Christopher Wahl got himself to the G8 summit over the weekend, and made images of all kinds- digital, square, and even a nice video family portrait. I thought this was some impressive multitasking, so I asked Mr. Wahl a bit about his experience. Here’s what he had to share:
With the Kagan hearings this week TIME magazine had very little interest in world leaders shaking hands on the grass in Canada on the weekend. Being based in Toronto I called a photo editor friend and asked if I could go anyway.
You can’t just show up and shoot the president, you have to be accredited well in advance. Thanks to TIME for doing so.
Every leader has their own photographer. The White House pool is large and you have to show em a lil’ respect, wire photogs are a plenty and were from all over the world. We all get along quite well.
There is no pushing or shoving, everyone finds a spot and makes it work. For a picture like the family portrait you don’t know if center, right or left is going to be better. But I’ll tell you every photog checks the wires after to see who sent what.
I still love film. The Hasselblad produces beautiful pictures. There is a time and place for it and I always back it up with a lil’ diggie. If time allows I would prefer to shoot film. It’s what I do.
El Hasselblad photos (doesn’t this make the G8 look like it was circa ’94? I love it.)
Aaaand, some classic digital:
Sarkozy is very clearly the cutup of the bunch, no?
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