Service To America Awards

Last night the Service to America Awards were held in Washington.  I was commissioned to make environmental portraits of the amazing award winners, incredible public servants, over the summer.  The photographs are used as giant image displays at the event, as well as projected on jumbo screens, and in numerous publications.  The awards honor federal workers "who are making high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans," and their "achievements range from preventing and treating rare and fatal diseases and advancing transportation safety for the traveling public to caring for our nation’s injured warfighters and housing homeless veterans."

I love working on this project as it utilizes a wide array of my photographic skills: planning/logistics of multi-city photo shoots, location portrait photography within the context of the winners work, and preparing files for large print installation displays and multiple media applications.  I also photographed the awards ceremony itself.

Take a look at AOL Gov's wonderful display of the award winner portraits.  Scroll to bottom to see a slideshow of the images.  Check out The Partnership for Public Service's site for more info about the Service to America Awards.

Update: AOL Gov added a nice gallery of images from the ceremony I shot of the event.