tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64970367365507208092024-03-13T15:55:43.969-05:00SAVERIO TRUGLIAAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10491222869974429678noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-77089130793674669122013-04-12T11:04:00.000-05:002013-04-12T11:45:33.763-05:00This blog has moved.This Blog has moved. Please click the following link to be directed to <a href="http://www.saveriotruglia.com/blog">www.saveriotruglia.com/blog</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10491222869974429678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-47026994056885219862013-01-15T11:13:00.000-06:002013-01-15T11:44:39.999-06:00How to take better picturesI helped some friends at Bill Jacobs VW outside of Chicago with their blog post about tips for making better pictures. Along with 5 other photographers, I share my musing on what I look for and what I do when taking pictures for myself. BTW. Have you seen the new Beetle?<br />
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At the close of another year, I am again humbled that making art and messing around with pictures is what puts gas in my car. I look forward to making more creative and inspiring work with all of my talented crew and collaborators. Look for my new website to launch in early 2013 at www.saveriotruglia.com<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10491222869974429678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-74982019147572056882012-12-06T16:32:00.001-06:002012-12-06T16:34:26.385-06:00Wise words for $18.211. I just gradated from photography school and need to get a job.<br />
2. I am reaching a successful mid career but wonder if I could be doing something better .<br />
3. I hear that cameras now don't need film.<br />
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If any of these sounds like you, you should buy this book. I mention it because along with photographers <span class="userContent">Chase Jarvis, Mark Katzman, and Dan Winters, there's </span>an interview with me in this resource from ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers). Buy it<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581159218/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=a0ede1-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1581154976" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581159218/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=a0ede1-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1581154976" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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The Tony Award winning play, The Book of Mormon is sold out into April and it's barely open yet.</div>
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There's something of a fervor around the tickets to this apparently raunchy tale told by the creators of South Park. (can you tell I've not seen it?)</div>
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Time Out Chicago had the idea to shoot a Mormon missionary who's strayed into the theater district into the clutches of ticketless would be theater goers.</div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/54559012">Pulling a Mormon</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user7977915">Saverio Truglia</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10491222869974429678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-82648049928764769382012-12-05T18:53:00.002-06:002012-12-05T18:53:40.259-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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When Hollywood comes to Chicago for its locations or unique production capabilities, Rick Moskal eventually gets involved. Rich is the Director of the Chicago film office and I photographed him for the <i>CS Mens Book</i> magazine. We shot on location at <i>Gig Rig </i>where the film and photography industry hires motor homes and production support vehicles.</div>
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This time in addition to those simple (but color)sketches, boutique Kansas City ad agency <i>Meers</i> gave me a descriptive deck <i>describing</i> the three characters they wanted me to create for their <i>Missouri Gas Energy</i> campaign . I prefer the vagueness of sketches and descriptions because it forces the conversation about<b> who</b> these characters are and it frees me to define them more specifically. Sometimes good creative takes its own sweet time and although we didn't have the luxury of time, the art director and I had a great exchange about how to interpret the layouts. Budget was a concern so I made the best use of our money by making some logistical adjustments so to milk our dolla's dry. The choices we made really changed the creative for the better and I'm confident we have a stronger campaign for it.<br />
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Agency: Meers<br />
Creative Director: Dave Thornhill<br />
Art Director: Brandon Bennett<br />
Client: Missouri Gas Energy<br />
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<i>Still Images In Great Advertising, is a column where <a href="http://suzannesease.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Sease</a> discovers great advertising images and then speaks with the photographers about it.</i><br />
As I continue to showcase my favorite advertising winners in this
year’s Communication Arts Photography annual, I wanted to showcase the
ad by <a href="http://www.saveriotruglia.com/" target="_blank">Saverio Truglia</a>
for Pan Am accessories campaign. I was not aware of his work so while
doing my research for this blog, it was nice to see his work and how he
was chosen for this campaign and others. I think that is one of the
main reasons I am doing this column; I want to show photographers how
important some award shows can be for your career. It is up to you to
make sure you do what you can to market it beyond just being in the
annuals.<br />
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<b>Suzanne: <i>When I go to <a href="http://www.saveriotruglia.com/" target="_blank">your site</a>,
it is hard to figure out what is self assigned and what is assignment.
What do you use for inspiration when you are testing for your
portfolio?</i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Saverio</b>: You’re right. I showcase mostly either self-assigned work
or redirections of client work. I don’t differentiate the two on my
site. All my best images comes from the same passion so if client work
is great, then I share it in the same place. My inspiration for shooting
for myself is driven by my personal curiosity in the moment. There’s a
lot in life that inspires me to check it out more closely. Making
pictures for myself usually starts with seeing something in the physical
world I want to investigate and repurpose. Like an out of place
situation, the way light strikes a surface, or meeting somebody
extraordinary. Making personal work is important to honing my instincts.
Testing can also be a launching pad to experiment and try new
approaches at pushing my comfort zone. I’ll always gravitate to
shooting people and I find the camera to still be an incredible access
point into people’s lives. When they know my curiosity is authentic and
pure, I get invited into homes, businesses and bedrooms. It’s kind of
uncanny how they participate and it always leaves me with a story to
tell about the experience, not just the pictures. I usually write about
it on <a href="http://www.saveriotruglia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my blog</a>. When clients reference my personal work as inspiration for their own projects, it often leads to successful campaigns.</span><br />
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<b>Suzanne: <i>The interesting thing about this winning image is
that it is a combination of your period work but with a fashion flare.
Tell me about this campaign and how much you were a part of the concept
to final process?</i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Saverio:</b> I love working with period styling because of the rich
back-story it gives. It conveys details about a character’s
circumstance. Fashion isn’t something I’m known for but if the
character needs to be dressed well to convey what’s happening to her,
then fashion is my back-story and I’m totally into it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">There were no layouts so the creative director contacted me early to
share his ideas and to get my spin. He races vintage motorcycles so was
tossing around ideas of speed, Pan Am as emblem for the golden age of
travel, and something about escape. I brought the idea that modern
travel is full of inconvenience and that maybe we could play with the
idea of getting f’d at the airport. We had access to vintage
transportation like cars, motorcycles, a biplane, etc. It was kind of
awesome. I fell in love with this blue Porsche laying about the airport
hanger. Its shape was so satisfying to me. So I built a story around
this girl who is trying frantically to catch her flight but gets stopped
along the way. The afternoon sun was right and I added some light to
pop all the surfaces. That month I was into shooting everything from
above so I brought a ladder and looking down found all these delicious
lines and triangles to play with. The concept that this girl parks her
Porsche on the runway and won’t admit defeat made her into this spoiled,
space age brat which was appealing to me.</span><br />
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<b>Suzanne: <i>I was inspired to read your bio because I wanted to
see where you grew up. I was convinced either Europe or South America,
so I was pleasantly surprised by the Northeast. With that being said,
where does this inter Euro vision come? Being brought up on Italian
food? </i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Saverio:</b> My family came from Italy after WWII and settled in coastal
New Hampshire where I grew up. My grandfather was a brick mason. He
loved geometry. My father had a themed seafood restaurant called the
Pirates Cove and Peg Leg Lounge. It was exactly as you imagine. My
mother bred very elegant Morgan show horses. As a kid I was obsessed
with the slickness of European bike racing and both parents encouraged
me to study art early on. I suppose it all got mixed into the soup. My
grandmother did most of the Italian cooking.</span><br />
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<b>Suzanne: <i>While I see the sophistication of European work but with an Americana theme, how do you strike that balance?</i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Saverio:</b> I’m an American. In fact I live in Chicago and love the
bombastic history of this city. Like a lot of Americans I struggle with
saying too much. I’m very conscious of it and always remind myself that
more is not always more and restraint can speak volumes. So it’s true
too when I’m working. My work probably looks American because of my
environment and the people and places I can shoot. I gravitate towards
the visual abundance of this country but I get pleasure from simplicity,
economy and spaciousness. There’s wisdom in economy. I could describe
my work as combining both a warm and cool aesthetic. So the sparse
coolness may be the European traits you see, and the warm is my American
tendency to show it all. It’s like having the devil and an angel
sitting on my shoulders whispering in my ear.</span><br />
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<b>Suzanne: </b><i><b> You seem to be able to keep your work with the
subtleness that makes it more humorous. What advice can you give to
people who want to shoot humor but not pushing it too far?</b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Saverio:</b> In photography, punch lines aren’t funny. That’s my advice.
Personally I think tragedy can be funny. Not tragedy like everyone is
going to die, but a poignant unfulfilled expectation. Farce can also be
funny. You can call it black humor when the combination of farce and
tragedy rub against each other. I happen to see all photographs as
narratives so I naturally make work with an arc and timing to them.
Richard Pryor had great timing. I guess I’ve developed a self-awareness
or just gut instinct that has me choose where on the narrative arc my
picture should exist and just how much information to offer the viewer.
It’s important that they get what I ask but to discover it on their own.
I call it a gestalt. It’s a great word to look up. My stories present
its parts like in a circle, but some large pieces of the circle are
never drawn. We automatically fill the gap with our minds to come to the
conclusion. It’s actually super interactive because nobody completes
the circle in the exactly same way but everyone arrives at a similar
conclusion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><b>About Saverio:</b> </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Born on the Atlantic northeast and raised on Italian cooking,
Saverio makes Chicago his home with his wife. A competitive cyclist,
theater lover, an inspired cook and an equipped home improver; new
experiences and challenges motivate his problem solving creativity. His
images reflect life’s contrasting moments and represent a world swirling
with joy and tension, black humor and light, all organized with
thoughtful styling and a singular point of view. Saverio is best known
for beautiful concept driven images, off-beat portraits and narrative
work that is relatable and universal. Saverio is commissioned for
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<i>APE contributor <a href="http://suzannesease.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Sease</a>
currently works as a consultant for photographers and illustrators
around the world. She has been involved in the photography and
illustration industry since the mid 80s, after founding the art buying
department at The Martin Agency then working for Kaplan-Thaler, Capital
One, Best Buy and numerous smaller agencies and companies. She has a new
Twitter fed with helpful marketing information. Follow her <a href="https://twitter.com/SuzanneSease" target="_blank">@SuzanneSease</a>.</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10491222869974429678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-58935366126826247682012-10-19T17:52:00.001-05:002012-10-20T12:26:26.518-05:00Please sign for this.A friend's post on Facebook said he'd seen a messenger delivering a baby. I couldn't get this idea out of my head until just now.<br />
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Today I did a little favor for a Under the Radar Magazine and shot the talented R&B musician, <i>How to Dress Well</i>, AKA Tom Krell. His latest album is releasing today and the European press is all aflutter. You can listen to his soulful ambient falsetto <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/sep/10/how-to-dress-well-total-loss">here.</a></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-10863835592151383592012-09-06T16:57:00.001-05:002012-09-06T17:08:59.108-05:00A silver spoon art walk. Last month I wrangled 10 of Chicago's premier art dealers to be at a photo shoot for a CS magazine story about the very elite and VIP, <a href="http://www.chicagogalleryweek.com/" target="_blank">Chicago Gallery</a> week. Absent was honorary chair, mayor Rahm Emanuel (though it's safe to say he wasn't invited) We shot at Wright Auctions on the west side using their inventory of mid-century modern wares.<br />
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A shoot like this with so many art world illuminati requires a light touch. Naturally they'd want to talk and ignore the fact that there's a camera on them, so I let this happen. We brought a little wine and kept the shoot loose and unconventional. <br />
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I knew many of these folks from my early days as an artwork photographer. I cut my teeth shooting ads for Art and Auction magazine of David Hockney flower painting installed beside Giacometti bronzes for Paul Gray, and scrolling Jenny Holzer texts for Rhona Hoffman. Those days are long past but like from my father's restaurant business, learned a great deal from these folks about how to treat your customers and run a small business.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-86353831968057328812012-08-23T17:34:00.001-05:002012-08-23T17:35:21.278-05:00No guts, no glory.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-70459769769842304072012-08-23T14:34:00.002-05:002012-08-23T16:11:17.736-05:00Occupy Shakespeare<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes" target="_blank">Guy Fawkes</a>, better known by the <a href="http://bblinks.blogspot.com/2010/11/remember-remember-fifth-of-november.html" target="_blank">masks</a> worn by the occupying 99% is credited for the failed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot" target="_blank">Gunpowder Plot of 1605</a> to blow up the House of Lords. A true domestic terrorist, though back then simply a rebellious bloke whose attempt to make a point was foiled.<br />
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I did my historical research to art direct and shoot this new image for the upcoming production of <a href="http://victorygardens.org/onstage/equivocation.php" target="_blank">Equivocation,</a> at <i>Victory Gardens Theater</i>. The play was written by Bill Cain and is directed by the incomparable and always surprising, <a href="http://www.the-hypocrites.com/company" target="_blank">Sean Graney</a>. <br />
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<i>In London in the year 1605, a down-and-out playwright called Shagspeare
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the government’s version of Guy Fawkes’ treasonous Gunpowder Plot. As
Shag navigates the dangerous course between writing a lie and losing his
soul, or writing the truth and losing his head, his devoted theater
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Photography and art direction: Saverio Truglia <br />
Victory Gardens: John Zinn, Tim Speicher<br />
Actor: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335789/" target="_blank">Marc Grapey</a><br />
Wardrobe: Aly Amidei<br />
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Hands: The Witches of InternUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-9147163444400213812012-08-17T15:41:00.001-05:002012-08-17T17:37:27.766-05:00Learning from Failure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I recently shot the advertising image for this play with some of the cast. It required historical research, vintage styling and magical illusions; all of which I love. This one successful project had me thinking other projects I do for profit vs those I do for passion. About when the process is amazing and fun, and contemplating how it could always be so.</div>
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A wonderful aspect of shooting imagery for theater is that the play itself often does not yet exist. As we're often working months outside of rehearsals, the production design has yet to be established. All we have is a script. Some would find this infinitely frustrating to get an assignment without so much as a sketch, though it's an opportunity I'm rarely given in consumer advertising shoots. </div>
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In the era of instant gratification and shorter attention spans, the best advertising creatives understand that now more than ever, knowing your story is the heart of good communication. Every ad competes with distractions like scrolling status updates in the palm of our hands providing us with LOTS of instant gratification, but precious little story and no context. What if we bothered to make things that are both instantly gratifying while long lasting enough to engage our intellect? Something that actually offers an idea we didn't already know about the world, in context. To do this, you need more than a headline writer adept at witty tweets. We need conversation, thinking, and time for process by inspired artists and creatives. </div>
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The whole project was shot over a couple days at Navy Pier on the rides with some additional shooting around the city for backgrounds. After many dozens of rotations, have an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the Wave Swing and Ferris Wheel.<br />
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They were surprisingly energetic and professional arriving with a stack of expensive watches (attended by a security guard), and their own stash of vodka delivered by liquor messenger. I shot these guys in my studio for the cover of Time Out Chicago as they
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Styling: Heather Brooks<br />
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On-set art director: Carrie FerrisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-60847276155728031162012-07-23T15:19:00.001-05:002012-07-23T15:32:34.388-05:00Director Anna Shapiro for CS.I get the opportunity to work with and direct some extremely talented stage actors for magazines and theater marketing. It's less often that I direct the directors, who because of their trade, are even closer to my heart. Great directors clearly communicate their vision to an audience through the performances of their actors, and do it in such a way that the performance may grow and change over time. No two performances are the same. It's the opposite of anything one can do digitally.<br />
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One such director is <b>Anna Shapiro</b>, the Tony winning collaborator of Tracy Letts and director of <i>Steppenwolf's</i> <i>August Osage County</i>. She's back at the<i> </i>Steppenwolf collaborating with Letts, directing Chekov's <i>Three Sisters</i>. I shot her for Modern Luxury's CS magazine at Steppenwolf.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-65251377487875925772012-07-19T17:40:00.001-05:002012-07-19T17:57:20.418-05:00Signs of summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not much to say here-just summer eye candy. Maybe there's a connection...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497036736550720809.post-1007770409320854822012-07-15T14:27:00.003-05:002012-07-20T12:44:26.786-05:00Dirty bedtime storyYou've had your bed for too many years and it's seen a LOT of action. You need better support for your night moves so you order a new mattress. It shows-up, gets set-up and the old one is taken away. Though have you ever wondered where your old stained and tired mattress goes? <br />
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I don't have the perfect answer but I do know that there's a thriving secondary market for mattresses. Like, have you ever seen a mattress roped to the outside facade of a dollar store? Or a pile of plastic wrapped twins stacked 12 high for sale at a bodega/ furniture store? These are not new Sealy's. They've been reconditioned.<br />
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I'm not sure if mattress resale is clean a clean and legal business so I won't disclose this location. At the "mattress factory" old mattresses are stripped (I hope) down to their foundations and built back up with new fabrics and foam. I stopped in yesterday to spend a sweaty hour relishing in pattern, piles and plushes. <br />
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I've always been attracted to mattresses because of their colorful and gaudy patterning but have been disappointed that all the floral fabric and colors are a thing of the past. But at the mattress factory history lives on, at least for the moments before they go under the knife for another go-round. Personally, I'll pony up for the Serta and pay retail. <br />
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Why do people brag about how the they're all, <i>"flying out to L.A."</i> or have to <i>"catch a flight to Dubai"</i> when we all know FLYING SUCKS? Almost nobody flies first class which <i>may </i>be something to brag about if you can afford it. I mean you get a meal and all the warm rolls you can stuff down your shirt but it's basically like going to IHOP with less leg room.</div>
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But imagine that flying was your life! Yeah, the pilots get to be up front, barricaded from the throngs of passengers, but the flight attendants are in the trenches with us authority defying bathroom goers and Words With Friends addicted celebrities. </div>
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We shot this cover for <b>Time Out Chicago</b> to encapsulate all hell and anxiety born by our always cheerful flight attendants. Trust me; this isn't your fathers PanAm anymore.</div>
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Without much planning or any concepting for that matter, I improvised a series of images for my friends at Collaboration and Teatro Vista for their upcoming, <a href="http://collaboraction.typepad.com/collaboraction/2012/06/1st-annual-yo-solo-theatre-festival-announcement.html" target="_blank">Yo Solo Festival</a> of Latino shows. We shot 4 of the performers in partial silhouette with the plan to have a designer cobble something together using them all. That was until this guy arrived, took off his shirt and kicked out a days worth of work in 20 minutes.</div>
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Both yesterday and today I ran into Tony; a smartly dressed Chicagoan on his way to "class". </div>
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Asking what course he's taking, he tells me he's taking the bus to class, gestures down the street and repeats that he's going to class. Tony graciously let me photograph him both days while we talked about his birthplace, Acapulco and what he's got going on here in the states. I gather that he's invested in real estate both here and in Mexico, and that he's enrolled in some classes right now.</div>
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