Masters of Shape

Maria Ausherman, a high school teacher and independent scholar, is the author of The Photographic Legacy of Frances Benjamin Johnston published as a paperback by the University of Alabama Press in 2022, as well as author of Behind the Camera: American Women Photographers Who Shaped How We See the World published by Goff Books, an Imprint of ORO Editions, in 2021. She is the co-author with Patricia Jennings of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii published by Koa Press in 2011.

Steven Taylor, photographer
Steven is a retired New York City finance professional. He is an avid photographer specialising in event photography -- music, dance, and theatre.
Carol S. Ward, Introduction
An author and art historian, Carol is the Executive Director of the Lexington Historical Society. Previously she was Director of One River School of Art and the Executive Director of the Morris-Jumel Mansion. Articles she has written have been published in The Magazine Antiques, Historic House Trust, and Antiques Weekly. The title of her book is Visions of America: The Morris Jumel Mansion.
Kristen Visbal, Foreword
A member of the National Sculpture Society, Kristen is a bronze sculptor who specialises in lost-wax casting and is manager of a clay modelling studio. Seen in New York, Melbourne, and Oslo, her most famous work, Fearless Girl, is an iconic symbol inspiring the empowerment of women worldwide and gender diversity in leadership.