Alexandra Crockett, a musician and jewelry designer, has been present and active in the metal community since the age of 15 and is currently a doctoral student in the Bay Area. Beginning her idea for the book by doing promotional photos for bands and friends she would cat-sit for, she found an interesting dynamic between men in the metal scene and their cats. The idea for the book formed around giving accolades to local musicians and artists in the metal scene, while also bringing to light no-kill shelters and their importance for animal rights.

“Award-winning photographer Camille Seaman, best known for her earlier work depicting massive polar icebergs, recently turned her lens on another incredible natural phenomenon - storm clouds above the American Midwest. She partnered with experienced storm chasers and began to stalk a particular type of storm cloud – the supercell. On June 22, 2012, in western Nebraska, she encountered an enormous supercell and captured its many faces”. (Photo by Camille Seaman via TheAtlantic)

Rick Kelly, owner of Carmine Street Guitars, poses for a picture at his shop in New York City, U.S., July 21, 2016. Kelly builds custom guitars from the “bones of New York”, using reclaimed lumber from historic New York buildings. (Photo by Joe Penney/Reuters)

Siberian Huskies pull a contestant during the “Kara-Dag 2016” open amateur dog sled and skijoring race near the village of Yelovoye in Taiga district, outside Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, February 21, 2016. Dogs and their owners from various regions of Siberia took part in an annual race. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Buddhist monks walk past a statue of comic character the Hulk at Tamru temple in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, March 3, 2016. It’s a sign of changing times for Buddhism in Thailand when one sees temples, including Wat Tam Ru, using U.S. comic superheroes to attract children and teenagers into the religion. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

A traditional game that earned hollers from the crowd saw a male rider gallop after a young woman, stretching for a kiss. Only a handful of the men managed the risky peck before the young women turned the tables and thundered after the men with whips in hand. (Photo by Amos Chapple/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Musher Michael Ruopp of Germany starts with his sled dogs at the 23rd International Sled Dog Race in Oberhof, central Germany, Sunday, February 24, 2013. (Photo by Jens Meyer/AP Photo)

Zaria Forman is a Brooklyn-based artist who creates life-like works of art by using pastel colors to draw. The representations you see here are all created delicately by finger. Photo: “Greenland #63” 50x75, soft pastel on paper. (Photo by Zaria Forman)