Art Shay (American, 1922 - ) grew up in the Bronx and has lived and worked around Chicago since 1948. A former Life staff reporter, he became a full-time photojournalist in the early fifties shooting regularly for Time, Life, Forturne, and the New York Times Magazine among others. Shay has established a world-wide reputation for his unusual portraits - his pictures of Marlon Brando, Nelson Algren, Liz Taylor, Simone de Beauvoir, J.F.K. and hundreds of others depict people off-guard, memorable for their humanity rather than their celebrity. Among Shay's numerous publications are: Nelson Algren's Chicago (University of Illinois, 1988), Album for an Age (Ivan R. Dee, 2000), Animals (University of Illinois, 2002) and Couples (University of Illinois, 2003). Shay resides in Deerfield, Illinos with his wife Florence.