Using her macro-enabled Holga camera, Jennifer Shaw illustrates her personal stories of flood and storm-ravaged New Orleans with much of the depth and intimacy of having witnessed them first person.

Thomas Alleman is a frequent winner of distinctions from the National Press Photographer's Association. He was named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 1995 and Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 1996.

Monica Denevan is a fine-art photographer whose documentary work in Burma largely revolves around the Irrawaddy River and the fisherman who rely on that river habitat for their livelihood to survive.