Scott Lewis

Portraits: Singles

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Neil Weygandt finsihed his 43rd consecutive Boston Marathon with a time of 4:45:38. Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
  
Jack Witherington, owner of Methods and Materials Building Co., a Timberframe construction company. Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
     
  
Retired from the Air Force, Carl Hodges was one of the first black students to go to Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina. 'Back then the students weren't a problem, they were fun,' Hodges says today that the problems at the school then were the teachers. 'We weren't a threat to middle class whites.'
  
Bettye Kearney and her husband, Massenburg, gave aid and support to protesters who were against moving PCB contaminated soil to the Warren County landfill in the early 1980s. The landfill is just on the other side of the trees at the edge of their property, where television helicopters landed during the controversy. 'We're thankful that technology became available to clean it up,' Kearney said.
  
Jay McCarrol, first winner of Project Runway, clothing and fabric designer. Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
     
  
Brothers Francis, left, and Hubert Poole share a family history as well as a shared experience as veterans serving at a time when African-American relations were still quite tense in the military and American society as a whole. Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
   
Dorothy and Clarence Haldy volunteer at their church and they go out square dancing every week.
  
Bob Maley, chief information security officer for the state of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
     
  
Alan Gell sat in prison for 9 years, 5 on death row, for a murder he did not committ. In a second trial, Gell was freed but later returned to jail for satutory rape of a former 15-year-old girlfriend and was sentenced to five years in prison. Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
   
Director Ken Loach Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
  
Comedian Chris Rock Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
     
  
Director Paul Verhoeven Philadelphia Photojournalist Philadelphia Photographer
   
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Joseph and Amber Tardiff found themselves personally liable when Joseph's business failed when his partner was paralyzed in a car accident in early days of the current recession making for a tragic combination of factors. Even though the business was structured as an LLC, Joseph had co-signed on loans with a personal guarantee which made him personally liable for the business' debts. The Tardiff's are finishing up bankruptcy proceedings, which has enabled them to keep their home and cars, and are looking forward to moving into the next stage of their life. The experience has become an asset for Amber in her role working for an attorney where she helps small businesses explaining the details of contracts and legal structures.Photograph by Scott LewisBankruptcy