Peter Kupfer is a free­lance writer, edi­tor, and pho­tog­ra­ph­er. His sto­ries about busi­ness and tech­nol­o­gy, art and cul­ture, trav­el, and oth­er sub­jects have appeared in major news­pa­pers and mag­a­zines, includ­ing the Wash­ing­ton Post, the Los Ange­les Times, the New York Observ­er, and Metrop­o­lis mag­a­zine. He was a copy­ed­i­tor at the San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle for many years.