Ulvis Alberts was born in Riga, Latvia and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1949. He graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington with a bachelor's degree in radio and television production. His interest in photography, film, and music led to his earliest back-stage photographs of Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, and Jimi Hendrix.

Lloyd Gill owned a sign painting business in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born August 28, 1912 in Morrilton, Arkansas. Gill was a resident of Las Vegas for fifty years. In addition to running his sign painting business, Gill took photographs documenting Las Vegas’ West Side neighborhood. He died December 19, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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”Lloyd Gill.” Las Vegas Review-Journal. December 21, 1987.

Chris Miller is an anthropologist and a conservationist who worked at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area under the authority of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from 1984 to 1998. Miller graduated from Colorado State University in 1979 with a degree in history. In 1987, Miller enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and graduated in 1992 with a master’s degree in anthropology. As of 2020, Miller continues to work for the BLM in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

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David Huntsman was the owner of Kane Springs Ranch located on the Upper Muddy River in the Moapa Valley of Clark County, Nevada. The Kane Springs Ranch, as it came to be called, was known for its large orchard and mining operations.