Kurt Culbertson, a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Design Workshop, a landscape architecture and land planning firm with offices throughout the United States and South America. He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute and his work in sustainable development strategies has earned him recognition both nationally and internationally. Culbertson is a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and a fellow of Dumbarton Oaks.

Artist’s Statement
"While on a family trip in 1999, I took this photo at the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail in Meknes, Morocco. I was struck by the intimacy of the conversation and the layering of spaces in a truly wonderful place."