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Photograph by Tim Dorsey
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The thing about Twitter is that it really has been a "game changer", as cliched as that sounds.
Access to people is more open than ever. Never would I be able to reach a corporate heavy hitter or a sports superstar to thank them for their time after a shoot, but here in the era of Twitter, I can find our Forbes cover subject Jack Dorsey, send a note thanking him for his time, get his reaction to the photograph, and then really see the wake in the aftermath of the images we created.
A few moments on Twitter got me onto the site of Mr. Tim Dorsey of MA Tech Services, a company specializing in mass spectrometer work. I'm assuming he is also the Dad of Jack Dorsey, our cover subject. Here on his Twitter is a stunning photograph made by Tim of a newstand that has the October issue of Forbes featuring his son. He arranged the magazines to display the cover in repetition...just such a great metaphor for the pride his Dad seems to be feeling at that moment. Beneath the image is a brief caption that includes the note "We bought all of them."
Later that week appears a photograph with a stack of the magazines, a copy of Freedom Manifesto by Steve Forbes, thoughtfully inscribed by Mr. Forbes himself. The signature reads "To The Dorseys- Who exemplify the best of free market creativity. With gratitude, Steve Forbes."
Why am I going on about this? Well Dorsey created Twitter. His Dad is using it to great effect. We shot Dorsey. We then got to get a peek into the way the shoot touched his parents, all via this platform their son helped create.
Technology can be a massive time suck and a negative energy force itself. But wow...when it gives you this, it feels good to see the positive as well.
Above photograph by Tim Dorsey, below photograph by Moira Forbes.
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Photograph by Moira Forbes
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