Steve Labadessa

"A little better": that's BP's slogan for Helios House, its new eco-friendly gas station in Los Angeles. "When I first heard of it I was intrigued but also skeptical," says photographer Steve Labadessa -- intrigued by BP's use of solar panels, recycled glass, and recyclable aluminum; skeptical because, after all, "L.A. is the car capital of the world!" Labadessa debated the best way to capture the "outer-space look" of Helios House. In the end he decided, "To breathe life into the photos I had to shoot at night."