Inspired Photo Blog

For the second year in a row, I was asked to join photographer Gary Voth as an associate photographer for the Microsoft CEO Summit. This conference is held every year at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. It’s fascinating and exhilerating to stand behind the scenes and document the world’s business leaders. Access that I would never have if I were not a photographer. It’s one of the aspects of my profession that I enjoy the most. It’s one thing to hear Bill Gates speech “The New World of Work” and quite another to see it up close and in person.

Due to the nature of my agreement with Microsoft and the very private nature of the attendees, I am not permitted to show you my work. But Gary Voth has posted a few images from our photo shoot on his web site. CEO Summit 2005 Working with Gary is an amazing experience. He is extremelly talented and I am continually humbled when I work with him. His ability to pull out great images from these very challenging situations is inspiring and uncanny. Be sure to visit Gary’s web site. His archive of newspaper photojournalism is impressive as well as his photoessays on Africa and India.