The magazine’s Best of Fort Worth issue is one of our annual volumes that routinely requires the most amount of figurative blood and not-so-figurative sweat and tears from our creative and editorial departments.
Every year, we honor over 300 local personalities, businesses, and institutions. And while you can find each winner in our current October issue, not all 300-plus receive a write-up or fancy photo shoot. (We will have you know there is no formula when deciding who or what does and does not receive such coverage.)
This year, our team of freelance photographers — Olaf Growald, Thanin Viriyaki, Asia Eidson, and Richard Rodriguez — collectively completed 41 photo shoots and delivered nearly 800 photographs to our creative department. And of those nearly 800 photos, very few make it into the magazine. The rest, often fantastic shots, are doomed to become outtakes.
The above photo of local author and Best of Fort Worth winner Richard Selcer, taken by Growald, is one such photo.