Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen willingly spent a week in paradise with this man

Rebecca Shore | Mar 9, 2014

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SOME MAY call himthe luckiest man alive. We call him James Macari the photographer of the 2014 SI Swimsuit Issue cover. The 39-year-old Texas native has been working with Swimsuit since our 2012 issue, and it's worth noting that not only did he snap the Nina Agdal/Lily Aldridge/Chrissy Teigen shot heard 'round the world, he is also responsible for that steamy Kate Upton masterpieceon the back of the mag, AND the much-adoed "Kate Versus Gravity" feature.

In the below video, shot during Miami Launch Week, James "You Lucky Dog, You" Macari describes the experience of capturing that Moment. Spoiler alert: it was a positive experience.

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MORE JAMES MACARI: 

The gallery:

Anne V, Seychelles, 2012

Nina Agdal, Cook Islands, 2014

Nina

Chrissy, Cook Islands, 2014

Chrissy

Lily Aldridge, Cook Islands, 2014

Lily

The Dreamy Team, Cook Islands, 2014

The Dreamy Team

The Shot

Kate, "Outerspace" 2014

Kate Upton, Cook Islands, 2014

Hurdler Michelle Jenneke, Vegas, 2013

Anne

Anne

Julie Henderson, Seychelles, 2012

Alyssa Miller in the Seychelles, 2012

Chrissy

Natasha Barnard, Australia, 2013

Genevieve Morton in the Seychelles, 2012

Dutch field hockey Olympians Ellen Hoog and Eva de Goede, Vegas, 2013

Ellen, Vegas, 2014

Surfer Alana Blanchard, Vegas, 2014

The man himself, self-portrait 2012

The website:

http://jamesmacari.com/

The Instagram:

@jamesmacari

The hands that made it happen: