About the Artists:

The photographers, Joan Liftin and Craig Terry, were commissioned to document the environment in our society which has contributed to the enormous problem of childhood obesity.

Joan Liftin

Joan Liftin, a free-lance photographer and photo editor, began her career in 1971 as UNICEF’S chief photographer and photo editor. She has gone to become the director of documentary photography and photojournalism at The International Center of Photography in New York City. Liftin’s work has been exhibited widely in galleries and museums, and published in the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Creative Photography, and Der Speigel, among others.

Craig Terry

Craig Terry has worked as a staff and freelance photojournalist since 1972. His work has appeared in numerous national and international publications including Mid-Atlantic Country Magazine, Preservation Magazine, The Vacationer, New Jersey Monthly, Atlantic City Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Reader' s Digest and American Illustrated.