What do you do during COVID? Nowhere to go, nothing to do, can’t buy anything… look at what you have again, closely.
These are all objects that we used often, and probably ran out of at some point.
It was a lot of fun shooting the super talented, upcoming stand-up comedians from Shanghai, China.
If you’re ever in the city, make sure to check them out. There’s always a performance happening, weekdays or weekends.
Some of the comedians featured below:
Lily Ma
ChiFan For Charity takes the standard concept of a large gala dinner and throws it out the window!
10 years ago, founder Michael Crain had an idea and convinced a few restaurants in Beijing to participate in this innovative concept, using his network and friends to spread the word. From this, Chi Fan for Charity was born. ChiFan for Charity (CFFC) takes place at various renowned restaurants across Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
I was invited to photograph 4 restaurants in 1 evening.
Frasca
Suntory
Yaya’s
Henke’s
Thanks to marketing producer Tom at Sha Studio
Drink photos for a new bar headed up by world famous bartender Mark Lloyd.
1 Year anniversary for TapThat with beers from Sad Gorilla Club and Brewlosophy with food from Omar.
I was asked by Studio Stare, once again, to do portraits for another team member of the Volvo interior design team. This time the client was looking for something more personal and appropriate for print. It was a nice half-day at 1933 Old Millfun, a popular location for photoshoots in Shanghai.
Thanks to Tom for being my assistant for the day.
Food photography for Sopexa International Agency.
Shot together with Nico De Rouge
Producer Tom Tang
Photographers: Mattias Isaksson and Nikolas de Rouge
Make-up: Elizabeth Marriott
Model: Tamiris Lopes
Retoucher: 黄丹
Photographers: Mattias Isaksson and Nikolas de Rouge
Make-up: Elizabeth Marriott
Model: Sun and Cai from KAT Agency
Retoucher: 黄丹
Photographers: Mattias Isaksson and Nikolas de Rouge
Make-up: Elizabeth Marriott
Model: Alina and Jing
Retoucher: 黄丹
Photos for Mikkeller in Shanghai, China. Their new location in the Xintiandi area needed some photos for the opening promo and press material.
An event centered around the concept of Ink. Pasta from YaYa’s made with black squid ink, lasagna and tattoos from Lucky Lasagna, tattoos from Melon Pokes and drinks from Sad Gorilla Club.
Photographers: Mattias Isaksson and Nikolas de Rouge
Make-up: Elizabeth Marriott
Model: Mei
Retoucher: 黄丹
Food photography for Sopexa International Agency.
Shot together with Nico De Rouge
Producer Tom Tang
Event for Sad Gorilla Club’s new beer “HOW TO ISHMAEL”, a collaboration with Brewlosophy
The beer was combined with a classic Chinese ice cream 东北大板, sprinkles, and syrup. Everything packed into a trolly behind a Hello Bike. The two ice cream men hit up 5 locations around Jing’an - Rooster - TapThat - Post No Bills - Mikkeller - Brewlosophy. People were extremely happy to get some free beer and free ice cream.
Good job to
Sean @Sad Gorila Club
Jerry @Brewlosophy
Tom Collier for doing video
After the 2nd lockdown of Shanghai ended, life slowly returned to normal. Here are some pictures from the days and weeks following the end of the lockdown.
Kobby Harding is a dancer, theater performer, fashion designer, and more from Ghana, Africa. This video showcase the inner passion and love of dancing that Kobby possesses and has had throughout his life.
Producer: Mattias Isaksson
Producer: Tom Tang
Director: Kizito Tsunga
Camera: Mattias Isaksson
2nd Camera: Tom Tang
Assistant: Mo
Simona De Rosa came down all the way from Beijing for a long weekend full of gigs in Shanghai. Starting the week off at Heyday Jazz Club, together with the local band. They finished the weekend of at Jazz Lincoln Center.
The job was to do a video of the full live session but we also took some photos before leaving.
I was asked by Studio Stare to take photos of some of the car designers at Volvos HQ here in Shanghai. Studio Stare has produced the shoot and did all the retouching. Also, a big thanks to Katrin for helping me assist during the day.
The designers were a mix of UI, body, and interior designers. They were a great team, easy to work with, and good attitude throughout the whole day.
Big thanks to Camille at Studio Stare for being excellent.
The way it works in most places in China (and maybe other parts of the world?) is that they make these historical areas/villages part of a park. So you arrive at a big gate, pay your entrance fee and then the hotels, villages, transportation and everything is inside the park. It’s actually a pretty nice way to do it, the park usually provides buses to all the spots inside the area, it pays for cleaning, and so on.
Anyway, the gate area always looks kind of the same, so it feels like arriving at Jurassic Park but a Chinese version, filled with tasty food and mostly smiling old people. The point I want you to take from this is that the “check-in” procedure gets generic pretty fast, after that there’s always a short bus ride on some non-descript road, then from nowhere BAM!
Something amazing appears!
FAMOIR
Famoir candles is a brand that can’t be seperated from it’s amazing founder, she’s a strong woman, with a stronger will. Every candle has a unique story and meaning to her, but it doesn’t have to be. The reason for the names and the stories are to inspire others to bridge connection and memories to their own moments in time.
This was a favorite project of mine to work on, client was amazing, crew was amazing and everything went smooth. What else can you ask for?
Producer and set designer: Tom at Sha Studio