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1 of 3The cover of this week's issue of TIME.Photo by Marco Grob for TIME -
2 of 3The image of Benjamin Netanyahu that became the cover of this week's issue of TIME.Marco Grob for TIME -
3 of 3April 27, 2012. Jerusalem, Israel. Portrait of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his car at his residence.Marco Grob for TIME
In late April, Marco Grob traveled to Jerusalem to photograph Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for this week’s cover story by TIME’s managing editor Rick Stengel.
It was Grob’s first meeting with the Israeli leader, whom he found friendly and charismatic, albeit a little hesitant about the camera lens. “Powerful people normally get shy during sittings because they’re giving control to a photographer,” Grob said. “You could tell that he didn’t love being in front of the camera, which is not unusual for Netanyahu because he’s in a position of such power.”
The photo shoot lasted about 20 minutes and took place at Netanyahu’s residence. And though he has photographed countless celebrities and politicians throughout his career, Grob was taken aback by the number of security guards present at the shoot. “It was very intense,” Grob says. “But he’s one of the most protected men in the world—and there’s a good reason for that.”
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