{"id":5111,"date":"2020-08-31T22:48:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T22:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillipwongphotography.com\/?p=5111"},"modified":"2020-09-27T03:18:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T03:18:02","slug":"from-where-we-are-to-where-we-once-were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phillipwongphotography.com\/?p=5111","title":{"rendered":"From Where We Are . . . To Where We Once Were"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-prif&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"font-211870\">Editorial Photography<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"font-211870\">From Where We Are . . . <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"font-211870\">To Where We Once Were<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"font-162874\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I spent years pitching story ideas to my managing editors at <em>The Chicago Reporter<\/em> at <em>CBS<\/em> Radio, and then in Italy when working for <em>Vogue Italia<\/em>, <em>Donna &amp; Bambini<\/em> and <em>The Face<\/em> in London and <em>I.D. Magazine<\/em>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-162874\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ideas, and production and shooting, have layers of interest: visual, conceptual, artistic, ephemeral and essential or elemental . . .\u00a0 or simply cliched or trite. \u00a0\u00a0 Success with ambitious projects isn&#8217;t always there, but with so much to work with in our world, why would we choose to chase a cliche, or copy someone else? \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-162874\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>From Where We Are . . .\u00a0 To Where We Once Were<\/em>, was meant to comment on the gentrification of low rent areas, and the new money, and new world, and new constructions that replaced them.\u00a0 Visually, I wanted to question which had more emotional content? \u00a0 I ultimately moved it to Verve Fashion Magazine for publication.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font-162874\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The styling, we looking for boldness, sexiness, but strength and the intrinsic inter-relationship of what we wear, to who we are. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;5056&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;5057&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;5059&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;5061&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-prif&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text] Editorial Photography [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] From Where We Are . . . 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