Scrubs Up! Shooting Super Surgeons for Channel Four
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I scrubbed up – quite literally – to visit The Royal Marsden in Chelsea to photograph the surgeon-stars of Channel Four’s extraordinary medical doc Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life, Season 2.
Operation Portrait
Shooting in an operating theatre at the end of a day’s procedures, we had a tight 90 minutes to setup & capture solo & group shots of the six surgeons.
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It was a real privilege to meet & photograph these world-leading cancer specialists, each performing groundbreaking operations to treat patients others cannot.
Fresh from heavy surgery loads, they were interesting, erudite, articulate, impressive & humble. Watch the series, streaming now, & gasp in awe…
![Early concept mockups for the worlds.](https://michaelwharley.com/wp-content/uploads/Super-Surgeons-_Solos_292_v1.jpg)
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![Early concept mockups for the worlds.](https://michaelwharley.com/wp-content/uploads/Super-Surgeons-_Group_103_v1.jpg)
Shoot Team
C4 Picture Team: Big thanks to Carl Palmer & Jacob Banfield for the commission.
Assistants: Betty Oxlade-Martin & Stef Coetzee
Edit: Matt Brewin.
(And here’s the proof we really did don scrubs)
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