“The first thing I did? Buy a stepladder”, Michael Gonzales on how to go about photographing Wembanyama

To avoid missing anything from Wembanyama’s debut a month later, the photographer installed several cameras around the floor of the Frost Bank Center, the Spurs’ home, including one located at the height of the basket behind the plexiglass, so as to immortalize his best dunks and defensive actions. “Every player is different. I too had to study Victor Wembanyama’s unique game and body attitude. The perfect photo? This is when he jumps and stretches out to finish at the basket. »