Ruth Bashinsky
Ruth Bashinsky is a staff writer at the New York Daily News. For the past six years, she has covered lifestyle and feature stories. Ruth has appeared on the Sally Jesse Raphael show, Weekend Today, Today in New York, and WOR Radio.
Sylvain Gaboury
Sylvain Gaboury is a photographer based in New York City. He received his training at Parsons School of Design and later apprenticed for Patrick McMullen. Sylvain photographs celebrities for magazines such as Variety and The New York Post, and covers movie premiers and awards ceremonies, including the Oscars and the Grammies.
Mark Seliger
Mark Seliger is an editorial photographer who grew up in Amarillo, Texas. He currently lives and works in New York and is the chief photographer for Rolling Stone Magazine, US Magazine and Men’s Journal. He began shooting for Rolling Stone Magazine in 1987 and has since shot over 90 covers. In March of 1998, Mark directed a short film entitled Ophelia for Natalie Merchant.
Christine Muhlke
Christine Muhlke is managing editor of Paper magazine, and a life-long animal lover. Christine is a regular contributor to The New York Times and Vogue magazine, among others. She lives and works in New York City.
Marcus Harris
Marcus Harris, a British born and bred photographer, has been working in New York for the past year doing commercial and editorial work. His photographs appear in magazines in London, New York and Taiwan.
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein is an award-winning playwright. She was the recipient of a 1993 Outer Critic’s Circle Award and Tony nomination as well as the recipient of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and the New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Circle Awards. Ms. Wasserstein’s books include Bachelor Girls (a collection of essays published by Knopf), The Heidi Chronicles and Other Plays, The Sisters Rosensweig, and, for children, Pamela’s First Musical (Hyperion).
David Thigpen
David Thigpen covers the arts for Time Magazine in New York. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times. He used to let his dog, Wolfie, eat crackers out of his mouth.
Originally published on Animal Fair, March 2000.
