'One gig changed the trajectory of my life'
Image caption,In 2013, he took another chance on a direct approach and emailed Calvin Harris, asking if he could take pictures of the DJ's headline show at Creamfields festival.
"Amazingly, he said yes... and the photographs ended up in his album," the London-based photographer said. He has accompanied Harris on every tour since, because, as the DJ said, McDonnell had "an interesting way of capturing the moment without it looking contrived or manipulated".Fourteen years on from that shaky start, McDonnell now commands a huge fee for a one-day photo shoot and is booked up weeks in advance, but said he can still fit in the odd last-minute request, if it is from someone special.
"One of the craziest moments of my career was photographing the wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West," he said. "I was asked last minute by a mutual friend... and I told him I had never done a wedding nor did I own a suit.He said it turned out to be "an amazing day", adding: "Kim and Kanye and the whole family were very welcoming.Image source,
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