Van Sise is a 20-year vet­er­an pho­to­jour­nal­ist whose work has been fea­tured in major solo exhi­bi­tions at the Cen­ter for Cre­ative Pho­tog­ra­phy and the Cen­ter for Jew­ish His­to­ry, as well as in the per­ma­nent col­lec­tion of the Nation­al Por­trait Gallery. He is an Inde­pen­dent Book Pub­lish­ers Awards gold medal­ist and a Prix de la Pho­togra­phie Paris award win­ner. He lives in New York City.