Harvey Nichols Department Store, Edinburgh, Scotland, Neil Setchfield Photography

Though Fox has a wide range of photographers and stock agencies to pull from, he is constantly looking for new sources and creating new contracts. If he’s editing a city guide, he tries to find a photographer in that city who can do the job. Frommer’s works six months, or two seasons, ahead so Fox must always be thinking well in advance.

“We have to carefully monitor how we want the books to look each year,” he explained. “The styles of photos change over time, and sometimes a photographer’s personal style becomes dated.”