tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post356934036321960569..comments2023-12-28T23:27:33.142-05:00Comments on DLK COLLECTION: Book: Scott Schuman, The SartorialistDLKCOLLECTIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14875914464454488384noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-30200927666945124422010-08-09T07:33:36.921-04:002010-08-09T07:33:36.921-04:00This is a very interesting post; I have often wond...This is a very interesting post; I have often wondered why Scott Schuman's work has become so famous. He is technically competent and knows about photography: this already distinguishes him from a million of people who try to do the same thing.<br /><br />Bu this is not enough. There are plenty of technically competent photographers who have studied past photographers. What is rather unique to The Sartorialist is that he has an eye: he has an eye for pictures, and an eye for fashion. He can find people who are original or on the contrary representative of a place, of a time. Just a look at what other famous blogs produce demonstrates this. Take Facehunter for example, he more or less photographs the same people ('alternative' / 'London' style) wherever he goes, whereas The Sartorialist will show you people who are typically Milan, or people who are typically Paris. In so doing, he captures our times far better than anyone else has. <br /><br /><br />This is enough to produce interesting pictures but this is not enough to get us to look at them. I think he does this by managing to convince us that this is is not a picture of an artist done by an artist, but rather the opposite: the picture of a random Joe done by another random Joe. This, in turn, convinces us, all random Joes can be artists - we can be artists too.<br /><br /><a href="http://davidikus.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://davidikus.blogspot.com/</a>davidikushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122152277968126355noreply@blogger.com