Hot off the press, it’s the latest issue of Columbia Law School Magazine featuring my portrait of alumna Minna Schrag. She’s had a pretty incredible career, including time spent as a senior trial attorney for the International Criminal Tribunal and as chair of the board of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund.
When I spoke with Minna to set up a time and place to shoot, she suggested using her bookcase at home as a backdrop. I politely dismissed that idea and if you do a Google Image Search for the phrase “lawyer portrait,” you’ll understand why.
Instead, we found some nice natural light elsewhere in her building that I supplemented lightly. And for some alternate options, we shot nearby at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. I liked the large concrete bricks as a symbol of her personal strength.
Here are some outtakes:
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