The Sartorialist is a fashion blog by Scott Schuman in New York.^[1] After leaving a fashion sales position to take care of his daughter in 2005, he began carrying a digital camera around on the streets of New York City, taking pictures of people who had dressed in a way that caught his eye, and then posting them to his blog, sometimes with comments about what he'd found.^[1] He pioneered fashion photography in blog form.^[2]

Scott Schuman

Schuman began The Sartorialist with the idea of creating a two-way dialogue about the world of fashion and its relationship to daily life.^[3]

He describes his philosophy as trying to echo how fashion designers looked at what they saw on the street:

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.^[3]

Schuman began getting other work from serious fashion publications. Condé Nast tapped him to do something similar during Fashion Week in Paris for its style.com website.^[1] He also regularly works events for Saks Fifth Avenue, and says French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld has also talked to him about doing something for her magazine.^[1]

In 2009, an anthology of Schuman's favourite shots from around the world was published as a book entitled The Sartorialist.^[4]

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Fleming, Kirsten; April 1, 2007; "Shoots to Twill"; The New York Post; retrieved April 2, 2007.
2. ^ Davis, Johnny (March 14, 2009). "Sartorialist blogger Scott Schuman spots street style". London: TimesOnline. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110615193557/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article5874273.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1. Retrieved 2009-03-14. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Biography « The Sartorialist". Thesartorialist.com. http://www.thesartorialist.com/bio.html. Retrieved 2012-02-15. 
4. ^ Scott, Schuman (2009). The Sartorialist. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-311637-1. 

See also[link]

• Scott Schuman
• Glamourina
• Karla Deras

External links[link]

• The Sartorialist

Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry on "Celebrating Multiculturalism Through Photography", Central Market Annex gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Born	Steve McCurry (1950-04-23) April 23, 1950 (age 62) Darby, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Photojournalist
Agent	Magnum Photos
Notable credit(s)	Leica Hall of Fame Award Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad
Website
http://www.stevemccurry.com

Steve McCurry (born April 23, 1950) is an American photojournalist best known for his photograph, "Afghan Girl" that originally appeared in National Geographic magazine.

Early life[link]

Steve McCurry was born on April 23, 1950 in Philadelphia,^[1] attended Marple Newtown High School, and Penn State University. He originally planned to study cinematography and filmmaking, but ended up getting a degree in theater arts and graduating cum laude in 1974. He became interested in photography when he started taking pictures for the Penn State newspaper The Daily Collegian.^[2]

After working at Today's Post in King of Prussia for two years, he left for India to freelance. It was here that McCurry learned to watch and wait on life. “If you wait,” he realized, “people will forget your camera and the soul will drift up into view.”

Career[link]

His career was launched when, disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into rebel-controlled Afghanistan just before the Russian invasion. When he emerged, he had rolls of film sewn into his clothes. Those images, which were published around the world, were among the first to show the conflict. His coverage won the Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad, an award dedicated to photographers exhibiting exceptional courage and enterprise.

McCurry continued to cover international conflicts, including the Iran-Iraq war, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War, and Afghanistan. McCurry's work has been featured worldwide in magazines and he is a frequent contributor to National Geographic. He has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1986.

He is the recipient of numerous awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded by the National Press Photographers’ Association. The same year, he won an unprecedented four first-place prizes in the World Press Photo Contest. He has won the Olivier Rebbot Memorial Award twice.

McCurry focuses on the human consequences of war, not only showing what war impresses on the landscape, but rather, on the human face. “Most of my images are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape, that you could call the human condition.”

Steve McCurry is portrayed in a TV documentary titled "The Face of the Human Condition" (2003) by French award-winning filmmaker Denis Delestrac.

Afghan Girl[link]

McCurry took his most recognized portrait, "Afghan Girl", in a refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan. The image itself was named as "the most recognized photograph" in the history of the National Geographic magazine and her face became famous as the cover photograph on the June 1985 issue. The photo has also been widely used on Amnesty International brochures, posters, and calendars. The identity of the "Afghan Girl" remained unknown for over 17 years until McCurry and a National Geographic team located the woman, Sharbat Gula, in 2002. McCurry said, “Her skin is weathered; there are wrinkles now, but she is as striking as she was all those years ago.”

Kodachrome[link]

Although McCurry shoots both in digital and film, his admitted preference is for transparency film. Eastman Kodak let McCurry shoot the last ever produced roll of Kodachrome transparency film, which was processed in July 2010 by Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas and will be housed at the George Eastman House.^[3] Most of the photos, excluding a few near-duplicates, have been published on the Internet by Vanity Fair magazine.

"I shot it for 30 years and I have several hundred thousand pictures on Kodachrome in my archive. I'm trying to shoot 36 pictures that act as some kind of wrap up - to mark the passing of Kodachrome. It was a wonderful film."

September 11, 2001[link]

September, 11th 2001 photos

McCurry returned from an extended assignment in China on September 10, 2001.

"I live by Washington Square Park, and my office has a view of Lower Manhattan. I was there, going through mail with my assistant, when we got a phone call saying that the World Trade Center was on fire. I looked out my window and saw both towers were on fire.

I got my camera bag and went up on the roof of my building and started photographing the towers. We didn’t even know it was a plane, because we were up on the roof without the radio or TV. We all thought it was a fire that would eventually be put out—a terrible disaster, I mean both towers were on fire. I figured I’d shoot it from my roof for about 20 minutes and then go down to the base.

And then they just fell.

I was in a state of disbelief. They were just gone. It didn’t seem possible. Like you’re seeing something but you don’t really believe what you’re seeing. Even though I had seen them implode and there was all this smoke, it was not in the realm of possibility for the towers to be gone. It felt like we were living inside a dream, or rather a nightmare.

After they fell, my assistant and I ran down to Ground Zero to photograph the situation there. It was surreal. There was this very fine white powder everywhere and all this office paper, but there was no recognizable office equipment—no filing cabinets, telephones, computers. It seemed like the whole thing had been pulverized. It was just dust, steel and paper.

We were there until 9 at night. Then I walked home, but I couldn’t sleep. So I got up at 3:30 in the morning and walked back down there. As you can imagine, there was serious security: police, firemen, soldiers. But it was very clear to me this needed to be documented. I knew I had to do whatever I had to do to get back down there. I found a way to sneak in by cutting through a fence, and it allowed me to spend the morning of September 12 there. I eventually got removed by the police. They were really angry—the police, the firemen, everyone down there; emotions were running very high. One fireman threatened to beat my brains in with a shovel. I understood their position completely. From their point of view, we were there as tourists or spectators, when really we were there to record history, to create a record of this evil deed. The records of photography and magazines and radio and television are how we’re informed and how we know what’s going on in the world. This was something that absolutely had to be documented, and that’s what I do."

Awards[link]

Publications[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Steve McCurry's Official web site (with image galleries)
• Steve McCurry's gallery at photographic agency "Sudest57" web site
• Capturing the Face of Asia - Interview with Steve McCurry in June 2007 by European Culture and Arts online Magazine "Culturekiosque"
• I Visualize Photo Possibilities Wherever I Am - Interview with Steve McCurry in August 2009 by Indian photography web site "Fotoflock.com"
• One on One with Riz Khan - Al Jezeera interview by Riz Khan on his work

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Scott Schuman
Scott Schuman in the Autumn 2007. Photo by Christopher Peterson.
Born	Scott Schuman (1968-01-10) January 10, 1968 (age 44)
Occupation	Blogger and Journalist
Website
http://www.thesartorialist.com

Scott Schuman is an American blogger and fashion photographer who created "The Sartorialist."^[1] After leaving his position as director of men's fashion at his showroom to take care of his daughter in September 2005, he began carrying a digital camera around and photographing people he saw on the street whose style he found striking. He then posted these to his blog, sometimes with short comments, always either favorable or open-minded. He is well known for photographing what have been described as 'real people.'^[2]

"The Sartorialist" quickly became a regular read for fashionistas, both on the street and in the upper echelons of the industry.^{[citation needed]} Schuman was hired to do similar coverage for Condé Nast's style.com where has since been replaced by Tommy Ton of the blog Jak and Jil.^[3] He has covered shows during New York's Fashion Week for Saks Fifth Avenue. In 2007, he was named one of AskMen.com's Top 49 Men of the year.^[4] In 2008, Schumann appeared as a model in Gap's fall campaign.^[5] Schumann contributed portraits to Burberry's "Art of the Trench" marketing campaign.^[6][7]

A native of Indiana, Schuman once worked as a sales associate at the 1980s chain Chess King. Later he attended Indiana University, graduating with a degree in apparel merchandising and a minor in costume construction.^[8]

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Sartorialist blog Schuman's fashion blog

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