portrait of Katya
My friend Katya flew from Boston and stayed with me for two weeks helping out with my ongoing project. Katya made at least ten clothes pieces specially for each image we shot. She is my inspiration, idea generator and supporter. I miss you so much already. Thank you a million times and I cant wait till you move back to SF.
Picture from yesterday (inspired by portrait of our hero Steve Jobs):
Katya, clothes designer, www.kotikey.com
Make up: Inna Mathews
from today’s shoot
I had a wonderful time today photographing at UCSF:
Jay A. Levy, MD, an AIDS and cancer researcher and an educator in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is presently professor in the Department of Medicine and research associate in the Cancer Research Institute. He is head of the Laboratory for Tumor and AIDS Virus Research at UCSF.
(c) University of California. photo: Elena Zhukova
Little patient waiting for her doctor at Venice Free Family Clinic that is supported by UCLA Medical Center:
Doctor saved the drawing to share with her patient when she will be older.
Dr. Mehrdad Jalili MD, pediatric critical care medicine, UCI
I am working on post-processing of images shot at UCI, UCLA, UCSD hospitals last week.
Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless (University of California)
Today's shoot at UC Davis
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The Asclepius Machine
Through my work, I get to meet very inspiring and innovative people working on very interesting researches related to humanitarian aspects of life. Unfortunately, most of these researchers are unable to obtain quality presentation material simply because there is no budget to shoot, design and present their work professionally, unlike the situation with big commercial firms. In addition, such research is typically done in cramped, badly lit spaces that makes it that much more difficult to make look like "state of the art" which creates additional significant challenges on photographer's part. There are also very specific technical requirements to be matched to the creative portion of the shoot. Combination of these challenges and opportunities make such work very appealing and rewarding to me as a photographer since it allows me to grow professionally in the process of obtaining "clean and meaningful" result that may look deceptively easy to obtain at the first glance, and I'm very happy to get such opportunities through ongoing University of California project.
As an example, I met Robert Adams during a shoot at UC Berkeley last month. Robert was a guest from University of Michigan exhibiting The Asclepius Machine at College of Environmental Design. I took some shots of his work for UC, after UC sent him the images for personal use, Robert asked me to go back and capture his exhibit more specific and detailed. Unfortunately, I had very little time (as always) since the exhibit had to be packed and shipped to the next location in two hours after I got there.
Robert with The Asclepius Machine (design for all: future technology and daily living)
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