New York Look Book: A Gallery of Street Fashion by Amy Larocca and Jake Chessum collects over 200 of the human subjects from New York Magazine’s “The Look Book”, a monthly feature in the magazine which celebrates the style of New York City and its inhabitants. The subjects of each photograph are captured on the street, against a stark white background, in the midst of their mad New York day. The photos are posed, but not contrived, and most are accompanied by a brief yet intriguing interview with the subject, inquiring about their personal style. The short interviews are smart, funny, weird, often perplexing, and leave you wanting more. To me they are like short stories waiting to be written and flipping through this book is fun and voyeuristic and makes me want to get in the car and leave for New York tonight!
*An added bonus is The Listings section which gives an overview of the various neighborhoods where the photo sessions took place and includes chic shopping and restaurant suggestions for each; a helpful tool for planning that impromptus trip to New York…someday.
2 comments:
This sounds like something right up my alley. Thanks for the recommendation.
I just finished this book and loved it. When I checked it out, I figured I would just flip through the pictures, but the people look so interesting you can't help but read about them. Thanks!
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