Continuing our personal "War On Drugs", Christina was recently selected to be the photographer for the Seattle leg of a White House-sponsored anti-meth campaign running in Washington and 7 other states. She spent two days taking pictures of several recovered meth addicts and her pictures are being used for the campaign print ads. She was also asked to cover the press conference associated with the launch of the campaign, which was attended by John Walters, the national drug czar, and various other political luminaries. The posters in the background here are all her shots. [Christina, as usual, was not impressed -- her first comment about the press conference was "My new word for the day is 'blowhard', because there were lots of them"].
This is cool on several levels:
- She was selected from the oodles of photographers in Seattle
- Her pictures will be on display nationwide
- She's now been in the newspaper for 2 totally different careers; the first time was when she was a teacher and got her students to ask the Mars Corporation some pointed questions about Fair Trade
- The financial renumeration was ... generous, given the amount of work she had to do
This is all the more impressive given that she only started her photography business this year. At this rate, I expect to be able to become a trophy husband in about 2-3 years [not that I'm much of a trophy ...] and spend my time entirely on such gentlemanly pursuits as polo, yachting, and collecting 200-year old wines.
spousal blog support is the new flowers. very nice alex. i am sure she will welcome the trophy husband.
Posted by: lori poliski | September 18, 2007 at 06:40 PM
That is again a testimony of the good work she is producing, her perspective on issues and dedication on her beliefs. Felicitation for being "the one" selected. And good luck on the trophy husband :)
Posted by: Geoffrey | September 23, 2007 at 08:32 AM