Tammy Lechner specializes in visually chronicling the lifestyle and culture of baseball. In 1993 she began a 15-year span of seasons with the hapless Chicago Cubs in pursuit of the answer to why the Cubs remain so popular decade after decade. In the resulting photography book, Our Team, Our Dream, Lechner captures the very heart and soul of Cubs fans who remain doggedly devoted despite their team's failure to win a World Series in 100 years. Over the years Lechner has covered professional sports in general and baseball in particular as a staff photographer for the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Los Angeles Times, and as a freelancer for the Associated Press and USA TODAY/Baseball Weekly. She is also the author of IN THE CAL: Pastime Goes Primetime in California's Minor League, a photo documentary book complete with a 130-print gallery exhibit that has appeared at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage and the John Wayne Airport in Orange County CA. Lechner, a native of New York, earned her Bachelors of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri in 1980. She currently lives in Laguna Beach, CA and remains a fervent Chicago Cubs fan.