand expansion.

BusinessLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Edinburgh

Emma Raventos

Emma joined Lightbox as its first graphic designer and oversaw a transformation in the company’s brand identity. Her passion lies in Virtual Reality video game design, which she will continue to explore at Vancouver’s ThinkTank this October.

Game Design & AnimationLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Stockholm

Renée Horster

After serving as General Manager of Lightbox in 2015, Renée completed her masters degree in Sociology and went on to join Ashoka based in Berlin, a social enterprise organisation where she now works as a program manager.

Social EntrepreneurshipLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Berlin

Alexandrina Fleming

Alexandrina joined Lightbox in her first year and she quickly became a key team member, heading up the Culture Team in 2017-2018. She now lives in Italy, studying Dance Performance.

DanceLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Italy

Maddy Bazil

Maddy joined Lightbox in 2014 and became part of the Culture Team in 2016. While at Lightbox, she developed an interest in documentary photography, which she is now exploring further at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

PhotographyLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Cape Town

Raphael Benros

After graduating in 2017, Raphael worked as a strategy consultant for one year in China before moving back to Edinburgh to pursue a Masters Degree in Environmental Law. His passions include street photography, comedy and producing French synth-pop music.

AcademiaLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Edinburgh

Ekin Arslan

Ekin managed Lightbox in 2014, while also serving as editor of Stereoscope Magazine. After graduating in 2016, she is now pursuing a Masters Degree in Cultural and Social Studies at NYU.

AcademiaLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019New York

Gala Netlyko

Gala was Lightbox’s first Head of Photography, helping to professionalise the company and pushing its trademark aesthetic in 2013. After working in legal consultancy for 2 years, Gala moved back to St Andrews to launch a Scandinavian restaurant with her partner.

BusinessLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019St Andrews

Ilaria Maresi

After graduating in 2017, Ilaria completed her masters in Bioengineering at UC Berkeley and now works as a data engineer at an IT company in Utrecht.

Data EngineeringLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Utrecht

Bettie Payne

Bettie was part of Lightbox for 2 years before transferring to the University of Edinburgh to pursue a degree in Veterinary Sciences.

AcademiaLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Edinburgh

Alyssa Chafee

Alyssa joined Lightbox’s newly formed videography team in 2014, and since went on to become Head of Videography for her final two years. After graduating, she moved to London to complete an MA in Communication & Media Studies, and now works as a Festival Operations Officer at the British Science Association.

Science CommunicationLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019London

Emma Andrews

Emma was a central member of Lightbox between 2014 - 2017, where she developed a specialism in event and travel photography. She now lives in Virginia as an independent photographer and artist.

PhotographyLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Virginia

Maryam Golafshani

After joining Lightbox during her year abroad programme from Western University, Maryam continued her studies in Canada with a Masters Degree in Critical Theory. She now focusses on research within the Medical Humanities with a view to enter Medical School next year.

AcademiaLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019Toronto

Katya Clark

Katya served as Business Manager for Lightbox between 2014-2015, overseeing a huge growth in the number of members and work carried out in St Andrews. After graduating in 2016, she now works in Finance Analysis in New York.

FinanceLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019New York

Lorcan O'Brien

Lorcan was an event photographer at Lightbox for two years, graduating in 2015. He is now based in London as part of the Civil Service’s Fast Streamer programme.

Civil ServiceLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019London

Maia Krall Fry

Maia joined Lightbox in 2014 in her final year at St Andrews, after having directed films both inside and outside St Andrews. After graduating, she has gone on to direct several other projects with the BBC and independently.

FilmmakingLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019London

Izzy Carter

Izzy graduated in 2015 and now lives in London, working as a development editor at Origin Pictures, a film production company.

FilmmakingLIGHTBOXApril 8, 2019London