Brandon Ralph is a photographer based in New York City. He often shoots in black-and-white, inviting the viewer to re-examine themes of patriotism, nostalgia, and change in stark yet emotive imagery. The American Experiment is his first book, the culmination of ten years of travel throughout the United States, a collection of photographs that explore the fundamental questions of American identity, symbolism, and collective consciousness. Gail Buckland is an author, educator, consultant, curator, and authority on photography. She is the author or collaborator on fourteen books of photography and history, including The American Century and They Made America with Harold Evans. Buckland is the former curator of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and previously served ad the Benjamin Menschel Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cooper Union where she had taught since 1978. She has also held the Nobel Chair in Art and Cultural History at Sarah Lawrence College and taught at Columbia College, Chicago and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. She currently resides in Warwick, NY.