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Members of the HP UK&I team have taken part in ‘Portrait of HP’ an initiative to celebrate individuals’ careers and heritage
HP and members of the HP UK&I team have been taking part in ‘Portrait of HP’, an initiative created to pay tribute to team members’ time with the business and their own heritage.
The project meant working with Hampshire-based print business JONDO UK to produce special portrait prints on the company’s HP Latex 3600.
The idea for the project came from Rodrigo Moctezuma, HP UK&I Ink & Media category manager, who wanted to combine his passion for photography with HP’s mission to celebrate diversity and inclusion.
Employees took part in several photoshoots which included conversations with Moctezuma about their time at HP, their lives outside work, and their heritage. Each person’s interview and pictures were published in the company’s in-house magazine.
Fujifilm also recently used a magazine to celebrate diversity and inclusion, both internally and externally, in its Women 4 Women magazine which celebrated women working in print at the company.
Photographs for ‘Portrait of HP’ were also printed in wide-format and placed at HP’s ‘Kick-Off’ event before being moved to the main HP UK office in Reading.
Speaking about the project, Moctezuma says: “At HP, we want to be the most diverse company and celebrate the history of our many colleagues. I wanted to produce something that would create discussion and impact while we are telling our stories, with this project being a way that we could humanise this to show the story of HP and its staff.
“Each picture, including those that were not printed for the Kick-Off event, tells a story. The Portrait of HP series as a whole talks about the history, diversity, and inclusion of HP and, most importantly, the people that work here.”
JONDO UK, which printed the pictures for Kick-Off, has worked with HP for a number of years, the company currently runs five HP Latex machines as well as a HP Stitch 500 dye-sublimation printer.
Dan Armstrong, JONDO UK’s commercial director, comments: “This project has been a fantastic experience for us at JONDO UK. It not only showcases the amazing quality that can be achieved with HP's technology but also underscores our shared commitment to sustainability.”
