We used to get called upon often to illustrate stories for the newspaper that didn't have photographs or illustrations already. We weren't really given enough time to make picture stories or document the story using real situations, people or events---in other words we needed to make illustrations because time didn't allow us to find the story to tell. I made this illustration to accompany a story on mental illness that was going to appear on the back page known as the Healthbeat page. We made probably 2-3 illustrations for this page a month--sometimes more. I remember making this image--part of which ended up in the paper(I think we decided to crop in and not have as many faces.) As with all pictures we make for the paper we print them out. I've had this b/w printout of the illustration for years and today I decided to photograph the print. I like doing this because these printouts are made with dots and this gives a neat texture sometimes. I try to re-photograph these all the time to see what I get. I get only a handful of successes doing this, but its those handful that keeps me trying it. I intend to use this in a bigger piece at some point, but for now I thought it might make a bit of a change of pace for our featured picture of the day. Meadville Tribune file illustration--further illustrated by Richard Sayer.