As hundreds of thousands of Swifties descend on Toronto for the second weekend of shows at the Rogers Center, a photographer from Harrow, Ont. is reminiscing on her time shooting Taylor Swift and her Eras tour while in Detroit.
“There’s just really nobody who has built a bigger personal brand than Taylor in the last couple of years,” said Vicki Bartel, a personal brand photographer, who specializes in visually capturing the strengths of female entrepreneurs.
Bartel describes herself as an ‘original Swiftie.’
When tour dates were announced she jumped on the opportunity to shoot the mega-star in action.
“I didn’t know what to expect,” said Bartel, once news broke she received accreditation to photograph a few of Swift’s performances at Ford Field which holds an estimated 50,000 fans.
Vicki Bartel, a personal brand photographer, who specializes in visually capturing the strengths of female entrepreneurs. (Source: Vicki Bartel)
She faced one major difficulty: she had never photographed a …