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Contributors
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| James Mahon |
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Chris Buck
For Chris Buck (“King of Scream”), photographing Wes Craven, creator of the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, wasn’t as harrowing as people might think. “Some directors treat other people as if they’re extras in their world,” says Buck. “Others are very interested in the people they meet. Wes was very much that way.” A recipient of the annual Arnold Newman Portrait Prize, Buck is now working on a project about people who share his full name.
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| Todd Weaver |
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Joao Canziani
On the bus to Alaska’s Camp Denali, Joao Canziani (“Mountain High!”) felt like a little kid again. “My face [was] stuck against the window looking out to the amazing landscape and the wildlife,” he says. “Alaska has always been a place at the edge of the world for me, so being able to go was truly special.” Canziani’s work was featured in the PDN Photo Annual 2008 photo contest, and has appeared in magazines including GQ and W.
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| Courtesy of Christopher LaMarca |
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Christopher LaMarca
“Right here in this country we have some of the oldest forests in the world,” says Christopher LaMarca. “To be in that type of environment is amazing and humbling.” His work on environmental activists fighting to save these forests, which inspired this issue’s Photo Essay (“Shock Troops”), won awards from the National Press Photographers Association and Photo District News and appeared in the International Center of Photography’s recent exhibit “Ecotopia.”
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| Alex Fitzpatrick |
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Andrew Lawler
Getting the nitty-gritty on the nation’s presidential candidates was especially satisfying for Andrew Lawler (“Face-Off”). “There are few assignments as delicious as being given carte blanche to talk to any and all about [Barack] Obama and [John] McCain,” he says. “Both men clearly want the environmental vote and have the record to argue that they are the most deserving.” A senior writer at Science, Lawler also freelances for National Geographic and Smithsonian.
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| Ann Friedman |
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Bradford Plumer
The demise of climate and clean-energy bills in Washington hardly inspires Bradford Plumer (“A New Leaf”) to predict a sea change in policy yet. “It’s easy to start to wonder if anything will ever get done, even with a new president,” he says. “But it’s been encouraging to see all the activity in some states.” Plumer is an assistant editor at The New Republic and has also written for such magazines as Mother Jones and The American Prospect.
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| Philip Higgs |
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Hillary Rosner
“It almost feels like environmental writer Paul Ehrlich is just echoing everyone else,” says Hillary Rosner (“On the Brink”) of The Dominant Animal, which Ehrlich co-wrote with his wife, Anne, “until you remember that it’s partly because of his decades of work that we’re finally beginning to take note.” Coauthor of the recent tip book Go Green, Live Rich and a regular contributor to Audubon, Rosner also writes for The New York Times, Popular Science, and Seed. |
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