I’ve been meaning to express how grateful I am to People magazine’s
@people Sarah Fernando for giving me the opportunity to meet and photograph Emma Heming Willis
@emmahemingwillis to help promote her book “The Unexpected Journey” where she shares her experience as her husband actor Bruce Willis’ caregiver who was diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia FTD in 2022. It’s likely you’ve seen Emma as she travels across the country on her book tour doing interviews and raising awareness for this incredibly debilitating disease. As photographers our encounters with our subjects can be brief, but some leave a greater lasting impression than others, this was one of those. To be in Emma’s orbit is to be near goodness, you can feel it, there’s an other-centered empathy, a lovely unhurried calm, loyalty, devotion…qualities that exemplify our best selves. I can’t imagine a better messenger for Bruce, this cause, and for other caregivers going through their own challenges. Many thanks to People magazine’s West Coast photo editor Gladees Prieu who joined us on set and all the talented creatives listed below that make these assignments go so smoothly. Emma thank you for the work your doing and for being such an absolute pleasure to work with!
Photo Editors
Sarah Fernando
@fernando.sarah
Gladees Prieur
@geepster
Hair: Jorge Buccio
@bucciojb
Makeup: Jenna Anton
@jennaantonmakeup
Stylist: Sonja Christensen
@sonjamchristensen
Set design
Rachel/ Wanted PD
@wantedpdinc
Justin/Wanted PD
Digi tech: DJ Dohar
@djxdohar
Asstistants
Sean Costello
@seancostellophoto
Adrian Alston
@alstondeluxe
Kendra Frankel
@kendrafrankle
The Rebel Lens Group
@therebellensgroup and the brilliant Gene Bresler
@catchlightdigital