About the Author

After graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York (1998), Finke has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Details, Esquire, Time, and Newsweek. He received the Award of Excellence from The Alexia Foundation for World Peace (1998), World Press Photo Masterclass Award (2001), and The New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2004). KATHY RYAN is the Photo Editor of The New York Times Magazine and lives in New York City. Zev Barrow began his career at Might Magazine in San Francisco, and his work has since appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Spin, GQ, Vibe, Wired, ESPN the Magazine, and Mcsweeney's. Borow currently lives in New York City.