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Anita Diamant

When I was asked by The Writer magazine to do a photo shoot with best-selling author Anita Diamant, it felt a bit like old-home week. Anita's and my professional paths had crossed many times over the years, when both of us worked at Equal Times newspaper, the Boston Phoenix, and then finally, for the Boston Globe. The story we were illustrating here was an interview with Anita, in which she explained how her own hard work, initiative, and persistence had helped make The Red Tent a perennial best seller and a top choice of book clubs around the world. Anita liked to joke that the room behind her was financed by the successes of that book! One of my favorite parts of this image is Anita's dog, Pom, lurking on the sidelines. When we do location shoots like this, we generally bring the studio to the client--meaning that we have lights, stands, umbrellas, and reflectors in the room but out of sight, artificially creating the natural, well-lit view seen here.