Ian White Meets Don Draper

Photo © Ian White

Renowned portrait photographer Ian White writes on his website, “I am a lucky man, my work lets me interact with some of the most interesting people on the planet. It’s like having a backstage pass for life.” White recently shared with me his experience photographing Mad Men’s Jon Hamm.

“It was a quiet Saturday morning and I had a date with actor Jon Hamm to shoot him for a multi-page spread for People magazine,” White says. “We first shot some softer, cozier interior scenes within the modern décor—interesting, but not definitive of Hamm. The harder Don Draper shot that was chosen (shown here) is my favorite. When Jon stepped in the doorway to make a call, I told him, ‘Don’t even move.’ I hustled the crew in to lock the scene and here we go, another for my collection of icons. File it under Jon Hamm.”