New work for @chownow shot last year in Charlotte, NC. This campaign was a very personal one for me as I’ve watched friends open and close restaurants the last two years. The pandemic was hard for all small businesses but the restaurant industry had it extremely tough. Businesses had to adapt and evolve to new guidelines on the daily, attempt to keep their staff employed, kitchens running and the community fed. The goal of this campaign was to give a face to all of the employees that put in the tireless hours in the background to help keep the lights on and food on our plates. Please support your local restaurants when you can. Thank you to @jjsredhots @futobutaramen for letting us shoot in your kitchen during the lunch rush and for feeding our crew. Thank you @carriejlevy for the wonderful project, @who_kid for keeping the train on the tracks @deborahburch at @snogproductions for the 1st class production and @giantartists @dreudy for bringing it all together.