Douglas Smith is an award-winning historian and translator and the author of Rasputin and Former People, which was a bestseller in the U.K. His books have been translated into a dozen languages. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he has written for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, National Geographic, and Netflix. Before becoming a historian, he worked for the U.S. State Department in the Soviet Union and as a Russian affairs analyst for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He lives with his family in Seattle.

Jamie Ferguson is a freelance photographer specialising in menswear and lifestyle imagery.

He has been working in the menswear industry for over a decade and in the last three years has been freelancing for renowned brands, stores, and magazines across the world, including Muji Japan, MR PORTER and Robb Report.