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Introduced to photography through an impulsive stint as a fashion model, Henry Hargreaves has since built his career on work that combines a talent for still life photography with a fascination with the meaning that can be found in food. His most famous series, No Seconds, focused on detailed recreations of the last meals of Death Row inmates. Other projects have included maps expressed in the cuisines of various regions and iconic images recreated using burnt Wonder Bread, all born from a passion for art that was nurtured at a young age.

A longtime food fanatic, Dave Arnold spent time in the art world before pursuing his calling with Booker & Dax, a cocktail bar and food laboratory. At the bar, he and his team are using everything from muddling to centrifuges to liquid nitrogen to a custom-built hot poker to produce the most innovative drinks. Meanwhile Arnold’s food laboratory is turning out gadgets that are set to transform the home kitchen.

Even as a former standout athlete — he was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1986 NFL Draft — with a masters in Materials Sciences, Leland Melvin never dreamed of becoming an astronaut until a colleague at NASA convinced him to enter the trials. Despite a debilitating ear injury sustained during training, Leland served among the first flight crews that led America back into space following the space shuttle Columbia disaster. He is now a NASA educator, helping to raise the profile of the U.S. space program in the post-shuttle era.