Should I Stay Or Should I Go? | Law Week Colorado

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For the January 23, 2012 issue of Law Week, I collaborated with photographer Sarah Overbeck and actress Chiara Motley to create a cover image based on the street photography of artists such as Markus Hartel, Robert Doisneau and Vivian Maier. The editorial feature of the paper this week was focused on the lateral moves of attorneys in Denver in 2011.

After pulling research—both street photos and occupational-focused realism paintings such as Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère—I discussed with Sarah my concept for the shoot. I wanted the image to feel like a candid snapshot of Chiara deciding whether or not to leave her firm while the world around her kept moving.

The final image is a composite of about seven different photos that Sarah and I set up, shot and stitched together.

The first slide is the cover; click through for an image of the final photograph, and again to see the image in color.

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