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Commissioned photography by Ilana Panich-Linsman and Jeff Wilson for Dell’s magazine, Realize. Stock photography by KM Asad.
It’s never a dull day at the office when you’re working for WWE. I’ve had the privilege of doing onsite photo editing for their live TV shows, Smackdown and RAW, as well as the marquee annual event, WRESTLEMANIA.
The photo team at WWE is top notch, and produce amazing work every week. Photographers include Craig Ambrosio, Eric Johnson, Cooper Neill, Heather McLaughlin, Richard Freeda, Mike Marques and Preston Mack. Photo editors include Melissa Halladay, Jamie Nelson, and Julia Robinson.
The team is led by Vice President of Photography Bradley Smith, longtime photo industry leader and former DOP of Sports Illustrated.
One of my favorite annual projects is the fun, quirky, and always visually delightful Big Weekend Calendar. This year we licensed and commissioned photography from some of my favorite Austin photographers, including Thomas Meredith, Bee Creek Photography, Lori Gola, and Kenny Braun, among others.
For photographer Elijah Hurwitz, we worked together to edit two of his personal projects so that he could pitch them to various publications. They went on to be published in National Geographic and Vice.
The first story, for National Geographic, is a collection of broad visual reportage from the NK border in China focused on daily life and trade in the wake of UN sanctions and nuclear tensions. You can read more about that article here, and see Elijah’s album on the topic here.
The second story, published in Vice, is a deep dive into a surprising and passionate community of swimmers in unlikely waters: the river between North Korea and China. You can read more on the Vice website here, and see more from Elijah’s series here.
Event coverage production, from assembling a team of photographers to the editing and distribution of images to PR and social media.
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Travel by Handstand is a beautiful app for the iPad that features original photography and writing. As photo editor, I was responsible for all research, licensing and commissioning of photography.
Unfortunately, production halted on the app, but I'm hoping that the smart folks at Handstand come back with something bigger and better in the future. It's a great team of highly creative publishers.
Here are some screenshots from some of my favorite stories, including the Pamir Highway by Matthieu Paley and a commissioned assignment on Charleston by Paul Zoeller.
