"207"
"207" MEMORY LANE. 4@ >> IS THIS THING ON? 4@ IS IT TOO FAR AWAY?
>> OUT OF HUNDREDS OF STORIES
HE'S FILMED AND EDITED OVER THE
YEARS, HE HAS A HARD TIME
CHOOSING HIS FAVORITE.
>> IT MAKES ME SOUND LIKE A
JERK BUT THE ANSWER IS THAT
DONE SO MANY COOL THINGS, I
CAN'T THINK OF THEM ON-DEMAND.
>>4@ SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
HE'S EXTREMELY MODEST.
ONE OF 4@HIS MANY WONDERFUL
ATTRIBUTES.
>>4@4@ WHEN I WAS APPROACHED TO
"207" I WAS LIKE ARE YOU SURE
I'M READY?
>> FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS HE'S
BEEN "207"'S SOUL
PHOTOJOURNALIST.
>>4@4@ IT'S BEEN SUPER ENCOURAG
IT'S GOTTEN EASIER AND EASIER,
AND MORE FUN.
IT'S A BLAST.
>> IS NOT ALWAYS A GLAMOROUS
JOB BUT DEVON, TACKLES LONG
HOURS HAULING HEAVY EQUIPMENT
DEALING WITH SWELTERING HEAT
AND BITTER COLD WITH 4@A QUICK
JOKE, AND A SMILE.
>> ONE EARLY SHOE WE WENT
LOOKING FOR SHARKS WITH4@ THE
PROFESSOR.
WE SPENT EIGHT HOURS ON THE
OPEN OCEAN.
WE DIDN'T CATCH ANYTHING.
I THINK CAROLINE, THREW UP
TWICE.
I THREW UP ONCE.
THERE WAS ONE SHOT WHERE THEY
ACTUALLY HAVE A DOGFISH ON THE
LINE4@, AND THEY'RE BRINGING IT
TO THE BOAT.
THE CAMERA IS REALLY SHAKY
BECAUSE I HAD BEEN IN THE
BATHROOM BEFORE THAT TRY TO GET
THE CAMERA IS REALLY SHAKY BECAUSE I HAD BEEN IN THE BATHROOM BEFORE THAT TRY TO GET@
SOME PRIVACY, AND 20 THROW UP
TO FEEL BETTER.
OF COURSE THIS IS WHEN THEY
CATCH A SHARK.4@
IT CAME OFF THE LINE ANYWAY.
THAT WAS FUN.
>> FOR SOMEONE MO4@RE COMFORTAB
THAT WAS FUN. >> FOR SOMEONE MO4@RE COMFORTAB@ BEHIND THE CAMERA HE HAS PUT
HIS DIGNITY ON THE LINE FOR
CERTAIN STORIES.
>> AMANDA AND PEGGY WERE DOING
A SERIES WORKING OUTSIDE THE
BOX.
IT WAS NOT YOUR TYPICAL
WORKOUT.
>> DEVO4@N JOINED THEM RELOOK
DEADLY TO DO A STORY 4@ABOUT
CHAIR BURLESQUE PIT
>>4@ YOU HAD A CHAIR, AND YOU4@
BURLESQUE4@ DANCE MOVES TO
EXERCISE4@. I DON'T KNOW WHO HA
THE BRIGHT IDEA AND THEY WERE
LIKE, DEVON, WHY DON'T YOU DO
IT.
SIT IN THE CHAIR WHILE I DO IT.
THEY ARE VERY PASSIONATE
PEOPLE4@.
IT'S TOO UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> BEING EMBARRASSED 4@HAS COME
UP A FEW TIMES IN HIS CAREER.
>> AMANDA NYE, 4@WENT 4@TO THE
CEDARS WHICH IS A RETIREMENT
HOME.
A SALON THEY RUN OUT OF IT IS A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIVING THERE
CAN GET A NICE HAIRCUT AND FEEL
YOUNG AGAIN AND HAVE A GREAT
CONVERSATION.
>> A 4@HOT BABE4@.
>> HE QUICKLY BECAME THE TOPIC
OF CONVERSATION.
>> 4@THEY HAD MICROPHONES ON AN
I HAD HEADPHONES AND I COULD
HEAR THEM TALKING OH, HE'S SO
HANDSOME.
ONE SAYS TO AMANDA IS THAT YOUR
BOYFRIEND AND SHE'S LIKE NO,
VERY NICE 4@DIPLOMATIC ANSWER.4
THE OTHER WOMAN SAYS TO HER,
YOU REALLY MESSED UP.4@
I THINK MY FACE WAS RED THE
WHOLE TIME.
>> MEETING PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS HAS STRETCHED DEVON
AS A PERSON.
>> WE WENT UP TO THE 4@MAIN STA
PRISON AND THE WARDEN AT THE
TIME STARTED A PROGRAM 4@FOR TH
PRISONERS TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD
AND RUN A GARDEN.
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE THE
GARDEN 4@WAS BEAUTIFUL.
THE PRISONERS WERE DOING WORK
AND FEEDING US STUFF RIGHT OUT
OF THE GROUND.
THEY WERE REAL NICE.
MOST PEOPLE WE TALK TO HAD
KILLED SOMEONE.4@
I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT
AFTER INTERACTING WITH THEM.
I TH4@INK ABOUT THAT A LOT.
IS THERE ANY WAY THEY CAN
REDEEM THEMSELVES AFTER THAT?
IT KINDA MAKES YOU THINK.
A REALLY PROFOUND EXPERIENCE.
>> HE 4@LEARNED TO APPRECIATE
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
IN AGES.
>> ONE LAST OU4@TING BEFORE WE
RETIRED WE WENT AND4@ STOOD ON
THE CORNER TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENED.
IT WAS AMAZING.4@
THERE WAS A BIGGER CROWD THERE
THAN USUAL.
PEOPLE JUST COMING UP TO THEM
AND SING THE NICEST THINGS AND
THANKING THEM FOR 4@DOING
EVERYTHINGTHEY DID.
IT WAS4@ VERY TOUCHING TO SEE.4
YOU REALLY GOT ACROSS HOW MUCH
PEOPLE APPRECIATED WHAT THEY
DID.
>> DEVON HAS HAD A FRONT ROW
SEAT COVERING MAJOR EVENTS LIKE
THE WOMA4@N'S4@ MARCH, SUPER BO
AND 4@BLM RALLIES.
THE STORIES SERVE AS MEMORIES
OF FRIENDS HE'S LEAVING.
SHE MET PEGGY, IS GREAT SHE
MAKES US COOKIES ALL THE TIME.
SHE IS VERY KIND, THOUGHTFUL,
PATIENT PERSON.
WORKING WITH ROB, IN THE SUMMER
WE TRIED TO MAKE EXCUSES TO GET
TO AS MANY ISLANDS AS WE CAN,
OR DO STORIES AND PLACES WITH
GREAT FOOD.
THE BIGGEST THING I'VE LEARNED
FROM HIM IS, BE VERY CURIOUS
AND DON'T ASK 4@OBVIOUS
QUESTIONS.
>> OLIVIA AND I, CRANK UP THE
MUSIC. 4@
I LISTEN TO THE VIDEOS 4@AND IT
LIKE MAYBE I'M NOT A GOOD THING
THERE.4@
I THINK I LEARNED FROM AMANDA,
HOW TO HAVE MORE FUN WITH
STORIES.
YOU'VE DONE A 4@GREAT JOB HAVE
FUN WITH IT.
>> HE HAS SHOWED US A WORLD
THROUGH THE SMALL FRAM4@E4@ OF
LENS SO WE CAN SE4@E THE BIG
PICTURE.
>> TO SUM IT UP BEST IS BE
CURIOUS, HAVE A LOT OF FUN,
CAST ASIDE 4@YOUR PREJUDICES OR
PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF PEOPLE.
BE KIND, BE PATIENT.