Bicoastal production company Honor Society has signed photographer and director Anna Wolf for U.S. commercial representation. Wolf has shot for Target and Amazon and directed campaigns for such brands as Levi’s, Microsoft, Keds, LeSportsac, Verizon and Fossil. She has also shot for editorial clients such as Marie Claire, Glamour and The Zoe Report. She is currently wrapping up projects for Keds, Smartwater, Sally Hansen, and a collaboration with Amazon and Bustle. With versatile expertise across all aspects of production and an eye for creating sleek, stylish and authentic campaigns, Wolf brings over a decade of commercial experience with her to Honor Society. This marks Wolf’s first U.S. commercial representation.
Wolf first launched her career as a photographer and quickly rose to the top in her field, establishing a name for herself during her 12-year tenure as an advertising and editorial photographer. Eager to explore new creative territories, she started her career as a director to meet industry demands for more video components for digital campaigns. Carrying her vibrant and sophisticated style over to the commercial production world–as well as her innate ability to direct subjects in front of the camera–allowed for a smooth transition.
Megan Kelly, Honor Society founder and EP, said, “Anna’s years of experience working alongside brands and in editorial, has not only allowed her to cultivate an artistic and sophisticated aesthetic that can beautifully showcase a brand’s essence, but makes her a great addition to Honor Society’s roster.”
Wolf stated, “When Megan and I connected, we immediately hit it off. We have a similar creative vision and work ethic, and I really respect her knowledge of the industry and the versatile directorial roster she has built.”
Wolf earned her degree from Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design before spending a year in Mexico City learning Spanish and documenting her adventures. A lover of cultures and traveling, she has spent time around the world, shooting in Italy, Thailand, Argentina, South Africa and all over the U.S. In 2014, she launched a bi-annual print publication called Tidal Magazine, of which she is editor in chief and creative director.
Changing OpenAI’s Nonprofit Structure Would Raise Questions and Heightened Scrutiny
The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion.
Nonprofit tax experts have been closely watching OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, since last November when its board ousted and rehired CEO Sam Altman. Now, some believe the company may have reached — or exceeded — the limits of its corporate structure, under which it is organized as a nonprofit whose mission is to develop artificial intelligence to benefit "all of humanity" but with for-profit subsidiaries under its control.
Jill Horwitz, a professor in law and medicine at UCLA School of Law who has studied OpenAI, said that when two sides of a joint venture between a nonprofit and a for-profit come into conflict, the charitable purpose must always win out.
"It's the job of the board first, and then the regulators and the court, to ensure that the promise that was made to the public to pursue the charitable interest is kept," she said.
Altman recently confirmed that OpenAI is considering a corporate restructure but did not offer any specifics. A source told The Associated Press, however, that the company is looking at the possibility of turning OpenAI into a public benefit corporation. No final decision has been made by the board and the timing of the shift hasn't been determined, the source said.
In the event the nonprofit loses control of its subsidiaries, some experts think OpenAI may have to pay for the interests and assets that had belonged to the nonprofit. So far, most observers agree OpenAI has carefully orchestrated its relationships between its nonprofit and its various other corporate entities to try to avoid that.
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