The Sartorialist (The Sartorialist Volume 1) - Softcover

Schuman, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143116371 ISBN 13: 9780143116370

Publisher: Penguin, 2009

Synopsis

A gorgeous collection of photographs from the creator of the original street style blog.

Scott Schuman just wanted to take photographs of people that he met on the streets of New York who he felt looked great.

His now-famous and much-loved blog, thesartorialist.com, is his showcase for the wonderful and varied sartorial tastes of real people across the globe. This book is a beautiful anthology of Scott's favorite images, accompanied by his insightful commentary. It includes photographs of well-known fashion figures alongside people encountered on the street whose personal style and taste demand a closer look.

From the streets of New York to the parks of Florence, from Stockholm to Paris, from London to Moscow and Milan, these are the men and women who have inspired Scott and the many diverse and fashionable readers of his blog.

After fifteen years in the fashion business, Scott Schuman felt a growing disconnect between what he saw on the runways and in magazines, and what real people were wearing. The Sartorialist was his attempt to redress the balance. Since its beginning, the blog has become hugely admired and influential in the fashion industry and beyond. Thesartorialist.com is consistently named one of the top blogs in the world. A self-taught photographer, Schuman shoots for publications including French Vogue, American GQ, Fantastic Man and Elle, and a growing list of advertising clients. Scott has also shown his work at the New York photo gallery The Danziger Projects and appeared in the GAP Style Icon campaign in the fall of 2008. He has been named the number one fashion photography trend by American Photo magazine, as well as one of Time magazine's top 100 design influencers.

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Review:

Praise for The Sartorialist

"The quirky, the refined, the interesting, the elegant, and the sometimes outrageous come together in a visual history . . . chock-full of photographs you want to pore over with your friend. . . . Make some room on your bookshelf." --The New York Times

"Schuman's pictures put fashion in the context of life." --Salon.com

"Scott doesn't just take pictures, he captures emotion. He is not just a photographer. He's a historian marking the feeling of this generation one photo at a time." --Kanye West

Praise for The Sartorialist: Closer

"The Sartorialist: Closer appeals on so many different levels. Whether the reader is into photography, fashion, style, or people watching, this is a book guaranteed to more than please." --New York Journal of Books

"Scott's quest on the sidewalks of the world is like a gold miner sifting gravel for the rare pebbles of gold. Global fashion takes on new meaning through his work: as his subjects confirm, compelling personal style knows no boundaries!" --Harold Koda, Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

From the Publisher:

Kanye West

Scott doesn't just take pictures, he captures emotion.
There are people in this world who love hard and that's what guides them. These outfits aren't just pieces of colored fabrics sewn together to cover the human body but a display of dreams. Everything has a story, from the shoe designer's first trip to her grandmother's closet to the coat designer's first cold winter in Russia. These outfits express everything we know and have felt up to this point in time and Scott archives it all.

He is not just a photographer. He's an historian marking the feelings of this generation one photo at a time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0143116371
• ISBN 13: 9780143116370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512