Sylvia Plachy: Photographer Born in Budapest, Sylvia Plachy emigrated in 1958 and lives in New York, where she is a longtime staff photographer at The Village Voice. Her three books are Unguided Tour, Red Light, and her 1999 monograph, Signs and Relics. A well-established photojournalist with a distinctly personal vision, Plachy has published extensively; her photo credits range from Newsweek to Grand Street to Wired. A Guggenheim fellow, she is represented in many museum collections and exhibitions. Karen Michel: Interviewer For more than a dozen years, Karen Michel has been an award-winning contributor to National Public Radio. Recognition for Michel's radio work has come from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, and American Women in Radio and Television. She currently teaches at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.