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[Dignam remarks: At JWT I worked on many accounts as Creative Director. A writer and I were asked (told, rather) to work on Pan Am. The client wanted two people who had worked on Ford. I went to England, France and Portugal to shoot the photos to be used in Pan Am folders and posters, brochures, ads, etc. I took a very good photographer, Bert Glinn, who shot for Life magazine, and we got a lot of good photos in England. Bert's wife is a native of Broadway, and her parents took care of the royal sheep farm, so we had great shots of the countryside, and also in London. In France we photographed 4-star restaurants as well as some exciting scenery. We also went to Portugal where we got more good shots.]

[Dignam remarks: I did free lance work for Warren Donahue, who was also a writer. We did the Arts Program for Philip Morris.]

[Dignam remarks: I needed a break from being told what kind of ad, how big or small, when to be done by, etc., so I started doing portraits during any free time I had. I made them to the size I wanted, when I wanted. A couple of samples are included here.]

[Dignam remarks: I had a good friend who was one of the Chancellors at the State of New York Educational System in Albany. I worked with Arnold Grisman, the top writer at JWT. We made many layouts and worked hard on the project. The top people at SUNY loved our ideas but could not get the money to do it!]