38 JULY/AUGUST 2015
|
MedEsthetics
P
icture
T
his
Joseph
O'Connell,
MD,
chose
plastic
surgery
over
a
career
in
photography
and
created
a
picture-perfect
aesthetic
center.
GROWING
UP
in
a
family
of
lawyers
and
teachers,
Joseph
O'Connell
chose
not
to
follow
the
family
tradition
and
instead
had
dreams
of
becoming
a
famous
artist
or
shutterbug.
He
took
art
and
photography
classes
at
a
small
New
England
preparatory
school
and
followed
with
studio
art
and
photography
in
college.
"I
took
a
photography
course
with
Roger
Mertin,
who
at
that
time
was
probably
in
his
20s;
Roger
liked
my
work
and
he
asked
if
I
would
trade
for
some
of
his.
It
was
just
my
coursework
so
I
gave
it
to
him,"
he
says.
"I
wish
I
had
been
astute
enough
to
trade
because
Roger
went
on
to
become
a
very
famous
photographer;
he
even
had
work
hanging
in
the
Museum
of
Modern
Art."
By
Keith
Loria
•
Photography
by
Melani
Lust