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Location scouting I (at Qualcomm Technology)

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Location scouting II (at Qualcomm Technology)

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Venice, Ca. (at Venice Beach)

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Santa Monica, Ca. #retro #classiccar #70s (at Santa Monica, California)

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Hung my work for the #APA pop up show 'one night stand' tomorrow December 5, 7-10pm at #santamonicaartstudios come visit if you can. (at Santa Monica Art Studios)

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VR life! #USCCBC9 #usc #vr #tech #techno #technology #google #googlecardboard (at University of Southern California)

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at Santa Monica, California

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Poetry in motion (at Santa Monica, California)

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Got to shoot with this guy last week @bismackbiyombo of Toronto Raptors. Great working with ya and good luck this season. #nike #basketball #torontoraptors #nba

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Skim; the project. #thevic #thevic2015 #aliso #alisobeach #victoriaskimboards #beach #california #ca #laguna #photography #redbullenergy #redbull #skim (at Aliso Beach Park)

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Skim; the project. #thevic2015 #victoriaskimboards #skim #alisobeach #laguna #ca #california #beach #aliso #iPhone #photography (at Aliso Beach Park)

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Skim; the project. #alisobeach #thevic #victoriaskimboards #skim #thevic2015 (at Aliso Beach Park)

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Death Row no more.

Earlier this year I spent a few days in Arizona on a controversial and emotionally charged Death Row story for Der Spiegel magazine. Debra Milke was convicted of the murder of her son Christopher in 1990 and had been awaiting her death until March 23, 2015, when her case was formally dismissed. I spent those final few transformative days with her, from going through the dismissal process, to facing the media and finally tasting true freedom again, as if for the first time. 

As a photographer, this assignment called on all my skills; as portrait photographer, reportage photographer and news photographer. An intense and hectic combination, but I love to immerse myself in shooting real, honest situations with depth, and it doesn’t get much more real than Death Row. But it was a delicate situation and there was an awful lot of skepticism, doubt and questions flying around about her acquittal in general. This poor lady was literally out of the frying pan and into the fire with the world’s press! So they’re was a lot going on.

But none the less, we had a job to do to tell this story, and on top of that we needed to shoot a cover on a tight deadline, so we created a location studio in her house, as the rest of the world’s press was on her tail. Debra was clearly overwhelmed and emotionally taught with the whole thing. Not an easy situation, but with great help of my local assistant in Phoenix, Madison Kirkman, we pulled it all off.

In the end, our cover didn’t run. It was a busy news week in Germany that week as sadly a crazy German pilot decided to fly a plane into the side of a mountain. But here’s a mock-up of one option we were working on; Debra Milke before and after a long visit to Death Row. To see more of my latest work go to gallagherphoto.com.

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Crowds gather at the Paul Conrad sculpture 'Chain Reaction' in Santa Monica to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima blast. #Hiroshima #nuclear #ww2 #reportage #photography #nonukes #chainreaction #paulconrad (at Santa Monica Court House)

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Surf- Life; Trestles, San Clemente. #surf #trestles #lowers #surfing #photography #silhouette

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Citi Field, LA Dodgers vs NY Mets. #newyork #baseball #citifield #panoramic #landscape #nymets

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Mets vs Dodgers. #newyork #baseball (at Citi Field)