John Bilous is a photographer based in NYC, for now. He’s always been fascinated by travel and capturing the world as he sees it. His work has been featured around the world and in publications such as Baltimore Magazine, Washingtonian, and British Vogue. Jon’s favorite themes are of the urban variety, specifically, architectural details. He’s guided by wanting to tell the full story (you should hear the way he talks about it). “Taking the time to capture the small details of any neighborhood/city/town is when you’re no longer a tourist with a camera. As a photographer, that’s when you join the fabric of the community you’re photographing.” Visit noirgallery.com to learn more about Jon’s work.
Harford Hopson is an American fiction author, freelance writer, and copywriter native to Baltimore, Maryland. He has published the crime drama novel Amusement Only, a fictitious tale about an illegal gambling racket in the mid-Atlantic area. Most notably it is stocked in the Politics & Prose bookshop in Washington, D.C. He also has one poem published in End of 83. He has spanned many careers thus far, going from coordinating media relations for the Baltimore Police Department to mentoring young Philadelphian teens to writing blogs in the decor industry. He currently resides in Baltimore, listening to house records on vinyl and rooting for the Liverpool FC, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Baltimore Orioles.