Michael O'Brien began his career as a staff photographer for the "Miami News" and now shoots portraits for a living. Some of his photographs are part of the permanent collection of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, the Wittliff Collection of Southwestern & Mexican Photography at Southwest Texas State University, the Birmingham Museum of Art, and the International Center of Photography in New York. He lives in Austin, Texas. Elizabeth O'Brien is a former newspaper editor and "Life Magazine" reporter.