{"id":785,"date":"2019-08-07T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/photo-highlight-blog-2019\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T16:40:31","slug":"photo-highlight-blog-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/photo-highlight-blog-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Photo Shoots: Philadelphia Water Department at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there! My name is Herbie Hickmott<\/strong>, and I work as a Senior Graphic Designer for PWD.<\/h4>\n

When I introduce myself and my job, I sometimes get a puzzled look\u2014what does the Philadelphia Water Department need a graphic designer for?<\/em><\/p>\n

I typically try to highlight some of the work our customers and the public may already know: branding experiences people engage with at events like our traveling Philly Water Bar<\/a>, the in-depth guides<\/a> we offer to highlight PWD\u2019s efforts to protect waterways and deliver quality drinking water, and graphics supporting campaigns<\/a> to boost awareness about new assistance programs.<\/p>\n

My teammates and I rely heavily on visual storytelling. That often means showing a complicated process through a diagram or other visual to expand on written descriptions or instructions.<\/p>\n

Photography is incredibly important to us and having great images that capture the work that we do and the people who do it is an ever-present need.<\/p>\n

During the first half of 2019, we worked with professional photographers to capture the truly<\/em> impressive and varied work that\u2019s being done around the clock by some of the 2,000-plus folks who work for PWD.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Below, I highlighted five of my favorite photos from those shoots, and included a few more so you can get a feel for what the photographers\u00a0captured. Take a look and browse the slideshows:<\/p>\n

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#1: Lens on The Labs<\/h2>\n
\"Lens<\/a>