Monday, June 14, 2010

From the Archives

Today I was previewing some work for an advertisement and came across some photos in the archives that would interest and amuse many people. I love it when a vision comes to fruition. There is nothing like the final outcome of a vision and project! The gentleman in these photos is a former colleague from the corporate days, Adam. He was known as AL2 because we often used our first and last initials in the office, and he was the 2nd of two. Anyhow, Adam had this demeanor when it came to work in the non-profit energy efficiency sector. A former writer and editor for the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C., he was very serious about his work and critical of the outcomes. He could be very amusing with his pouts and whines being dressed in a full suit everyday. Adams tenure was short-lived as he found his calling to return to school and pursue environmental law at UCLA. While colleagues, I proposed a photo shoot without revealing what the actual image of the photos were to be until the day of. It was actually really fun shooting the photo series called the "Human Paper Tree" and it reveals Adams true passion and frustration with the inadequacies in the legal system our country so often faces. In the third photo of the series, I have him standing on the bench holding a classic leather brief and a very important document since I wanted to show that Adam has a much bigger presence in the forum of environmental policy.