ROBIN SCHWARTZ
Photographer Robin Schwartz’s photos have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Interview, People, and Entertainment Weekly, and have been featured in over 30 books. She is a professor at William Paterson University in New Jersey. Schwartz’s daughter Amelia is the subject of her photography in a soon to be published book by Aperture, Amelia’s World, as part of the Tim Barber’s tinyvices series. Her other daughter is Rebecca, an eleven-year-old white Whippet.
SHERI SPIRT, M.D.
Sheri Spirt, M.D., a native New Yorker, has been practicing psychiatry on the upper west side of Manhattan for the past 20 years. She is a clinical assistant professor at NYU Medical Center. She completed medical school at Downstate Medical Center and psychiatric training at Bellevue Hospital. Her beautiful Maltese Shanie was born in Crofton, Maryland and is her first dog.
THE HILTON BROTHERS
The Hilton Brothers, the art partners conceived by Christopher Makos and Paul Solberg, was born from the curiosity of the role art plays in popular culture, while exploring the avante garde in contemporary art: Beauty for the sake of Beauty. The Hilton Brothers recent publication Puppies Behind Bars, a book compiled of photos that explore the relationship with American prison life and dogs.
FRED STAAB
For over 20 years Fred Staab has been a journalist working in a variety of roles in the television industry and other media disciplines, including his current role as part of the award-winning Cruise Control. His work has been seen on ABCNEWS.com, ESPN and the Fox network. He has worked for three television major networks and has been involved with several major news magazine shows as well as one wildly popular Fox tabloid show known as A Current Affair. Staab has also been nominated for two national Emmys.
Animal Fair
Animal Fair Media
Wendy Diamond – Founder and Editorial Director
Olivia Berger – Associate Editor
Kerima V. Greene – Contributing Editor
Nematolah Kashanian – Photo Editor
Dr. Kim Hammond – Veterinary Editor
Chantal Cloutier – Contributing Beauty Editor
Maria T. Akl – Entertainment Editor
Carrie Devorah – London Correspondent
Jewel Donahue – West Coast Correspondents
Marisa Stewart
Yvonne Conza – Miami Correspondent
David Alex Andrejko – Editorial Assistants
Samantha Abernathy
Anne Marie Pacia
Jennifer Alexander – Designer
Renay Smith – Business Manager
Kris Matting – Event Manager
Elizabeth Crawford – Subscriptions
Lucky Diamond – Columnist, Office Manager(oops!) Mascot
Contributing Writers
David Alex Andrejko, Steve Bauer, Lis Byington, Liza Case, Samantha Henry, Sam Lamm, Michael J. Rosen, Dr. Marty Smith, Sheri Spirt, M.D.
Contributing Photographers
Bernie Berlin, Pete Carter, Jerry Davis, Jr., Mickey Flores, Christopher Makos, Zandy Mangold, Monty Marsh, Robin Schwartz, Paul Solberg, Debra Tobias, Sophie Van Den Abeele, Ian Vorster, Cassidy Zellman