I find Kathy Moran at the unofficial entrance to National Geographic headquarters. Not the lobby on M Street, but an area next to the elevators on the fourth floor, which is home to the magazine’s editorial staff. There’s a large wall there covered with a patchwork of oversized images taken by some of the magazine’s most iconic photographers. ...



It’s the closest thing we have to a “wall of fame” and is basically the first thing a new photographer sees when she or he arrives on the floor to meet the editors. And it’s the first thing veteran photographers look at when they come back to visit. I’ve had more than one photographer pull me aside and ask, “So