{"id":35,"date":"2008-05-09T14:16:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T18:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/?p=35"},"modified":"2008-05-09T14:16:17","modified_gmt":"2008-05-09T18:16:17","slug":"imagination-redefines-the-executive-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/imagination-redefines-the-executive-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagination redefines the executive portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/mission\/franke.php\">Franke James, MFA<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can imagination redefine the executive portrait? <\/strong>The genre is usually typified by pretty staid and conservative photos &#8212; just pick up any annual report. But if you&#8217;re lucky enough to work with clients who are willing to explore new solutions, there may be opportunity for creativity. I love the challenge of creating a portrait that captures the personality of that executive and tells the company story. If it stands on its own as illustrative photographic art even better. Below are some examples of business portraits I&#8217;ve created for companies in the software industry. You&#8217;ll spot pop culture references to the Twist, comic books, benday dots, Roy Lichtenstein, curve-balls, and even pizza wars.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/jamesgang\/images\/risk_duo.jpg\" alt=\"photo of business exec by Franke James\" width=\"440\" height=\"993\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Portrait: Sales executive in risk management software.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/jamesgang\/images\/diamond2.jpg\" alt=\"photo of business exec by Franke James\" width=\"440\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Portrait: Senior executive in risk management software.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/jamesgang\/images\/risk_boxer.jpg\" alt=\"photo of business exec by Franke James\" width=\"440\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Portrait: Senior executive in risk management software.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/jamesgang\/images\/business_440.jpg\" alt=\"photo of business exec by Franke James\" width=\"440\" height=\"229\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Portrait: Senior executive in risk management software.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/jamesgang\/images\/risk_pizza.jpg\" alt=\"photo of business exec by Franke James\" width=\"438\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Portrait: Programmer in risk management software.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/jamesgang\/images\/curveball.jpg\" alt=\"photo of business exec by Franke James\" width=\"439\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Portrait: Programmer in risk management software.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/jamesgang\/images\/defining.jpg\" alt=\"photo of business exec by Franke James\" width=\"440\" height=\"958\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Portrait: Senior executive in PSA software.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Photos \u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a9 Franke James, The James Gang<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Franke James, MFA Can imagination redefine the executive portrait? The genre is usually typified by pretty staid and conservative photos &#8212; just pick up any annual report. But if you&#8217;re lucky enough to work with clients who are willing to explore new solutions, there may be opportunity for creativity. I love the challenge of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/imagination-redefines-the-executive-portrait\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Imagination redefines the executive portrait&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[59,40,55,16,57,58,60,61,56,20],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trends","tag-collaborate","tag-creative","tag-executive-portrait","tag-franke-james","tag-imagination","tag-innovate","tag-photo","tag-photography","tag-risk-management-software","tag-the-james-gang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesgang.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}