About the Author

James G. Barbee, M.D., is currently a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans (LSUHSCNO) and the Tulane University School of Medicine. He was formerly Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Neurosciences at the LSUHSCNO where he was named the George C. Dunn Professor of Psychiatry in November 2001. He entered private practice in New Orleans in 2009 and has consistently been named in Best Doctors in America since 2000. Barbee has been photographing in the California Desert since the 1980s. In 2014, his photographs were included as one of the finalists in the Blue Library competition sponsored by PhotoNOLA, and, in 2015, his work was included in TPS 24: The International Competition sponsored by the Texas Photographic Society.

About the Contributor

Jack Leustig began his professional career as a photographer during the early 1970s, working for United Press International in New York City. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked in the film industry where he collaborated on many acclaimed films, including 500 Nations (1995), the eight-hour prime-time documentary mini-series for CBS, which he wrote, produced, and directed. In 1996, he was honored with the NEA Award for the Advancement of Learning through Broadcasting. In 2002, Jack Leustig founded Jack Leustig Imaging (now Fine Art New Mexico), a leader in the highest-quality printing of photography and fine art.