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Keynote Photography at Amazon re:MARS in Las Vegas

Amazon re:MARS in Las Vegas, June 2022. Machine learning, automation, robotics and space, on one of the biggest keynote stages I have photographed, with the kind of lighting design that makes a stage photographer’s week.

Amazon re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, keynote photography by Josh Edelson
The re:MARS keynote hall in Las Vegas, June 2022. (Photo by Josh Edelson for Amazon)
Amazon re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, keynote photography by Josh Edelson
Keynote conversation on the re:MARS stage. (Photo by Josh Edelson for Amazon)

Keynote coverage at this scale is about anticipation. The graphics change, the speaker moves, and the moment where the slide and the gesture line up lasts about a second. The job is to be in the right seat, with the right lens, before that second arrives.

Amazon re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, keynote photography by Josh Edelson
A speaker on the re:MARS stage in Las Vegas. (Photo by Josh Edelson for Amazon)
Amazon re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, keynote photography by Josh Edelson
Keynote detail at re:MARS. (Photo by Josh Edelson for Amazon)
Amazon re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, keynote photography by Josh Edelson
A presenter against the re:MARS stage graphics. (Photo by Josh Edelson for Amazon)
Amazon re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, keynote photography by Josh Edelson
A wide frame of the keynote stage. (Photo by Josh Edelson for Amazon)

Las Vegas is a short flight from San Francisco, which is why it has become one of the conference cities I photograph most. re:MARS was one of several Amazon and AWS assignments, and it is the reference I point to when a client asks what keynote coverage at convention scale looks like.

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