Christopher Payne specializes in architectural and
industrial photography. Trained as an architect, he is fascinated
by design, assembly, and the built form. He is the author of New
York’s Forgotten Substations: The Power Behind the Subway; Asylum:
Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals; North Brother
Island: The Last Unknown Place in New York City; and Making
Steinway: An American Workplace. His work has been featured in
publications around the world, with frequent appearances in special
presentations by the New York Times Magazine.
Simon Winchester is the New York Times bestselling author of
The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists. His recent
titles include Atlantic and The Men Who United the States.
Winchester was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his
services to journalism and literature. He lives in Massachusetts
and New York City.
Kathy Ryan is director of photography at the New York Times
Magazine.
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