Our contact for the trip was Mike Reyfman, on the far left of the stage. Dmitry Arkhipov is next to him, and was the second of the primary organizers. Mike is an expat Ukrainian, living near Chicago. Dmitry is Russian, and attracted a large contingent of Russian photographers on the trip. What an interesting group we made, especially considering the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022, and the remainder of the Israeli photography tour group that joined us so unexpectedly.