“This portrait of Jack Lucas was shot at his home in Mississippi for an Atomic magazine feature on Medal of Honor recipients. Magazine creator Jeff Griffith and I drove there from New Orleans after quite a big night in the French Quarter. Jack was a tough and ornery firecracker. After taking some token shots of him at his desk with memorabilia—his idea, not ours—I wanted to portray him as the larger-than-life hero he was, a real hero who saved lives in Iwo Jima by throwing himself on hand grenades. His jacket, his medal, the flag, the low angle and his obvious pride created exactly the look we wanted.”