Think of Personas as different swappable workspaces within your app. The idea behind Personas is that the user interface is tailored to specific design disciplines. By only showing tools relevant to that discipline the interface remains uncluttered, thus improving your workflow and general ease of use. This ensures maximum efficiency and design focus.
Here's an overview of the set of Personas available to you:
When you switch to a different Persona, you get a different set of tools for specific photo-editing needs.