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Carter Berg

Carter Berg (Table olContents, page 40, and"Couture Central," page128) lives in NewYork,where he was born. ButManhattan is not just hishome; it serves as one olh is g reatest i nspi rations.Always carrying his cam-a.r lilo hi. L-',. a..t-.q:v< "The cilv'< clrFeic

a re never the sa me. Theliq ht, the weather a ndthe people a re a lwayschanging. The opportunity to capture somethingnever seen before a lwaysexists." His work hasappeared in magazinessuch as Elle Decor andArchitectural Digest,and he has shot nationaladvertising campaigns{or Ra l ph La u ren

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Mary Hunt Kahlenberg

Mary Hunt Kahlenberg("Balinese Textiles,"page 1 4B) grew up inConnecticut and studiedtextiles at the Art Instltuteof Chicago and rn Viennaand Berlin. Always lookingfor textiles when visitingmuseums, she entered ihemuseurn {ield and laterbeca me sen ior cu rator intextiles and costumes atthe I n< A^nele< f n' rnlv

lYuseum o{ Art Sheco owns Textile Arts lnc.of Santa Fe, New Mexico,with her husband, RobertT Coff and Although<hp {rpn"entl' tr:vol< tn

I ndonesia, her Sa nta Fe

instincts are appeased byan outdoor life {illed withhikes and gardening.

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Finn-Olal Jones

A harrowing climb ofAconcagua in the Andes1 5 yea rs ago em boldenefrnancial analyst Finn-Ol;Jones ("Summit Meet-ings," page 122) towr ttr]n'nrn h < ovnprianrc<

a nd send them to Forbes

which took the story Finn

now writes regu la rly forForbesLife (where he isr ennf rihr rlinn edilnrl

Architectural Digest,The NewYorkTimes,National GeographicTraveler, Adventu re Trave

and theTravel Channel II ves in Los Angeles with I

wife and Jive children, all

whom are mounta neeTs

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Tobie Giddio

Whether Tobie Giddio (Cover and"Tobie Giddio,".prge 1 40) is^refer-enclng an exqulsrte creatlon lrom anexceptional designer or one of hercomposed figures from the mind'seye, the expression is an exaltedform of beautv intended to fuelthe imagination. "The imageryfrom thI especially dramati"c andfar-reachine fashion shows continuesto contribu"te a great deal ofinspiration for me." Tbbie'sclientele includes Harper's Bazaar,Vogue, Tiflany and Apple Computer.She lives and works in New YorkCity and Sag Harbor, New York,with her husband, motion,/graphicdesigner Peter Belsky, and tlleii5-year-old daughter, Praise.

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LucieYoung

LucreYoung ( r,:t:i:',, . page116,) sa

Brit I ving n New YorkS he writes a bout traveland modern culture-art, books, f m, fashion,desrgn, archrtectureand food. Herwork has

appeared n magaz nes

ano newspapers In

London and NewYorksuch as tieTelegraphSaturday magaz ne, F//eDecoration ,Ihe NewYorkTimesand lravel+Leisure. When she s notwriting, she teaches t'aich I, cooks s m ple orga n ic

food a nd cycles a rou ndCentral Park

Jav Wcinstcin ( :

'.,ir',.,. ,. plgc ioz;, a cheftrained at Ttre Cuiinarv Instituteof America, is a New York-basedfood writer, editor, culinarvinstructor and author of threebooks. His food articles andrecipes have been leaturedrn fbe I,{ew Tork Times, Trapel *Leisure, Newsdal, Time OutI'Iew Tork, Nati,onal Geograpbic

Trapeler and numerous otherpublicetions. His latest book,Tbe Ethital Gourmef , focuscs onecologically sustainable linefloods.-He ieaches culinary artsat the Natural Gourmet Institutein New York Citv and providescommenreries foi NPR"

Mark Wagoner

Since about aqe 6, Mark

Wagoner ( :'

page 120) has

had a fascination with the

captured image. li stariedw th h s exposure to his

older brother's darkroomand hls curiosity grew nlo

an early pass on. lYark now

is a sti I photographeranddi rector o1 photog raphyfor com merc a ls a nd li m,

based in North Caro na.

He has worked in morethan 25 countr es, shot

more than 2OO magaz ne

covers and crealed images

{or Fortune 500 compa'nies. He has won numerous

awards for h s advert sing

and editorial photogra-phy, as well as his motron

p ctu re work.

1:i J"y Weinstein

Everard Williams

A{ter h s ed ucation at ArtCenter CoLlege o{ Designin Pasadena, Ca itornia,Everard Wil iams ("{Ji,.,on Screen," page 1 02)began shoot ng primarlly ediiorialwork Hebecame known tor hisobserva nt a nd versat le

approach and s soughtforh sconceptual, por-

tra it, f i ne a rt a nd ed itoriaphotography His cl entsinclude Nike, Seattle FilmFest val, Sony f'4us c and20th Century Fox. Awardshave come {rom Print,Communication Arts,C reativ i ty, H ow M agaz i ne

and others. He is workingon his f rst l:ook, Blow outst I llfes of b own out andd scarded t res.

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Jack Forster

Jack Forster ("TimeTravellers," paqe 90) is

the editor in chief ofRevolution Magazine(USA), a quarterlypublication for luxuryf imaniare anthr rcircl<A .o-^.

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he has contri buted to-,,^L ^,,Lli^-+i^^- -.)ulrr PuuiluoLrutr) o>

ForbesLife and E/iteIraveilerand is thecontri buti ng ed itor forwatches at Haute LivingMagazine. He also writesIor Revolution's on I i ne

watch blog almmm.revo-online.com, a nd forlL^ --^--i^^'. ^l^L-lLr rs rrroqozil rc ) I rvuo I

editions. He recentlya uthored the book-lengthcata loq ue {or Ca rtier's

I fi.e I'it Exhibition.

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R.G. Roth

R.G. Roth ("EnlightenedBrighteners," page 80) is

from the historical village^I a ^lA C ^-i^^ L-l--l-^.vr vvru JPr il19 | roruur,I\l-,^, Y^.t A ^ .'.1' '.+-o{ Rhode lsland Schooln{ De<inn ha <tr rrliarlvi l/vJivi i'

pa inting u nder America nmasterThomas Sgouros,a direct descendant ofthe Brandywine School.He has received awardsf rom The Society of| | | ustrators, P ri nt aadCommunication Arts,among other^s. Herecently was awa rded Best| | lustrated Ch ild ren'sR^^L ^{ tho,,or. h', fAoNewYork nmes. He lives

with h js wi{e, Cheryl,

'..1 t'^,n rlr"n htarc i n

an 1B50s farmhouse in

Cleveland, Ohio.

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Mark Patiky

Maren Caruso

Maren Caruso ("The Sweet Spots,page 97, and "Vive le Macaron,"fafe l8) likes "food, music, light,sun, fog, humour, plants, peopleand surprises. I photograph thesethinqs and have been since I firstpicked up a camera at 14.'' Herwork has been featured in morethan 50 cookbooks, includingCbocolate Obsessr.on (winner ofthe International Association ofCulinary Professionals' best foodphotography award) and theWilliams-Sonoma Collection, andin magazines such as Bon Appitit,Food and Wine, Gourmet, and BetterHomes and Gardenr. She lives withher husband and 3-year-old sonin San Francisco.

Mark Patiky's aviationbackground ('A BetterWay to Fly," page 110)<n:n< {n" r dccadc<

incl ud ing writing a nd

ed iting for more tha n a

dozen i nternational andU.S. aviation publications.Fnr I hp n:<l 1 7 ',or.. ho

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Aviation Specia I ReportSeries and crealed www..fo r b e s h u s i n e t s ap i a t i o n. c on,,^,hirh i< rlacinnar"l tnh^l^ "^ ^,,^^ h.^,...]^.

audience understandbusi ness a i rcraft value andopportu n ity. lYa rk has

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