Class of 1966
WAYNE HILL JR. brings a new frame of mind to the cubicle.
After shooting his first roll of film with a camera he'd received for his 19th birthday, then-sophomore Wayne Hill sold a shot of Baker Library framed by snowy tree branches for $900. "I was looking at my slides in the Camera Shop of Hanover and a man came over and said that was one of the most beautiful shots of campus he'd ever seen," Hill recounts. Firmly hooked on photography, Hill served as gopher to long-time College photographer Adrian Bouchard and then interned with Ansel Adams after graduation. "Since then my goal has been to bring back the experience of very special places to people trapped in cubicle and offices spaces," says Hill, an environmental psychologist with Vienna, Virginia-based Hill Art Group (www.hillartgroup.com) who offers beauty as an antidote to the stress of working around the Beltway. Hill's photographs enliven the hallways and public spaces of Washington Dulles International Airport, the American Red Cross, the University of Maryland and Medlmmune, where 700 employees voted to select the photographs that would be installed in their headquarters. "Many of the clients I've worked with look upon us as a resource to help tell stories on their wall or to bring some energy into their offices," says Hill, whose business card reads "chief imagination officer." "But our passion in working with corporations is not to place beautiful pictures everywhere. It's to help them attract and retain good employees."
