Alex Forman is the author of Tall, Slim & Erect: Portraits of the Presidents, and is also a photographer, literary translator, and personal historian. She is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Art. Her work has appeared in such publications as TrenchArt: Recon, Archipelago, Drunken Boat, Jubilat, Nerve, Dante Magazine, and has been exhibited at David Krut Projects and Derek Eller Gallery, among others. Tall, Slim & Erect: Portraits of the Presidents is her first book. She lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.