Mary McCartney
The first-born child of Sir Paul McCartney and the late Linda Eastman, Mary McCartney followed in her mother’s footsteps and became an arts and portraits photographer. She has photographed musicians such as Chrissie Hynde, Bono, and Elvis Costello. For WSJ., she photographed the retail duo Kate Moss and Sir Phillip Green for “A Perfect Business Model.” She recently gave birth to her third child. McCartney lives in London.
Michel Comte
One of the world’s leading fashion photographers, Swiss-born Comte has worked on many ad campaigns (among them, Armani, BMW and Revlon) international photography exhibits and has shot extensively for Vanity Fair and Vogue. For this issue, Comte photographed our fashion story, “Aerodynamic.” The photographer lives a nomadic existence, traveling the world for his film and photography projects.
Sarajane Hoare
A fashion-world veteran, Hoare has worked as a fashion director at both British Vogue and Frank, and has served as editor at large at Harper’s Bazaar. She is currently a contributing editor for Vanity Fair. Hoare is the author of 2002’s Talking Fashion, a compelling visual study of her years of work, delivered in her own inimitable, forthright voice. Hoare styled “Aerodynamic.” She divides her time between New York and London.
Alastair Gordon
An architecture critic and curator (and our Contributing Editor on Architecture & Design), Alastair Gordon has written for House & Garden and Architectural Digest, and is the author of four books, including Weekend Utopia. His most recent book, Spaced Out: Radical Environments of the Psychedelic Sixties, was published by Rizzoli in June. For this issue, he wrote “Hidden Value.” He lives in Pennsylvania.
Ellen Byron
Ellen Byron is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering the consumer products and beauty industries, including Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Avon and Estée Lauder. For this issue, she traveled to India to interview Shahnaz Husain for “Indian Beauty.” Since joining the Journal in 2000, Ellen has also written about the retail industry, advertising, and human-interest tales from the Midwest. She lives in New York.
Tomaso Capuano
The Creative Director of WSJ., Tomaso Capuano has worked as Art Director, New Projects of The Times of London since 2002, and was the award-winning Art Director of The Financial Times’ How To Spend It magazine. A former professional musician, he continues to record and perform in what little spare time he has available, and also plans photographic projects, which he says will probably never see the light of day. He lives in New York.
