Shepard Sherbell is a documentary photographer represented by Saba Photos, Inc. For more than twenty-five years he has been based in London, Paris, Washington, Prague, Moscow, and now New York. Among the many awards he has received for his work are those from the Canon Photo Essayist Award, Overseas Press Club of America, National Press Photographers' Association/University of Missouri Pictures of the Year, White House News Photographers' Association, and Communication Arts.
Serge Schmemann is deputy foreign editor of the New York Times. He has served as New York Times Bureau Chief in Moscow and received a Pulitzer in 1990.