Phil Shao Portrait: This is one of my favorite portraits of all time. I was shooting a series of color infrared  stuff for  a THINK  ad campaign that never really took off because of the weirdo's up there changing their minds- something they often did. Phil picked up a piece of cardboard a homeless dude dropped wrote this little blurb down and boom- a killer shot! Some of the best shots are spontaneous. (side note) A lot of people ask me why THINK took  a nosedive from  such a bad ass company to  it's current bottom of the barrel state and I can pinpoint the turn being the time of Phil's death. It was never said but the wind was taken out of the  sails and it never came back. I have to believe  if Phil never passed THINK would have stayed on top  and kept at least as much respect as some of it's peer companies  like REAL or  TOY MACHINE. Never forget Phil, he was one of  a kind!