Chicago Magazine Photographer: Cover photoshoot for Positively Aware
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On a snowy winter day, we crammed 18 people into a Chicago barbershop built for a dozen, so we could shoot the foldout magazine cover of Positively Aware’s annual HIV Drug Guide. It is always a challenge when you have to work with 13 subjects and have them all engaged, while maintaining the identity of the space and leaving room for the magazine logo, text, and the fold.
Annual Report Photography for Above & Beyond
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Thanks to a referral from graphic designer Dan Paterno, to account executive John Healy, the Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center hired me to photograph their clients for their annual report.
Trade Magazine Photography for Brickstreet Insights with Thresholds in Chicago
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Trade magazine photography for Brickstreet Insights featuring nonprofit CEO Mark Ishaug of Thresholds.
A Giving Heart Foundation
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Storyview LLC hired me to create part of this charity video for A Giving Heart foundation in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
The film that tells the story of Daniel and Kameryn, two heart patients and their experience with cardiac care.
Chicago Nightlife Advertising Photography: World Of Chocolate Ad Campaign
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I first stepped into Chicago’s Union Station in 1996.I was 18 years-old and traveling through on my way to check out colleges with my mother. What possessed me to take a train clear across the country is beyond me, but I did really enjoyed the experience of seeing so much of our country first time.
Fast forward 18-years and I am back in Union Stations cavernous great hall, creating a Nightlife lifestyle ad campaign for the Aids Foundation of Chicago’s World of Chocolate. A charity event that raises money for people living with HIV and AIDS.