Philip Gould is a documentary and architecture photographer who has made Louisiana his home and favorite subject for nearly three decades. Based in Lafayette, he has published numerous pictorial books on the state, including Louisiana Faces: Images from a Renaissance; The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town; and Cajun Music and Zydeco.
Residents of Natchitoches, Richard Seale is manager of Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site and Robert DeBlieux is a former mayor and the founder of the town's historic district. Harlan Mark Guidry is a Creole historian and family physician in Houston, Texas.