One of my favorite editors, Paul Moakley, gave me a call not too long ago with an interesting assignment in McLean, Virginia and Washington, D.C. I went up for several days to photograph teens and young adults from different walks of life that have all struggled to obtain entry-level, minimum wage jobs. Many of the people I met had applied for anywhere from 20 to 100 different positions with little success. They ended up running four images over six pages and I was quite pleased with the way it turned out, especially considering all the bumps along the way, expected and otherwise. Here is the tearsheet and some outtakes.

One of my favorite editors, Paul Moakley, gave me a call not too long ago with an interesting assignment in McLean, Virginia and Washington, D.C. I went up for several days to photograph teens and young adults from different walks of life that have all struggled to obtain entry-level, minimum wage jobs. Many of ...