Jacqueline Bates is Photography Director of The California Sunday Magazine, which won the National Magazine Award for excellence in photography two years in a row, in 2016 and 2017, and Pop-Up Magazine. Previously, she was senior photo editor of W Magazine and worked in the photo departments of ELLE, Interview, and Wired. Bates holds an MFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts, and her work has been exhibited internationally.
Erica Deeman lives and works in San Francisco. She is the recipient of the 2019 Headlands Center for the Arts Residency and currently has a solo exhibition at Anthony Meier Fine Arts. Permanent collections include Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA; Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL; and Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.