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On the Set of Mad Men

On assignment for TIME magazine, Alex Majoli captures the behind-the-scenes action of the award-winning show 'Mad Men'

Alex Majoli

Alex Majoli On the set of Mad Men during the filming of the 7th and final season. Actors John Slattery and Rich Sommer. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli On the set of Mad Men during the 7th and final season. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli On the set of Mad Men during the filming of the 7th and final season. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Christina Hendricks. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Actor Jon Hamm. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Christina Hendricks. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Actors Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton, Harry Hamlin and Vincent Kartheiser. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Actor Vincent Kartheiser and creator Matthew Weiner. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli On the set of Mad Men during the filming of the 7th and final season. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Actors Rich Sommer and Elisabeth Moss with creator Matthew Weiner. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Vincent Kartheiser. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Show creator Matthew Weiner (center). Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Actor Harry Hamlin. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli Actor Robert Morse. Los Angeles, USA. 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli USA. Los Angeles. 2014. On the set of Mad Men during the filming of the 7th and final season. Show creator Matthew Weiner. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos

In early 2014, TIME Magazine sent Alex Majoli to photograph the production of the first half of the final season of the critically acclaimed TV series, Mad Men.

The show’s plot focuses on the operations of a 1960s advertising agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, and the lives of its employees during the span of that tumultuous decade. Since it premiered in 2007, Mad Men has won 16 Emmy Awards, 5 Golden Globes and it is regarded as one of the greatest TV shows of all time.

Alex Majoli "The Last Days of Mad Men". Time Magazine, April 7, 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Alex Majoli "The Last Days of Mad Men". Time Magazine, April 7, 2014. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
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