chicken wings
As Chase was a sponsor of last year’s US Open, so too did Chase-owned The Infatuation have a hand in the event, which meant a ton of exciting and new food. As part of the Infatuation’s list of Where to Eat at The US Open, I photographed dishes from the various vendors at the “Flavors of the Open” event, some of which were household NYC names, while others were compact versions of high-profile restaurants.
The Standard Grill, the restaurant at The Standard Highline hotel, has a lovely bar with some elevated bar snacks. In addition to oysters, there are fried chicken sliders, tacos and other bites one might want to accompany a beer or martini. For this shoot, I really wanted to push the light through the drinks to assert their presence on the table so that they would be accompanying the food, as they are usually paired to do. This job was commissioned by The Standard Hotel.
I was recently tasked to shoot a dinner party and the food and beverage accompaniments of said dinner at Nomad’s Sona, for FIOL, a sparkling wine company. As I couldn’t set up a softbox on the dinner table, I secured an 8” side table and a colorfully wallpapered corner of the room. As the dishes came out for the diners, I had about 30 seconds to steal one of the plates and take a shot. Usually in these shoots I am given plenty of time as the dishes get cold and unflattering over time, but these dishes had to be eaten after I shot them so it was a race against the clock.
