of the 1960s and 1970s. Techniques and equipment Mader started with a Hasselblad 500CM, however in the later years he was using a motorized Hasselblad 553 ELX. He shot most of his personal images with a Hasselblad 503CW with a 'pistol' style grip/motor. He only used a digital back on his Hasselblad but after doing side-by-side tests with a Digital Back vs. Film, found film to be superior in terms of quality and shooting speed. His favorite lens was the 120mm Macro; he felt it was sharpest. He favoured the Gitzo tripod, extremely heavy and rugged. He used Dyna-Lite studio equipment and Plume and Chimera softboxes. He was very particular about the quality of light put on his clients. Mader used between three and five Profoto strobe lights, overpowering sunlight and shooting at 500/th of a second at f/22. Personal life While at New York University in 1964 studying playwriting with Edward Albee, he worked as a social worker with Young Life in Harlem, as a bodyguard with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and bartended Andy Warhol parties. Mader married in 1965. In 1966, he taught second grade in Chicago and studied Hebrew poetry and Phoenician art at the New York Union Theological Seminary. 1967 took him to Guatemala and later to Mexico City. Back in Chicago in 1968, he worked as a cab driver. In 1970, he joined the forerunner of Stuart Gordon's Organic Theater Company and performed in the Game Show with Joe Mantegna. In 1970, Mader's first child was born and, after the birth of his second in 1974, Mader was invited on Good Morning America to discuss what he considered to be "the most holy experiences of his life," the homebirths of his children. In 1976, he and his wife Judith founded the Children's Center Chicago, where activities included dance, theatre and photography. Their third child was born in 1976 and their fourth in 1978 – all at home. In 2000, Mader became Scuba certified, but in 2001 he coughed up blood during the Alcatraz swim. He was diagnosed with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and his right lung was removed. Notable portraits George H. W. Bush, US President George McGovern, Senator Tina Turner, singer Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer Patrick Duffy, actor who played Bobby Ewing on Dallas (1978 TV series) Stephanie Seymour, model Muhammad Ali, boxer Jimmy Dean, country music singer and actor turned businessman Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tom