Photographer Andrea Stern is a founder of dieFirma. From 1996 - 2000, she was the founding Creative Director and Publisher of the Long Island Voice, a niche-publication that was an offshoot of the legendary Village Voice. For over a decade following, she worked as a commercial and editorial photographer, working with publications that included The New York Times, T Magazine, The New Yorker, and others. Her fine art photography exists as three distinct bodies of work- Inheritance (1990 - 2007), Assembly (2007 - 2013) and Dog Days (1989 - 1999)- each accompanied by a book; these works may be found in public collections that include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, among others.

Collage artist Bill Miller has been using vintage linoleum flooring as his medium for almost 20 years, and currently lives in Pittsburgh PA. Linoleum was the ultimate interior medium, present in all aspects of 20th century life from Grandma’s kitchen to the corner drug store and neighborhood school. Miller’s innovative work is recognized for pictorial assemblages that rely only on the flooring’s found surface, with no added paint, to render his subjects. Miller’s images range from bucolic landscapes to surrealistic, fiercely political pieces that draw on iconic news and pop culture images that have informed society’s common memory. His unexpected use of familiar patterns taps into the medium’s nostalgic qualities, imparting a sense of personal history and rediscovery within each piece.