The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry.

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist renowned for his black and white landscape photographs of the American West.

Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 - August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others.

The Ford Foundation is a philanthropic organization based in the United States.

Harvard University is a renowned private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a renowned French photographer and pioneer of modern photojournalism.

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.