WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:04.920 I know David, whom I used to work with 40 years ago, 2 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:08.820 when he got his HIV/AIDS. 3 00:00:08.820 --> 00:00:12.210 And I kept bumping into him at Christmas parties 4 00:00:12.210 --> 00:00:13.800 from the old work. 5 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:16.500 I left long ago and so we drifted, 6 00:00:16.500 --> 00:00:19.567 but I just saw his face and I said, 7 00:00:19.567 --> 00:00:21.210 "I have to get a shot of that 8 00:00:21.210 --> 00:00:23.160 because it's got everything 9 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.500 that I'm looking for in a portrait: 10 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:29.850 a soul, the past history, the suffering, you know." 11 00:00:29.850 --> 00:00:30.870 I just like that. 12 00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:33.490 And it's also topical because 13 00:00:34.410 --> 00:00:39.410 although that COVID is still here, but AIDS is also here. 14 00:00:39.720 --> 00:00:42.090 So we're forgetting about the fact 15 00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:44.670 that people are still getting AIDS. 16 00:00:44.670 --> 00:00:48.630 And David was very, you know, cooperative. 17 00:00:48.630 --> 00:00:51.570 And just one hot summer day, 18 00:00:51.570 --> 00:00:56.010 we took hundreds of shots and different angles. 19 00:00:56.010 --> 00:00:58.680 And so I experimented, experimented. 20 00:00:58.680 --> 00:01:01.410 And then finally, I just got this idea 21 00:01:01.410 --> 00:01:04.350 to put the attachment to the flash 22 00:01:04.350 --> 00:01:08.870 and shot him like with the medication. 23 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:13.890 So in every way, I have a lot of respect for the guy. 24 00:01:13.890 --> 00:01:16.784 And I'm glad that I made the final. 25 00:01:16.784 --> 00:01:21.784 (mellow music) (people chattering)