Elise Lufkin has worked with various animal shelters, socializing dogs to make them better candidates for adoption. She has been active in promoting humane-education projects. She and her recently deceased and greatly missed dog, Posy, were active in a Pet Partners program for many years, visiting nursing home residents. She lives in Ketchum, Idaho.

Diana Walker is a contract photographer for Time magazine. Her images have won prizes and have appeared in many major publications, including People,Life, The New York Times Magazine, and Paris Match. Her work can be found in the collections of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Chicago Art Institute and the Minneapolis Museum of Art. She lives in Washington, DC.