Portraits of Key Square Group’s Scott Bessent at the RNC, for Bloomberg Businessweek

A last minute addition to the work I was doing at the RNC, I photographed Scott Bessent, thes the founder of the Key Square Group investment firm and a financial adviser and top fundraiser for former president Donald Trump, on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention in the Bloomberg HQ in a restaurant near the convention site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Bloomberg Businessweek. He’s considered a top candidate for Treasury secretary if Trump wins the 2024 presidential race.

Due to travel, security, and timing, I didn’t have the luxury of light stands, light modifiers, more than one light, an assistant, choice of portrait location, or time… Bessent agreed to have a portrait taken between talking on a live Bloomberg broadcast in the same space, which was the Bloomberg team’s newsroom for the convention, and his dinner that night. With Bessent’s assistant holding my bare-bulb flash, first frame to last frame was 6 minutes.

Thanks to Jane and Aeriel for trust and support behind the scenes!