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February 6, 2023 15 mins

Claire works in the highly sought space of Hollywood movies and television shows in the less commonly known creative field of still photography. She talks with Dr. Hughes, Founder of Living Loud Living Long, about creativity both as a financially supportive career and as a soul satisfying activity. If you are reaching mid-life, wanting to transform yourself, feeling alone, then you belong in our authentic, healthy community where you can find who you’re meant to be and how to get there. With us you get fresh ideas grounded in good medicine and like-minded friends in our Living Loud Living Long Community.

  • Career paths are often winding and involve pivots. Claire has been there. Pivots are good.
  • Claire started in biology working in a top tier neuroscience laboratory. She tells us how people misunderstand science as lacking in creativity.
  • Her pivot from science to art took place in steps. She tells us how she took purposeful smaller steps to get where she wanted to go.
  • Our listeners learn how she turned her creative outlet, photography, into a career working on movie sets with well-known actors and actresses.
  • She talks about her involvement with the Cinematographers Union.
  • Mentoring is a more recent activity that the industry has taken up. Claire is on the forefront of this by being an early mentor and passing along her hard-earned experience through her union program.
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Bio: Claire is a Unit Still Photographer working in Motion pictures and Television. Known for feature film work on over 70 features: dramas such as August Osage County, and Indy films like The Way, Way Back, and Manchester by the Sea. Worked with Director Ben Affleck on all four of his films, including Academy Award winning ARGO. Twice nominated for Publicists Guild award for Excellence in Still Photography for Motion Picture, 2013 and 2017. Affiliated with Local 600 Cinematographers Union since 2000.

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