A frequent contributor to the Village Voice and Buzzfeed , B.A.Van Sise is also one of the world's busiest travel and features photographers. In addition to being a Nikon/AFAR travel photography ambassador, Van Sise has been a staffer for Newsday and AOL CityGuide , and his work has been a featured subject on the cover of the New York Times , on PBS "NewsHour," and on NPR . A number of his portraits of notable American poets are in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian. His work has previously appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Daily Mirror of London, Travel + Leisure, Arthur Frommer's Travel Guides, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, the Orlando Sun-Sentinel , and approximately 250 other publications, in addition to exhibitions at the Peabody Essex Museum , the Museum of Jewish Heritage , the Center for Creative Photography and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His wedding work has earned him Editors' Choice Award three years in a row from Two Bright Lights, as well as The Knot's Photographer of the Year. He is a graduate of the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop and a National Press Photographers' Association award-winner.

Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and writer. After making her stage debut as Rita in a Broadway production of Craig Lucas's "Prelude to a Kiss" in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for film roles in "Grand Canyon" (1991), "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991), "The Client" (1994), "Bullets over Broadway" (1994), "Boys on the Side" (1995), "The Portrait of a Lady" (1996), and "The Maker" (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's "Proof: in 2001, among other accolades. Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner on the NBC television series "The West Wing," for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002. She is also the author of the best-selling memoir, Dear Mr. You , and is a frequent contributor to Esquire .