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Don’t work with animals and children and John McEnroe in his hey day as tennis super star bad boy. I went to New York to shoot this ad set every thing up Ad and Client came over from UK on the morning of the shoot they were all nervous waiting for Macs arrival , he didn’t disappoint them. He arrived late in a awful mood and totally unhelpful , over the years on these occasions I’ve learn step back count to ten eventually I got talking suggesting coffee sandwich etc he’s get me a and her rattles of a list of the things he wants in his sandwich like one of those New York deli list and ends by saying v clearly …and hold the Swiss. To my amazement the client who’s been getting more and more nervous all morning jumps up and says I’ll get it … wow hold on we got assistants can sort this no no I‘m fine rush off 20 mins later he returns Mac unwraps the sarny look up at us with a slight look of discussed I said hold the Swiss the sarny had Swiss chasse in it the client client jumped up ok ok I’ll sort it and rushed out again and on and on .. eventually by late afternoon we’d started to shoot the first Polaroid’s and Mac girlfriend Tatum O’Neil arrived so what u doing he shows her the Polaroid hey looks great says she that’s it he sweet as a nut from then on … and later he insisted I shoot next years ads as well signing the poster only red can make me look good . Studio shoot 5x4 transparency on plate camera