Stories of Internships at Holographic Studios

written by the interns themselves

 

Lindsey, 2007

Lindsey drying off her face mask and later viewing the hologram she made of it.

It all begins with a girl from Chicago uprooting herself to Manhattan in order to fulfill her long-time dream of learning the art of holography. The tale continues with her turning the corner of 3rd and 26th and heading east toward her destination. At this point, her mind is filled with great anticipation, yet has no idea about what is ahead of her at the Holography Studios.

She approaches the address which she has inked onto her left palm, the butterflies in her stomach arise from rest. Before the girl gets a chance to peep into the hologram coated store front windows he is upon the stoop, key in hand, smile on face.

“Well, here we go”, she says to herself before the initial handshakes and introductions even occur. Subsequently, she follows him, Dr. Laser, into the studio and into one of the greatest months of her young life.

During her month long internship under Dr. Laser, the girl spends each day at the studio laughing, learning, conversing and producing. Together they prepare models for the hologram shoots out of various materials, communicate with prospective clients and chat with the gallery visitors. When it comes time to shoot the holograms, they head down to the dungeon/lab and Dr. Laser thoroughly explains to her each step of the shooting and developing processes. It is obvious that he is passionate about his work and truly loves to take people under his wing and teach them this art.

Through these weeks of work and banter, the girl from Chicago realized that she had not only obtained a mentor, but had concurrently made a friend. A friendship that will exceed her stay in New York and follow her through her future life endeavors.


Saul, 2006

I consider Jason Sapan to be one of the great scientists of America. He is the King of Holography in New York. He is one of the pioneering entrepreneurs in the field, and I am terribly humbled in the presence of his genius.

I was an apprentice of Jason’s in the summer of 2006. It was an excellent learning experience. I got to work with business and science at the same time. One day we would be dealing with clients in the office, the other we would be working in the lab.

In a hands-on environment, I learned the art of hologram making. The studio was the demonstration room, where I learned how to engage guests and teach them about the products offered. I worked alongside Jason with all of the stages of holography, which involved very different types of lab experience all grouped into one lab. I was able to learn a tremendous amount in the fields of optics and materials science, and I appreciate the time Jason sacrificed to share with me his knowledge.

Holographic Studios is an awesome place to intern at, with a great location. Anyone who would like the experience of a lifetime should consider this opportunity.


Daniel, 2005

I found my internship at holographic studios to be valuable and fun. I learned a lot about the science and art of holography through discussions with Jason and hands on experience. I found many aspects of producing a holographic image to be exciting and fascinating. Particularly, I thought integral holography, which I had not known about before my internship, was really cool. Additionally I had the opportunity to sit in on business discussions and learned about attributes involved.

With regard to how the day passes, I found it to be a lot of fun as Jason is a funny and friendly guy. After no time at all, it’s like hanging out with a friend at his... yknow, holographic studio. Plus, Jason is a totally chivalrous dude. This one time, a fire had broken out in one of the apartments upstairs and he took initiative of evacuating one of the neighboring tenants upstairs. He was even about to break in the fire escape window with a fire extinguisher to save two puppies (big awww) when fire trucks arrive and he decided to leave it to the pros. (not even kidding)

P.S. In case you were wondering, the fire department rescued the puppies.


Natasha, 2004 - 2005

My internship at the Holographic Studios, although unfortunately very short, was quite memorable. First of all, I think Jason is a wonderful person, very talented and knowledgeable, so it was very enjoyable to be in his company. The atmosphere at the Studios is very informal, we spent a lot of time discussing philosophical and scientific issues, or just sharing our experiences. I also met a few of Jason's friends, all of whom seemed very friendly and nice people.

Well, of course, it was an internship in holography, and we did shoot and develop holograms. Jason has explained to me the related color issues, i.e. why holograms may be of different colors, and how they change them depending on the angle you're viewing them at. Occasionally, we ran into problems, but Jason managed to solve all of them. I was amazed with his confidence that all the troublesome issues could be resolved. In many cases, I myself felt like giving up, but he remained enthusiastic and eventually found the solutions. That definitely lifted my spirit. Throughout my internship, alongside other projects there was one that we constantly ran into problems with. It was an integral hologram of a lady, and everything that could possibly go wrong with it, seemed to go wrong. It was almost mystical. But the hologram turned out very nice in the end.

We also built displays and stands for holograms. For that we had to use all kinds of different techniques of working with plastic, mostly. That's something I hadn't expected to learn when I started the internship. In the process, Jason told me how to make scupltures of plastic, and sometime soon he'll show me how to do it. As far as I understand, there is still a lot of research to be done on holography. Jason told me about some of his former projects, and we also discussed the theory of the Holographic Universe, which so interested the previous intern at the Studios. I think, holography is a field where science and art come together. Or at least you can make them come together, if you want to. In that sense, it is very special.

I am very grateful that I've had this wonderful experience. Before the internship, I knew very little about holography, although I was interested in it since I was a kid. Back then I couldn't imagine what kind of physical phenomena could produce those images, they were absolutely magical to me. Now my knowledge has increased, and I hope, will keep increasing, although I still admire holograms as much as I did in childhood.


Alexis, 2004

My first introduction to holography was through The Holographic Universe, by Michael Talbot. He suggests that the implications of the new medium could unravel the mysteries of consciousness. "If it was possible for every portion of a piece of holographic film to contain all the information necessary to recall a whole image, then it seemed equally possible for every part of the brain to contain all of the information necessary to recall a whole memory," (Talbot, 17). I was fascinated by the philosophical implications. However, in the summer of 2004, during which I was an intern at the Holographic Studios, it was revealed to me that Talbot's grasp on holography is weak, therefore his philosophical and scientific extrapolations are lacking. To begin with, his introduction sentence recalls the three-dimensional image of Princess Leia projected out of R2D2 in Star Wars as an example of a hologram (Talbot, 1). However, he is mistaken; it is merely a filmmaking technique, made to resemble a projection that is actually not holographic. Furthermore, in regard to his proclamation that one portion of a hologram can produce the whole image, Jason Sapan explained that every portion of a hologram will show only a segment of the whole image. In other words, a hologram that shows you a face turning, if portioned out, will produce a number of still images of the face in various degrees of turning. One portion will not reproduce the whole holographic image, only a unique perspective of it. Jason Sapan used the hologram as an analogy for life: whatever originates simply can be seen in terms of complicated fragments (imagine a tree from a seed, for example). Myself a student at NYU Gallatin studying Philosophy of Science, I found philosophy itself to be holographic: as a hologram is many perspectives, each unique set of a whole object, many philosophies may be seen as interwoven perspectives of the same human experiences. In this model of philosophy, consciousness may be the resulting hologram. In the Holography Handbook, holography is compared to linear perspective in how it could revolutionize art, mathematics, and perception (Unterseher, 339). ["Perspective is the method of representing three-dimensional objects in recession on a two-dimensional surface in order to give the same impression of relative position, size, or distance as the actual objects do when viewed from a particular point. Filippo [Brunelleschi] is generally regarded as its inventor, the one who discovered (or rediscovered) its mathematical laws," (King, Ross. Brunelleschi's Dome Penguin, New York 2000. p34)]. Like photography, I think holography will continually evolve; I see it entering the mainstream more and more. Hopefully, young artists will begin to truly exploit the medium, exploring new possibilities and experimenting with technique and observation.


Ami, 2002-2003

I found out about the Holographic Studios by surfing the web. I was looking for a summer internship and happily landed at the web site of the Holographic studios. As a fine art photographer, I was fairly interested and as I read more about Holography, my interest grew into a keen desire to understand the holographic process.

When I arrived in New York at the holographic studios, it was both nothing that I had expected and everything that I had hoped! The laser-lab looked more like something out of a mad-scientist handbook, than the pristine lab that I had expected and Dr. Laser was one of the funniest, smartest and all-around-great guys that I had ever met! While working with him I learned a great deal about Holography, and I honestly think that he is the best holographer I could have chosen to work with in order to really understand the holographic process.

There were many challenges in creating the holograms that we were working on that summer, but Dr. Laser could always find the solutions. That really helped me to understand that the job of a fine craftsman is much more than just putting a project together. It is knowing your craft and all the kinks and bumps that come along with it. It is learning how to approach a problem from many different angles, until you come up with the perfect solution. And most of all, it is sincerely loving what you do and wanting to share it with the world.

Dr. Laser is passionate about creating holograms, but also about teaching others how to be the best they can be. During my internship at the Holographic Studios, I not only learned how to make holograms, but also about New York, the world, people, myself and even a lot of useless information as well. Thinking back to all of the internships that I could have taken that summer, I do not think I could have made a better choice!


Crystal, 2001-2003

Crystal's interactive thesis presentation

I worked with Jason as an intern while I was doing my M.A. in the Gallatin program at NYU. For the fall semester I learned the basics of holography from him by asking tons of questions and helping him with individual and group classes. I learned the most though, acting as his "assistant" while he shot and developed his own hologram projects. By spending time in the lab, in his office, and in the gallery, I was able to explore many crazy ideas to try out for my own project at the end of the semester. I decided on shooting two holograms of three major parts of computer hardware.

Since I was in the Individualized Study program, my final thesis was to combine different disciplines and prove that my theories made some sense! It was titled "A Cybernetic Approach to Technoculture." I wanted to show the connections that exist between systems in nature, systems in the human body, and computer systems. Holography became one of the mediums that I incorporated into my artistic performance component, "Cybernetic Connections," which was an "interactive multimedia installation" set up for a few weeks in the spring of 2003 in Jason's gallery.

This project was constructed with the help of Jason in shooting the holograms and Chuck Lin for the computer programming and loaning of equipment. NONE of it would have been possible without the patience and guidance these two guys had!! I consider working with Jason one of my quintessential New York experiences for the wide range of advice and wisdom he imparted on me - from leaving a tiny fold at the end of a tape roll, to trying not to take the whole world so seriously...

If you are lucky enough to intern at the Holographic Studios, bring some good ideas and be prepared to learn way more than you could have ever expected!


Raphael, 1994-1995

Sophomore year in high school for me was filled with a lot of challenges. The most daunting of which was selecting a science project to present at competition. At first I thought that a project on erosion would suffice, but I wanted to be different and more challenging. Holography popped in my head especially after discovering that my high school already had a laser and holographic kit on hand. So, I tackled this new challenge and thought that I could succeed on my own. Needless to say, I failed and failed over and over again no matter how many times I read the manual.

I was on the brink of giving up when my mother, after seeing my frustrations, called New York information line. At first she was given the phone number to a holographic museum in Chinatown. Unfortunately though, they had gone bankrupt and closed. Another call was made and Holographic Studios popped up. My mother spoke to Jason Sapan, the proprietor and was informed of in-house lesson. I shortly began to take lessons, beginning in 1994 and into 1995.

My lessons were great and "Dr. Laser", that's Jason of course, made learning fun. Not only did he explained each step, he also allowed me to "dive in" and actually do the work. In fact the first time I developed a hologram, Jason warned me that any little cuts that I had on my hands that I wasn't aware of will become really obvious and painful after its made contact with the developer. Altogether, I made about 7 holograms with Jason's help and my favorite by far is the conical hologram of a die.

My internship at Holographic Studios may have been brief, but it was a very fulfilling experience that to this day I still look back to. At times it still amazes me that I actually did that and that I still retain most of the knowledge. I would recommend this internship to anyone at whatever age, its fun and has made for an interesting topic of conversation.


Chris, 1990-1994

Chris (seen at center) playing the role of Ulysses S. Grant for a Civil War hologram.

in-tern (in-turn), #3. Someone, as a student or recent graduate, working as an apprentice or trainee to gain practical experience in an occupation.

I never had any intention on being a holographer. To be perfectly honest, I had no idea what someone who worked in a Holographic Studio did. In the fall of 1990, my senior year at NYU, I knew that there was a Museum of Holography on Mercer Street.

A requirement of my degree was to hold an internship and to this point in my studies I had had several. One being fantastic and the other being horrendous. So as my final year in college began I wandered into the internship office and leafed through the big book of internships. The big book was a series of binders that had letters from businesses that NYU had already contacted describing what they did and who the contact was. At that point in my life I was interested in photography, so I was looking for something in that line of work. I came across the Holographic Studios letter and thought it looked interesting. I’m sure that my logic at the time was holography and photography, both end with raphy! They had to be connected. I set up an appointment to meet Jason Sapan. I remember it being a hot September day, and I rode my bike up to 26th Street. I was wearing an Around Long Island Regatta T-shirt. That’s important because after I introduced myself to Jason we talked about sailing for an hour as I looked around the gallery. We talked about his boat that he kept at the 79th Street Boat Basin, and I talked about growing up sailing on the Long Island Sound. Jason showed me around the studio and he agreed to take me on as an intern. It was a great way to make an introduction to someone. I knew that I had no idea what holography was about or how it worked, but we both had sailing in common and that was a start.

When I started at the Holographic Studios, there was another person working as well, Chris Wetzel. Chris had been an intern at one point who moved into a paying position at the studio. At the time I started the studio was working on a toy project with a local businessman and finishing up a major job for Hyatt Hotels. There were also orders coming in from shops around the country. As Jason was the only integral holography (moving image) studio, he had a corner on the market. Jason would fill orders not only for integral holograms but stickers, and other assorted items. The studio sold the integral images housed in a plexi-glass display and when viewed correctly, the images moved. As the orders came in there were several jobs to take care of. The studio usually kept spare images around so they were available to ship. If not, we would have to make prints in the lab. Making a holographic print is very similar to making a print in photography. The holographic film is light sensitive so we worked under safe light in the lab beneath the gallery. After exposure, there is a five step process; the print must be washed, then bathed in the developer, washed again, then into the bleach, then washed again, squeegeed, then hung to dry. Chris and I also mixed the chemicals to make the developer and fixer; you can’t just run out to the local camera shop and buy holographic developer. I always liked going to pick up the raw chemicals at this warehouse on the West Side. There was this guy who worked there who had a chiseled face that said, "of course I work in a warehouse that sells wholesale chemicals." I can still smell the place. It is the type of place that you would never know about unless you did this sort of thing. I discovered more of that as my time at the Holographic Studio increased. We also made the displays that housed the images. Jason had devised this foolproof system for molding the flat plexi-glass. I’d have to say it was intern-proof. Not that I didn’t make mistakes, fortunately Jason is a patient man.

I don’t recall my exact hours when I first started at the Holographic Studios, I’m sure that the minimum time spent was dictated by how many credits my internship was for. Seeing how the studio was only open from noon to six, I think I went almost every day. Part of the learning process included getting to know the world that the Doctor, as Jason is called, lives in. The Holographic Studio has been at the 26th Street location since the 1970’s so the Doctor is a sort of de-facto mayor of the block. Many local residents would stop by and you would get a sense for the enormous extended family around the studio. A trait that Jason is proud of is that many of his past interns still stop by to see what is going on, I am glad to say that I am among them. It was part of your initiation to determine who was a client and who was just over for a visit. Sid, the mad scientist who worked at Bellevue, Paco was an old intern, who was working as a computer programmer. Chris’ girlfriend, who worked as an exotic dancer was always a riot when she stopped in. Every order called into any local shop was for Jason, no last name, everyone knew who he was. I was getting a lesson on the sociological structure of a small slice of New York City. Jane Jacobs would have been proud.

As the fall semester was winding down, Chris announced that he was leaving the studio to pursue his film making career in Los Angeles. As luck would have it, I had accumulated enough credits to graduate, so I no longer need to take any classes at NYU. With little fanfare Jason hired me to replace Chris. Life at the studio continued as it had before. I began to take on a bit of the administrative duties such as sending out price lists, typing out bids, fielding calls and inquires from potential customers. Jason, who lived next door to the studio, would check in or I was able to page him and forward any important calls. As his wife was pregnant, he was spending time preparing their house for the arrival of their daughter. Which was my introduction to cabinet making. When it was slow at the studio, we built a small little room for the newborn off of the bedroom. The more time I spent with Jason at the studio I realized that he was an incredible storehouse of information on any number of subjects. Of course holography is a science, thus his nickname, so Jason had a very practical way of approaching a subject. I was always amazed at how simply the Doctor could explain the process of holography to someone stopping in to view the gallery. A gifted teacher is someone who can take the most complex issue, and explain it so you can understand it.

Patience is a learned virtue. As I grew excited at every phone call asking for a price quote Jason would answer every question asked, and the business was almost always never heard from again. The spring had arrived in the city and the toy project was ready. We had done many test images, worked with the designers of the display to improve visibility, talked about packaging. We had set up a meeting with the client to secure the first payment so we could begin production. The order was for thousands of holograms, the mother load! The meeting just so happened to coincide with the birth of Jason’s daughter. He returned from the hospital and we awaited the client. He arrived with his partner, who we had never met. I’m still not sure what happened next. There was a brief meeting and then it was over. My best guess was that the client was hustling whoever his partner was, and we were in the middle of it. What was actually a good idea that could have potentially made the studio a handsome profit all fell apart that morning. I remember that it took Jason a while to explain it to me, as I came in the middle of the process and could not believe it. The client, like so many others, was never heard from again.

The big call finally came. A contractor for a potential trade show job for the United States military contacted us. We were eventually to produce six 360-degree holograms depicting major moments in the history of the military. We had to hire a director of photography, actors, costumes, and several assistants. The studio was to handle all the details, and I coordinated the many facets of the job. The military put us in touch with people who could assist us with the authenticity of the holograms; the uniforms, insignias, weaponry, etc. We shot a revolutionary war image with George Washington, impersonated by Jan Leighton. For the civil war image I got to play Ulysses S. Grant. We turned the gallery of the studio into a Vietnam foxhole complete with sand bags, smoke and general chaos. We went on location twice, which was the best part. We traveled up to Rhinebeck, New York and shot one of the two existing World War I era bi-wing planes at the aerodrome. We were granted permission to shoot on an Airforce reserve unit in upstate New York. This base had an authentic Huey Helicopter. Jason and I tried to get a ride, but we were told no, against military rules. Nevertheless, it was very cool. Our entire crew had to wear ear protection, and use hand signals to communicate with each other during the shoot. It was a monumental job. Jason had enough confidence in me to let me coordinate the logistical side of the shoot.

After you are involved in the day by day operations of a unique business in New York City you learn a few things. The Holographic Studio was a soup to nuts operation. I thought I was going to learn about holograms. I wound up spending about 3 years working for the Holographic Studios. Sometimes the most interesting places are the ones that you might just stroll past, and think nothing of them. I didn’t just stumble across the studio, I was lucky enough to intern there.


Cecilia, 1982-1984

Cecilia creating art with a laser and fiber optics in the lab

I cannot express in words how much it meant to me to have a mentor at that point in my life, someone who took an interrest in me and developing my abilities, empowering me to do so many things from dry wall to electrical wiring, filming for the integrals, meeting with advertising agencies. I'll never forget the guy who was blind in one eye and couldn't even see 3 dimensionally. I loved every minute of it. The stench of diesel always brings me back to the depths of the waterbug caverns of the laser lab. The beautiful light of the laser. The laser tunnels, the amazing meeting with John Cage, the art of holography itself is but a mere facet of the entire brilliant exposure to life that you offered me. I don't know if I can be more mundane and describe our daily rituals, what I remember most fondly were our visits to Sid, the Greek coffee shop, riding your bikes madly down town to drop off film, big parties in arty lofts. The smell on my hands in the copy tank...... The time we did a trade show and the idiot who thought his holographic portrait would be 5 dollars. I suppose you wanted me to write something like "How I learned to make holograms with Jason".... Well I think it was so much more dimensional than that. I can't really give you a quick synopsis. We built a lab, we wrote press releases, we took limos sometimes others the wild bike rides to pay the phone or power bill before it was disconnected. We always were surrounded by interesting people, I wish I were there now.


Barry, 1981-1982

After so many years since my internship with Jason Sapan and the Holographic Studios, it is hard to explain exactly how that experience affected my life. It has had long term impact to be sure. Some major, some minor. Everything from the knowledge gained about LASERs and holography to interactions with people to my love of the game of chess. Living in suburban Greenburgh, NY and having the opportunity to go into the city several times a week was great. Jason would teach me many concepts such as timeliness (though from my tardiness of writing this for him one would say I need a remedial course in that) to integrity in dealing with people and to not take things too seriously.

My parents had recently been divorced when I met Jason. He took on a fatherly type role. Taught me things I wished my father had. Another person will have the added experience of his years of fatherhood that should have taught Jason a thing or two. I know that with my 11 month old daughter, I am learning and changing every day. He opened my eyes. If that makes any sense, to look outside myself and my box. Anyone who takes on an internship with Jason will be aptly rewarded. Sometimes I wish I could do it again, but I now need to take some of the lessons from that time and focus on my little one.

Oh yeah, if you go riding through the streets with him on a bicycle to pick up something, don’t ride too close to him. Though do try to keep up. I learned the hard way.


Joanne, 1978-1981

Back in 1978 my live-in boyfriend, Alan, suggested that we check out Sapan Engineering on 7th Avenue and 24th Street. He was very excited and tried to convey to me how wonderful the world of lasers and holograms would be. His basic description was simply, "Do you remember the scene in STAR WARS when Princess Lea was in 3-D sending her warning? That's a hologram, only it's not projected, it's on film." I had nothing else better to do, so I went along for a look and from that moment on I was hooked.

I met Dr. Laser, Jason Sapan, and the rest of the crew without realizing what I was getting myself into. Jason with his usual enthusiastic personality and scientific explanations gave us a tour of the laboratory. My eyes were wide open and I was in awe. This was the first time I saw a laser and its pure-crisp, colored light. Dr. Laser rattled off a succession of projects that were being worked on and his most current claim to fame, the CBS Sports Spectacular opening logo. At that point, I decided that I wanted to volunteer my time and learn all I could about lasers and perhaps even acquire a laser license.

Shortly thereafter, Sapan Engineering became Holographic Studios and was relocated to 26th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. The previous occupants was a gormet cheesecake bakery that made its home in a former Blacksmith forge. All I remember was a basement filled with thousands of cheesecake boxes that needed to be thrown out and a lot of fixing up to do. This seemed to take forever but it was for a good cause - to spread the knowledge about lasers and their inherent beauty. I was a dedicated Sapanian worshiper and would do what ever it took to get the place in order for the laser studio. This meant building walls, painting, scrubbing floors, creating a dark room and building an isolation table. Jason explained to me that the isolation table was like the inside of a giant camera and was not allowed to vibrate while taking shots. I always felt so small and insignificant when I was in the isolation table room like in Land of the Giants. Jason touched off the room with picture of the surface of the moon on the wall.

We were struggling holographers at one time and got very used to PB&J and coke. Our hours were long and hard but the cause was worth it. I met many celebrities and interesting people. The few that still come to mind are John Cage's 360 hologram because I love the piano. The turn-table stage took several days to build and had to be shot in the studio's gallery. Again, worth every minute. Studio 54, NYC back in its heyday was unforgettable. Once I earned my laser license, after taking a test (similar to an engineer test) and getting finger printed (laser were considered weapons back then), I was permitted to do light shows with Jason and crew at the clubs. This gave us easy access into all the big clubs and their VIP lounges, no velvet rope for us. The last time I was in Studio 54 was for a meeting with Steve Rubel and Ian Schraeger (the owners) the day before they were busted. Who knew there was hundreds of thousands of dollars above our heads that night.

In between assignments we took off on flights of fantasy with grand ideas for light shows in Central Park and from the Empire State Building. We had lavish parties with hundreds of people in the courtyard out back. I met Sid at one of these gatherings. He was some sort of mad scientist and was able to break down the components of any substance (pre CSI). There were countless people who remain nameless but who's faces I haven't forgotten. I remember a dinner meeting with a director of a movie and something about laser effects but I don't remember the details. There was a photographer, Stuart Craig, who took many pictures of the laser light going through fiber optics. He kept stock photos for future use. In one photo my hand was wrapped in fiber optics lit by two different colored lasers that made the cover of Scholastic's Science World and a poster. I finally become a cover girl! Also, I had the privilege of being part of two integral holograms one called, "Beauty and the Beast." No, I wasn't the beast, my exboyfriend had earned that honor and rightfully so. The second, a 360 hologram was for Remy-Martin cognac. I held a brandy glass with the bottle as the focal point. I can't remember if any alcohol was consumed.

We shot the opening to a ghost movie on West 4th Street. It had something to do with cats, faces in a mirror, and a rooftop. Another job which took several days was sewing fiber optics onto a butterfly pattern that Bob Makie drew for one of Cher's opening in California. Klaus Nomi, an up and coming avant guarde singer, artist, who was one of the first celebrities to contract AIDS and die was a memorable personality. Gene Simmons of Kiss asked us to do a hologram of Cher's album cover for her birthday. I guess he didn't get the whole idea of holograms needing a 3D subject. Jason and the rest of us actually went to do Macy's New York City windows with a water cooled Argon Ion Laser. The design was simple but most impressive. While working on the window, I enjoyed pretending to be a mannequin and watch the people walk by outside on the street. One of the most memorable assignments was one we did for the Museum of Holography (no longer in existence). We dressed in black and wore 3-D glasses. Jason's presentation started out serious but broke in a song and dance number that was befitting of a Broadway performance. We sang to the tune of the Jets are in town from West Side Story. Something like:
"The beams are in phase, you better be protected.
The beams are in phase, the wavelengths are selective,
they are coherent.
When you're a beam, you're a beam all the way
from your first photon in the metabolic phase.
When you're a beam, you can shine through a man
you can shine anywhere from here to Japan.
When you're a beam you stay a beam!"

I have to say I learned a lot from Jason. I learned about life, lasers and he still remains a close friend of mine. Dr. Laser changed my life with the zap of the laser. I changed his life when I introduced my close friend to him and to whom Jason is now married and has two beautiful children.


Holographic Studios, 2008


240 East 26th Street, New York, NY 10010
Tel: 212 686-9397  Fax: 212 481-8645  email: drlaser@holographer.com

 

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