Looking Back, Looking Forward

Editor-in-Chief @john.mcgann

Never in a million years did I think I would be writing the opening column in HOT ROD when I first set foot in the lobby of the Petersen Building as an employee in 2003. Employee isn’t technically the correct term, either; I was beginning an internship with under the tutelage’s photographer, John Kiewicz. During my time there, I photographed every car in the long-term test fleet, participated in all the “Of the Year” shootouts, and drove a bunch of cool and (a few boring) new cars. They kept me around for five months until the internship ended. Two months later, I managed to land a salaried position with the company as the manager of the photo studio in an off-site location.