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Carolyn Mendelsohn featured in AOPf22 Behind The Scenes
Carolyn Mendelsohn
carolynmendelsohn@mac.com
Instagram: @carolynmendelsohn
Portrait of Paul Pogba for Bloomberg News
In May 2022 I was sent on assignment to photograph and film The world cup winning French Midfielder Paul Pogba for Bloomberg News, along with journalist Aisha S Gani – would also assisted me, as well as interviewing Pogba about his life, his investments, and what he would be moving onto do.
The location was the Manchester United Training Ground. I hadn’t been before, and didn’t really get the chance to do a proper recce I had no idea about the location and the only thing I knew was that Paul was going to be much taller than me ( I brought a footstool to stand on ) , and filled my car with lighting equipment and anything I felt I may need I was told by the person responsible on Man U’s side that I wasn’t allowed to take any photographs that showed the location in a way that it could be identified Pogba was in the process of leaving Manchester United and therefore they were very sensitive about this.
I had to very quickly look for promising locations, areas that didn’t look like the training ground. I found some nice greenery and could see that this may work. I tested my footstall, but it sank into the damp ground – so that was not going to be used.
I found an area with lovely dappled light and Ivy - and used this as the backdrop, in the event I used natural light Paul was very easy to work with, and we found various different locations that we felt would work A really interesting and slightly challenging job, that was really enjoyable - and one that I had to turn around very quickly.
Celebrating 30 Years of the f22 on International Women's Day 2024
AOPf22 Behind The Scenes is an exhibition shot by women photographers which shows in parallel each of the photographers in action behind the lens. See it, be it. By increasing the visibility of women photographers, AOPf22 hope to inspire and encourage the next generation of female image makers rise up and help achieve that magic 50/50 representation in the industry.
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