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INSIDE THE ISSUE JUNE 2021
FEATURES 12 Cameraman What began as a White House internship for Grant Miller turned into a thriving career.
20 Putting Down Roots 20-year-old Dallas-born artisan Bradley Sigman is building relationships through his painting and diverse artisan talents.
24 Making a Societal Impact Karen LaVorgna and her son, Lincoln, helped Genesis Women’s Shelter during the catastrophic winter storm.
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34 Fun for Father’s Day Here are some ideas for the upcoming holiday!
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WHAT BEGAN AS A WHITE HOUSE INTERNSHIP FOR GRANT MILLER TURNED INTO A THRIVING CAREER OF CAPTURING THE RIGHT MOMENTS.
CAMERAMAN ARTICLE CHRISTIANA NIELSON | PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT MILLER
NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THEY HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED PRESIDENT GEORGE AND
Thinking he didn’t have a shot, he applied anyway. He got the internship.
LAURA BUSH, POPE BENEDICT XVI, AND THE
In 2007, Miller went to Washington, D.C., for the
DALAI LAMA. But Grant Miller has. He’s also
three-month-long internship, with plans to come
photographed every president from Jimmy Carter
back to Georgia for grad school and a master’s
onward, except for Ronald Reagan. And, at a char-
degree in counseling. But at the end of that program,
ity event for Hurricane Harvey several years ago,
he was offered a full-time job in the photo office to
he was one of very few people in the room with all
finish out the Bush administration. “I didn’t really
five former living presidents at that time. In short,
think about it,” Miller says. “I mean, it was the chance
Miller’s career as an in-demand photographer
of a lifetime.”
has led him to meet world-renowned politicians,
For the next two years, Miller photographed for
foreign dignitaries, and powerful businesspeople.
the Bushes until everyone lost their jobs with the
But, more than a decade ago, he fell into photog-
change of administration. But he didn’t step away
raphy by accident.
from photography. Instead, he moved to Dallas in
Growing up, Miller didn’t own a nice camera.
2010 — and eventually became the Bushes’ per-
It wasn’t until a college study abroad trip to the
sonal photographer, shooting family and speaking
Galápagos Islands that he bought a camera and
engagements and then events for the George W.
found he enjoyed taking photos of his travels.
Bush Presidential Center as it was being built.
That sparked an interest, which he pursued with
“That kind of helped grow my business organ-
photography classes in his extra schedule time
ically,” Miller says. “These corporations and com-
around his psychology degree. Still, photography
panies would hire him to come speak, and then
was merely a hobby — until his professor told him
he would recommend that they hire me to be the
about a photo internship at the White House. “At
photographer for their event. And then I’d build
the time, I had no idea the President even had
relationships with these corporations. That’s pretty
photographers,” Miller says.
much how my business grew into what it is now.” CONTINUED >
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Now, Miller does photography ranging from corporate events to conferences to political affairs to headshots — but he’s still the Bushes’ personal photographer too. “Working at the White House was great on-the-job training,” Miller says. “I learned how to interact with high-level officials, heads of state, and foreign leaders, and it really helped shape and train me to be the photographer that I am today. Whether it’s a high-profile event or a celebrity or anything like that, my job is to be somewhat invisible and be in the right spot at the right time to capture those moments. There’s no better place to learn how to do that than the White House.” That training prepared Miller for events such as photographing the Dalai Lama when he came to Dallas in 2015 and taking Bill Gates’ photo at a leadership forum. “I love the pressure of having to capture the right moments,” Miller says, “because these moments will never happen again. It’s almost like shooting a wedding every day. These interactions will only happen once, and there are no do-overs. I’ve never been able to say, ‘Hey, Mr. President, can you do that again?’ You’ve got to make sure you’re always ready, even though you can’t be everywhere all the time.” Luckily, Miller says, he’s spent so much time with the Bushes that he can usually tell what’s coming next based on their interactions and body language. His goal is to always try to stay a step ahead and be in the right spot. 14
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“I never in a million years thought I’d be photographing the President of the United States,” Miller says. “I’m sitting here in my office, looking at a picture on the wall of the President and the Dalai Lama sitting at a table with a birthday cake, and they’re both cracking up laughing. There are days where I have to pinch myself.” Whether it’s a photo of a world leader or an everyday headshot or family portrait, Miller doesn’t do much photo editing and says he rarely does touchups. “I really just want to convey people’s authenticity,” he says. “I feel like a photograph can tell a story. It captures a moment in time that will never happen again. So my goal is to tell the story of what was going on in that moment. If I’m shooting an event, my goal is to tell the story of the entire event. If I’m taking somebody’s headshot, I want to convey their authentic personality.” Demand for Miller’s photography prowess has grown, but so has his team. Now, he has about five photographers in Dallas that shoot for him regularly, so if he’s already booked, his team can cover the request. Of course, last year was a tough one for the event industry, and therefore Miller’s business. But, he says, events have started to pick back up, and he’s hopeful that this year and the next will look quite different. He aims to grow his team of photographers and cover more and larger-scale events, while expanding his portrait and headshot venture as well. With businesses reopened, the inquiries have already started pouring in. “I’m really hopeful we can continue to grow our business covering corporate, private, and political events as well headshots and portraits,” Miller says. As long as his job is to tell a story through capturing those perfect moments — George Bush on a golf course, a compelling business deal, a family’s first portrait together — he’ll be happy. 16
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PUTTING DOWN ROOTS
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20-YEAR-OLD DALLAS-BORN ARTISAN BRADLEY SIGMAN IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH HIS PAINTING AND DIVERSE ARTISAN TALENTS.
WHETHER
IT’S
WORKING,
WELDING,
PAINTING,
WOOD-
encouraged to pursue my creativity. My dad
PHOTOGRAPHY,
taught me a lot of the technical craft, and Brad
OR MIXED-MEDIA PIECES, EMERGING
guided me on the art craft, while I kept my cre-
DALLAS-BASED
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ARTISAN
BRADLEY
SIGMAN IS AT HIS BEST WHEN CREATING WITH HIS HANDS. Everything he creates,
HOW HAVE YOU COME INTO YOUR OWN
from custom luxury furniture to wall art, is made
AS AN ARTIST IN THE PAST YEAR?
locally. With a penchant for vivid colors and bold
Brad and I had reconnected after several
designs, Bradley Sigman is quickly catching the
years, and he has helped guide me on creating
eye of designers and galleries — and he’s just
my pieces, keeping an eye on trends, and har-
getting started. We talked to Sigman about his
nessing my artistic creativity in the design mar-
artistic journey, connecting with people through
ket. I’ve been fortunate to meet some artists from
his craft, and his vision for a bright future.
Instagram, shows, and other outlets to get their feedback as well — I’d send them pieces that I
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HOW DID YOU BECOME DRAWN TO
made, and they would give me pointers. Through
ART AND WOODWORKING?
social media, relationships I’ve built, and hard
It just came naturally to me ever since I was
work, I’m now a full-time artisan. Looking back
young — creating things and building. My dad
on my life, my journey has been interesting to say
grew up in a small town, so he knew how to
the least. I’ve faced adversity, found that my faith
woodwork and weld, and after connecting
has guided me in tough times, and put the right
with my old soccer coach Brad Namdar, I was
people in my path to help me grow.
YOU WORK PRIMARILY WITH WOOD, PAINT AND PHOTOGRA-
it completely saved my life. I started putting crosses in some paint-
PHY. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY WORKING WITH THE MOST?
ings to recognize/symbolize his impact on my life — which opened
I really enjoy using resin, acrylic, spray paint, and other mixed
the door for me in some art markets. Then I started focusing more on
media on various pieces for my wall art. I like mixing those together
abstract pieces and icon pieces, and I really enjoyed making those
on canvas or wood-based canvases because there are so many dif-
pieces that got me into the design marketplace. I came to the con-
ferent ways to pair those mediums to create different textures, styles,
clusion that everybody wants something beautiful in their home. I
and conceptual imagery. I love using iconic photography, landscape
really want to provide that for people because, especially in the
photos, digital design, and free hand on my wall art pieces. Regarding
crazy world of today, we need art to captivate the beautiful moments
my furniture, I use iron-cast welding techniques, wood, resin, and
in life. I’m really blessed and humbled at my age to be able to learn
other mediums to create modern and contemporary home furniture.
from so many people.
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TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR AS AN ARTIST.
The Dallas art scene is vast. You have a rich cultural art history
I want to keep building relationships as an artisan and get my art
here with so much to take in. It’s truly a huge market with gallery
out there. It’s important to me that maintaining good relationships,
art, design art, home decor, and luxury markets that provides artists
valuing opportunity, and staying true to my craft are at the forefront
with a lot of platforms. I learn more every day, and Dallas is a great
of my creativity. I would love to one day have a large design ware-
art city to be in.
house where I can do everything in one spot and exhibit my art.
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SO HOW DID THIS ALL BEGIN? During the snowstorm this winter, we knew the shelters were full and people were in great jeopardy living on the streets. It was all over the news. Lincoln, my son who is 6 years old, said "Mommy, we have a kitchen, we should make all of the hungry people food. We have to do something. We have food, and so should they." He sparked an idea for me. I immediately went into my closet and started pulling items out while Lincoln went into his room and started pulling all his toys into the hallway. Even after I mentioned those were toys he was still playing with, he said he didn't care. He knew someone needed them more. HOW DID YOU TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE DONATION OPPORTUNITY? I reached out to my family, friends and work colleagues. I also reached out to Lincoln’s school leadership, at Bradfield Elementary, who then reached out to their networks. This was an incredible team effort, and everyone played a big role. The news spread so fast that we soon found ourselves with 1,000 bags of clothes!
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M A K I N G A S O C I E TA L I M PA C T
KAREN LAVORGNA AND HER SON, LINCOLN, TOOK SWIFT ACTION TO HELP GENESIS WOMEN’S SHELTER DURING THE CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM.
1,000 BAGS IS A LOT! HOW DID YOU COLLECT ALL OF THIS?
behind it so that now, he has an understanding
I drove all over Dallas picking up large garbage bags and many
that not everyone is as fortunate as others. He
people dropped their bags off at my home. We wanted to get the
is starting to grasp that it is our human respon-
donations to Genesis as fast as possible.
sibility to help others.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE BRINGING THESE ITEMS TO THE SHELTER?
HOW HAS CHARITY WORK IMPACTED
We brought all the donations to the resale store, where you can
YOUR LIFE?
drop off things for the shelter. It was chaotic when we arrived. There
Giving back to my community is so important
were people everywhere trying to stay warm because the weather
to me. I grew up with a single mom because my
was still bad, and the roads were unsafe.
dad passed before I was born. My mom worked full
The employees were speechless when they opened the back of
time as a nurse but at times, I watched our sweet
the U-Haul truck. They had to call several workers to help come and
family struggle greatly. I determined as an adult that
unload because there were so many bags.
if I could lighten someone else's load, I had to do it.
LINCOLN SPARKED AN INCREDIBLE EVENT. WHAT DID HE
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LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE?
(PCLDA) and on the Auxiliary Board for the
Now, I am an active board member for
Since Lincoln was a baby, I would take our clothes and household
Family Place Shelter. Both charities are what
items to Dallas shelters and churches for donation. As he got older, I
I feel to be grassroots organizations that truly
would bring him with me and explain what I was doing and the "why"
move the needle in our community.
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VIVA OPERA 2021!
FAMILY FUN FRIDAYS
Welcome to The Dallas Opera’s daz-
Every Friday from June 4–July 30
zling online fundraising celebration,
from, bring your family and your pic-
VIVA OPERA 2021! This first-ever
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virtual event was streamed in May,
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a star-studded cast of beloved TDO
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event will be a Picnic & Concert
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Country bands and gourmet tailgate
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food stations from some of our favor-
headlined by Flo Rida on Friday and
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Third Eye Blind on Saturday. The
benefit NTFB's child programs!
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2
2
2,088
Bluffview
4611 W Amherst Avenue
$1,199,000
4
4
4,473
Bluffview
4922 Purdue Avenue
$1,300,000
4
4
3,445
Greenway Parks
5631 Bryn Mawr Drive
$1,225,000
3
3
2,693
Greenway Parks
4628 Stanford Avenue
$1,595,000
4
4
4,417
Park Cities
4408 Bryn Mawr Drive
$1,999,000
4
3
4,111
Park Cities
4005 Southwestern Blvd
$2,350,000
4
4
5,401
Park Cities
4312 Purdue Avenue
$2,295,000
5
5
5,705
Park Cities
3851 Potomac Avenue
$3,500,000
0
0
4,739
Park Cities
3712 Miramar Avenue
$4,750,000
3
5
7,338
This data is a sampling of sold properties from April 2021.
With an Interior Design background and having worked with many builders, Hillary has a comprehensive knowledge of Homes from the ground up. She has been a Realtor since 2005, helping clients with buying and selling real estate with confidence. Her focus has mainly been on both new builds and preowned homes in the Park Cities, Greenway Parks, Preston Hollow and surrounding areas.
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FUN FOR FATH E R ’ S DAY
HERE ARE SOME IDEAS FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY!
WHETHER YOU ARE A FATHER, HAVE A FATHER OR JUST WANT TO HONOR THE SPECIAL FATHER-FIGURE IN YOUR LIFE, JUNE 20TH WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT! Presents are great, but when it comes down to it, we really cherish time spent together. Some dads like to be pampered and some just want company doing the things they love. Here are a few ideas for some ways to spend time with your kids or the man that taught you everything you know.
01
RIDE BIKES
There are many wonderful bike trails in Dallas. Head to White Rock Lake for a long ride with a wonderful view or trek farther north for the paths at Arbor Hills.
02
MAKE BARBECUE
We ARE in Texas after all. What is a great celebration without good food? Make sure everyone knows the family’s secret ingredients for Dad’s
04
Collect your favorite snacks and get cozy. The pick might be a classic Western, the latest action flick or a Star Wars or Marvel movie - but there is nothing like bonding over a good film.
ARTICLE KATIE BEVAN
Famous Ribs!
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03
HIT UP TOP GOLF
Neither of you might be as good as Phil Mickelson (or
WAT C H DA D ’ S FAVO R I T E M OV I E
05
BUILD SOMETHING OR WORK IN THE GARDEN
There’s probably a project somewhere around the
Dallas’ own Jordan Spieth) but Top Golf makes swing-
house that needs to be done, and two (or three, or
ing the club fun for everyone! Winner buys the drinks.
four!) heads are better than one. Help out dad or grandpa with whatever they feel like tinkering with.
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