Always impeccably dressed, Michael Herklots has been in the industry more than 15 years, first as a store manager at the Humidor, then as a sales associate at the now-defunct Gloucester Street Cigar Company in Boston, Mass. He then went on to become the General Manager at the Davidoff of Geneva store at Columbus Circle before being promoted to head the New York City retail operations for Davidoff. In 2011, he was hired by Nat Sherman to become the executive director of Retail and Brand Development, and just last month he was promoted again, this time to vice-president of retail and brand development for the Nat Sherman brand. When I visited New York to attend the Davidoff Nicaragua launch last year, one of my main goals was not only to photograph the Nat Sherman store, but also to photograph a portrait of Herklots in the place he has called home for the last few years. He graciously gave me a tour, then allowed me to photograph him for about 20 minutes. For you photographers, here are the technical details: this photograph was taken with a Canon 1D Mark III, a 24 f/1.4 lens set at f/1.4 at 1/60th of a sec and ...
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