Andrew Lichtenstein, a native of New York City, is a documentary photographer, journalist, and teacher who works on long-term stories of social concern. Over the last two decades he has concentrated on photographing stories about social justice in America. For seven years, he documented the rise of the prison industrial complex in America, followed by the publication of two books, Never Coming Home and Marked, Unmarked, Remembered; A Geography of American Memory. His next book, This Short Life, is scheduled for publication in 2022.