Life through the photograph

Fashion photographers never seem to be given enough credit although most of the time theyr are the ones that will help propel a model to fame or make the not-so-affected-by-the-credit-crunch-women buy the weirdly wonderful Dior stilettos for the Summer season. Still, some photographers don't only concentrate on fashion, its models or silhouettes. They are also interested in the it-people's lives beyond the catwalk/stage/London party scene.The greatest and most fascinating example of all to me is Todd Selby, whose blog attracts thousands of people each and every day.
Honestly, nowadays, who never dreamt of entering the It-People's private lives? Tangle a part of the dream? Who never imagined what Erin Wasson's appartment or Alexander Wang's New York Studio looked like?! Thanks to Todd Selby, an American photographer, there's no need to imagine: Just look at his blog's pictures! Selby admits to being fascinated by the Rich and Famous private lives, he therefore made his dream come true by realising his voyeuristic wishes!
Most famous people fight constantly for the respect of their privacy against the paparazzis, trying against all odds to keep small parts of their every moves to themselves, but still, some didn't mind getting their work places, dogs, spouses and apartments photographed...For some time now, Todd Selby, artist, illustrator and it-photographer, whose work for Dazed and Confused, Another Magazine and the New York Magazine is acknowledged around the fashion world is now concentrating on convincing women and men who are part of the Hype-World to reveal a part of their day-to-day life to him (and his lenses). He started photographing friends, then acquaintances, and he is now concentrating his professional connections...Once they're convinced and attracted by the photographer's ideas, Selby gets involved in their everyday lives, therefore capturing very intimate places or familiar details (ashtrays full of cigarettes, toilets (!), dishes...), he then sometimes draws their profiles in watercolours and discusses with them in great length in order for his pictures to always get an unpublished portrait of them and their surroundings.
The result is always is bluffing, it's a mix between an interior design magazine and artistic trials. These "adventures" in the heart od these stylists, graphists, models, photographers, editors in chief or actor's intimacies are wonderfully natural but also intense and truthful (and also full of decorating ideas!). Nothing seems forced nor organised. Selby photographs in a raw state, with an unfiltered look and therefore enables the settings to be anything but set in stone.
Selby has been posting these urban neo-reports since June 2008 on his blog "The Selby", which caused a huge buzz in the fashion world and opened more and more doors in untidy apartments.
Little by little, he even reveals the interiors of some work places. Thanks to him we are able to discover Alexander Wang caught in his showroom or Marvin Jarrett, Nylon Magazine's Editor in Chief skateboarding in his office.
Todd Selby's fresh, spontaneous and very trendy work is attracting more and more attention. Even famous Frenchies (Frédéric Beigbeder, Christian Louboutin) dare opening their homes to him. His blog should be looked at daily in order to understand that a beautiful home is more than anything a lively place but also to satisfy our always growing curiosity in a smart and dinstinguished way we can be proud of. And of course, to stop having so many complexs about our books/clothes/CDs all over the floor: even the Hypest of all have the same problem!
Talking about Erin Wasson's skateboard rail is oh soEn Vogue, so go and have a look at the blog: http://www.theselby.com/