I'm Here to Shoot - I mean Photograph the President

Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson

English - September 24, 2021 23:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB
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In 2015, I got a strange last minute call to photograph a meeting between the President of China Xi Xinping and the CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella.
Jet, lagged, exhausted and walking off the plane speaking with the U.S. Secret Service and the Chinese Equivalent, I began to wonder whether I was the unwitting accomplice to some sort of international espionage😳.
Why would they hire a campaign photographer at full day rate to take a picture of a hand shake between 2 VIPs?
Why would they call me only 12 hours before the shoot if it was so important?
And why must I not accept a USB from the Chinese delegation and only hand them the one coming from the American team?
Was I being hired for the hand-off for corporate espionage?
Was I there to be front and center for something terrible about to happen to the President of China?
...or was I a photographer that has seen too many spy movies?

All these questions answered, plus take aways on how to live in the moment and be a better artist on Episode 1 Season 2!