B.A. Van Sise is an internationally-renowned photographer and the author of the visual poetry anthology "Children of Grass."

His visual work has previously appeared in the New York Times, Village Voice, Washington Post and BuzzFeed, as well as major museum exhibitions throughout the United States, including Ansel Adams' Center for Creative Photography, the Peabody Essex Museum, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, and the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.