Peter Kuhn, PhD of The Scripp Reseach Institute with a model of the SARS virus. ©Martin Trailer

The goal of this “Authentic Portrait” is to portray a research scientist researching the SARS virus, with something tangible.  Building a model representative of a polymorphic virus that causes the severe acute respiratpory syndrome (SARS), the virus was a challenge since the virus is much to small to actually see without an electron microscope.

A few years back when the SARS was spreading though southern China and urban areas of Hong Kong and Toronto infecting over 8,000 people, this research group was formed shortly there after to understand this new virus which had never infected humans before.

Peter leads a multi-disiplined, multi-city group of researchers.

Endeavor Vol 8, No 2

Martin Trailer, is a commercial/advertising photographer based in Southern California, working for clients worldwide.  A working photographer for over 30 years, Martin has regularly provided thoughtfully produced photographs adding value for clients.  Starting out in the newspaper business, covering general news, events, sports of all types, often on tight deadlines and honed the skill set of pushing to end up with the nearly intangible authentic final image.  Over the years as a photographer, working in advertising, corporate, multimedia and editorial fields, consisting of autos, food, tabletop, fashion, architecture and destinations, all culminating on a focus of people and the authenticity of the person(s). Personal projects include most anything vintage themed and especially vintage trailers and there owners.  Authenticity creates added value for the client, person, product or service.  All images are registered with the US Copyright office.  See more of Martin’s work at http://MartinTrailer.com

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This Authentic Portrait of a research scientist, Dr. Martin Friedlander whose research into retinitis pigmenosa which causes blindness, effecting the rods and cones in the back of our eyes.  His research involves the use of stem cells, the patients own, that slows and improves the condition over time.

His portrait is based on a culmination of interviewing and lengthly discussion on how to illustrate the research of the eye disease and the therapeutic research.  Our conclusion is fairly straight forward, the rods and cones in the back of the eye, in a clean representation using the sculptural piece of treatment target as a background.  The sculpture was created by combining very simple items, snow cone cups (rods) and styrofoam cups, (cones) on foam core with a glue gun in a matter of a few hours.  Simple and effective.

“If someone told me 15 years ago that you could take human bone marrow stem cells and use them to treat blindness, I wouldn’t have believed it.”
–Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D.

Believable, comfortable and authentic.

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