Since 2005 fashion designer Scott Schuman has been taking photos of (mostly) regular people he encounters on the streets of New York, Paris and Milan for his blog, The Sartorialist.

I thought I could shoot people on the street the way designers looked at people, and get and give inspiration to lots of people in the process. My only strategy when I began The Sartorialist was to try and shoot style in a way that I knew most designers hunted for inspiration.

Schuman’s work has resulted in his blog being hugely influential in both fashion and photography realms. He now shoots for publications including French Vogue, Elle and GQ. Above is his recently released book, a collection of his favorite images from over the years, accompanied by some commentary. I was very pleased to find that not only is the book a sublime catalog of great personal style, it’s also an outstanding collection of portraits that captures perfectly the feeling of people-watching while walking down a city street.

December 05, 2009, 3:13pm  Comments