{"id":111213,"date":"2016-04-19T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5starweddingdirectory.com\/?p=111213"},"modified":"2018-12-26T21:26:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T21:26:49","slug":"through-the-lens-at-mandarin-oriental-hyde-park-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/through-the-lens-at-mandarin-oriental-hyde-park-london\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Through The Lens&#8221; At Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/listing\/luxury-wedding-venues-mandarin-oriental-hyde-park.html\">Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London <\/a>is delighted to announce their partnership, 80 at 80, with Olympus, who in celebration of their 80th Anniversary, commissioned award-winning photographer John Nassari to take a series of 80 behind the scenes pictures at the iconic hotel in Knightsbridge. This is the first collaboration of its kind for any London hotel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111217\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-111217\" title=\"John Nassari Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/017.jpg\" alt=\"John Nassari Photography\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111217\" title=\"John Nassari Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/017.jpg\" alt=\"John Nassari Photography\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><\/noscript> John Nassari Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The photographs will be exhibited for the first time on Friday 15 April at an exclusive invite- only event at the Ballroom of Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, before moving for a two week public installation at the Art Bermondsey Project Space and then the images are being published in a beautifully bound, hardback keep-sake book which will be available in all guest bedrooms at the hotel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111219\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-111219\" title=\"&quot;Through The Lens&quot; At Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/026.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111219\" title=\"&quot;Through The Lens&quot; At Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/026.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><\/noscript> &#8220;Through The Lens&#8221; At Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the 10 month project John Nassari was granted unprecedented access to the hotel\u2019s departments, capturing moments of everyday life at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London. The project allowed Nassari to immerse himself, while remaining unobtrusive to the hotel\u2019s operations. This gave him a unique opportunity to experience the essence of the hotel and showcase every element of the staff\u2019s commitment and dedication to Mandarin Oriental\u2019s legendary service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111220\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-111220\" title=\"John Nassari Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/028.jpg\" alt=\"John Nassari Photography\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111220\" title=\"John Nassari Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/028.jpg\" alt=\"John Nassari Photography\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><\/noscript> John Nassari Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a long and diverse career in photography, Nassari utilised his reportage style skills to chronicle the staff at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London throughout 2015. To represent the hustle and bustle of the back of house environment, the pictures have been rendered black and white at post-production. Whilst the pictures of the front of house staff which Nassari describes as depicting the \u201cvery high standards of presentation using precision and formality,\u201d are showcased in colour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111221\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-111221\" title=\"John Nassari Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/018-1.jpg\" alt=\"John Nassari Photography\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111221\" title=\"John Nassari Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/018-1.jpg\" alt=\"John Nassari Photography\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><\/noscript> John Nassari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commenting on the photographic project, G\u00e9rard Sint\u00e8s, General Manager at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London explains, \u201cWe were thrilled to welcome John Nassari, an Olympus Visionary, to be part of our Mandarin Oriental family for the duration of this 10 month project. It is indeed an honour to have the opportunity to showcase not only the front of the house, which is what our guests see, but also the backbone of the hotel, highlighting how all departments work together in harmony to create the renowned legendary service synonymous with Mandarin Oriental.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111224\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-111224\" title=\"John Nassari Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/010.jpg\" alt=\"John Nassari Photography\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111224\" title=\"John Nassari Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/010.jpg\" alt=\"John Nassari Photography\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><\/noscript> John Nassari Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarinoriental.com\/london\/hotel-venues\/weddings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London is delighted to announce their partnership, 80 at 80, with Olympus, who in celebration of their 80th Anniversary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-photography","category-wedding-venues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}