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Gordon Griller, Administrator of the Maricopa County Superior Court walking down the stairs at the old Courthouse, Phoenix, AZ

Gordon Griller
Administrator of the Maricopa County Superior Court
Phoenix, AZ ~ 2:00 PM on 1.18.2000

Jeff Langkow, Art Director for Civic.com Magazine wanted an interesting Environmental Portrait of Gordon Griller. I scouted the old courthouse in Phoenix and they have this amazing staircase that reminds me of a Nautilus shell.

I shot this in color as well, but really loved the look of the b/w image. I remember we had to put some magenta gel over the two florescent bulbs up on the wall (one is hiding behind the subject), so we had to contact the courthouse engeeneer to bring a ladder and a box to put on the stairs to level the ladder as the light fixture is pretty high up on the wall, and there's no other way to get to it (unless you can hover? :-)

Strobist / Lighting info: (1) Dynalite
Main light: small Chimera, camera / subject left on a Matthews arm.

Hasselblad 50mm lens with an 81B filter.
Film: Kodak Plus-X, Fuji RDP III
Photoshop: almost none.
Photo Assistant: Alex Lokey
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