Genome talk with WIRED magazine…

By Gene X HwangPublished On: March 20th, 2009

Categories: Photography & Industry Perspective

One of the coolest things about shooting events is learning and meeting people you probably would not have met otherwise. It also often provides a chance to try and get more interesting shots since most panels and presentations are usually fairly similar setup-wise.

On Thursday night during the Nightlife event at the California Academy of Sciences, we shot for WIRED for their DIY DNA event. The panelists were Dr. Hugh Rienhof, founder of MyDaughtersDNA.org (in photo at left) and 23andme.com co-founder Linda Avey (center) and it was moderated by Thomas Goetz of WIRED. I really liked the portion on patenting your genome and how medicine at the genomic level could be a quantum leap forward from the way things are currently done. Exciting times and very cool things that are happening right now…

About the Author: Gene X Hwang

Gene X Hwang leads Orange Photography’s photography team and is one of San Francisco’s most sought-after event photographers. His background in corporate marketing communications during the late-’90s dot-com boom gives him an insider’s view of what client teams need, and his push for social responsibility made Orange the first photography studio in San Francisco to earn Green Business certification. Read Gene’s full bio →