The Sartorialist
The Sartorialist is in my town (Dallas, TX) today for his book signing. Ironically, I’m in his (New York, NY). I was disappointed I wouldn’t be meeting Scott Schuman personally; however, my good friend Sara, who authors Pair Diem, amicably agreed to take my book along with hers to the signing. Thank you!

As a self-taught photographer, Scott has turned his expertise at The Sartorialist into a respected photography career. I picked up the beautifully produced, luxury limited-edition hardback aptly titled The Sartorialist. The size of the book was curious, lacking the sweeping visual impact most books featuring photography establish; however, Scott explains his influence in creating a lack of preciousness. These are some of my favorites.



“I hope that, as you look at the images in this book, rather than giving a look a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’, you will focus on the elements that could inspire you...it’s all about self expression. I rarely shoot a look where I love all the elements.”
—Scott Schuman



Images via The Sartorialist

left a comment on 10/29/2009 at 9:14 AM:
I love all these shots that really capture the individual, but how cool is that last guy. So great!
left a comment on 10/21/2009 at 12:03 PM:
Pretty funny that most of the photos you picked are in my inspiration file already…
left a comment on 10/21/2009 at 1:18 AM:
Memphis88—I haven’t read many interviews with Scott other than his own book. At the moment, I haven’t completely decided whether or not I will leave negative comments up. I am leaning towards not moderating whatsoever in order to keep the conversations open and honest.
left a comment on 10/21/2009 at 1:13 AM:
Richard—I would have liked to have met you too along with Scott. Shooting some fun stuff up in NYC at the moment for the blog. I’ll share later!
left a comment on 10/21/2009 at 12:29 AM:
I’m bummed you couldn’t have made it to the Dallas signing, I would have loved to meet you!
left a comment on 10/20/2009 at 10:42 PM:
Fred,
The pics that you chose to post are some of my all time favorites. Most of them I printed out the first time I saw them. Thanks for the highlights.
left a comment on 10/20/2009 at 7:02 PM:
I have most of those pictures saved in a folder on my desktop that I keep sartorially inspiring pictures in. I wish all of his pictures were like this stuff. I’ve lost a lot of respect for the guy after reading interviews with him and when I discovered that he deletes any and all negative comments from his blog.
left a comment on 10/20/2009 at 10:45 AM:
Dude all the way at the bottom right is my hero. What a badass.

CG left a comment on 6/1/2010 at 7:03 AM:
Hey - that’s a game of rugby in Trinity College Dublin - the coolest college in Europe ...