In the beginning of the internship during our introduction, the interns were told that there would be some slow days and some very intense shooting days. This was the beginning of the biggest project the team worked on. Enter Citizen M.
There was a new hotel located in the Bowery, it was 20 something flights, and it was going to be opened up to the public very soon! They reached out to Stoneman for some pictures representing the neighborhood of the Bowery in downtown NYC. Portraits are what they were looking for. Here was the massive twist. They wanted to produce them in gigantic formats covering everyone of their massive windows overlooking the streets of the Bowery! Here is what the hotel looked like before the project.
We were told to start working right away! We did research on portrait styles, portrait lighting, studios neighborhood businesses and people. That was our first order of business. We later found that we the project goal was to create photographs of the people who influence the neighborhood or who have been influenced by the neighborhood. This was CitizenM’s way of giving to the community for their massive opening. In total there were to be 60-65 people being photographed. During research work we were also asked to assist with casting! Me and my partner never had done this in our lives so it was pretty exciting. We were asked to interview people and give out information regarding the project. We casted about one third of the guests which was massive and got some very interesting people in the process. This was just the beginning!
