Life Through the Lens

One-Hour Pilot | Drama

Facing his mortality after a deadly medical diagnosis, a veteran photojournalist races against time in the dawn of the digital age to cement his legacy while mentoring a promising young female photographer with a curious link to his past.

Author’s note…

I’ve always thought the camera was like a time machine. The photos captured transport you back to another time and memory. No matter how far in the future, you can still go back to that one moment, frozen in time and relive it. Rarely has a story told from the perspective of a photographer – someone who freezes time.

It’s said the camera doesn’t lie. For news photographer’s that is especially true. These reasons are why I wanted to tell this story through the eyes of a news photographer – a noble task relying on seeing and recording the truth. But this story is told through the eyes of a man can’t move beyond a life-changing tragedy that distorts his view of the world.

Told with the backdrop of 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles and the emerging change to technology, this story examines the time period and how one man records the truth with his camera but can’t see the truth in his own life. It makes us ask the question, have we fully loved, fully lived, or is there something distorting our view?

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