Community Magazine February 2014

At the threshold between adolescence and adulthood lies what is often a difficult decision. When the times comes to head out into the workforce, young men and women find themselves facing a fork in the road of life, and they are forced to choose which path to take. Some attend college in pursuit of professions; others knock on the doors of financial offices hoping to land a 9-5 office job in the business world. But a select few are sent a unique opportunity, one that allows them to turn their passion into the career of their dreams. The Master Photographer Such was the good fortune of community photographer Morris Antebi, whose career choice was made at the age 12, when he touched his father’s new camera. As he began to play around with the lens and shutter, he knew photography was his calling. “I just thought, ‘Wow, this is so cool,’ and it basically all started from there,” Morris says as he describes the time his future career became obvious. “Soon after, I went out and spent three dollars on a bunch of chemicals and decided to create my own dark room in my mother’s powder room. She had just put in a new sink, but I had to develop some pictures. So, I put all the chemicals in IT ONCE WAS A DREAM FRANCES HADDAD 58 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE