“Prevention contacted us with a story about pain and how people experience it differently. We came up with the idea of casting hands in plaster, then inflicting extreme cases of each pain test upon them. The hand in the ice block was frozen the day before. Adam took a clean base capture of the prop and lit the ice to bring out its various facets and surfaces. Then, dry ice was packed behind the hand so it could not be seen, but would still allow frost to build. Adam patiently waited and took capture after capture over a 30-minute period as frost formed, bits of ice melted and white vapor came off the dry ice. He then layered his favorite elements together to create the final image.”