Kwon Sangwoo - Korean Film/TV star
Ask anyone from Japan or Korea who Kwon Sangwoo is and they'll say - "are you kidding me he's huge actor."
Tom McGhee was comissioned by Sangwoo's agent company ISTAR to capture the true essence of this upcoming star. Tom shot Sangwoo for 3 days all over Manhattan including rooftops,streets,dinners,times square to the fall beauty of Central Park.
This project was made more complex by the fact that all of Sangwoo's support team of 8 consisting of stylists,make-up artists,manager and other support people none of which spoke a word of english including Sangwoo himself.
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So we came up with the plan to bring on a couple of great photo assistants who were fluent in Korean which worked well for both parties on a business sense. But when it came to shooting Tom & Sangwoo didn't need words they connected right from the first day of shooting.
Even in New York city we came across many people staring at us while we were shooting, many couldn't believe he was here in the city. Autograph signing was a regular daily practice.
The client came away from our shoot delighted in the fact that he had great images along with having a enjoyable experience.
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