You could probably assume as much, but in the event that you didn’t know, NYC Fashion week is a huge event from which many of the forthcoming year’s fashion statements and styles emerge. It’s big for the fashion industry, and fashion PHOTOGRAPHY of course follows suit. But while the fashion mags and fashion blogs and fashion photogs always go nuts during these semi-annual events that smatter the globe–and I admit to dig following along from the sidelines–I’ve grown to think a lots of those photos seem from inside the fashion industry take on a similar stance/look/gravitas.
And it should be of little surprise, right? This happens in every industry–things from within often carry the same torch, the same vibe, the same message, just with subtly different content to the others within/around them. The challenge of “working from within” any industry is how to differentiate. Breaking that mold of sameness–IMHO from whatever industry or perspective–is what helps draw notice.
I guess it’s for that reason, that I was so interested and impressed when stumbling upon a behind the scenes gallery of images from NYC Fashion Week from the Boston Globe. These images were stunning and different. And born not from fashion photogs, but from journalists and news photogs with some sort of palpable undercurrent of fashion within them. A fashion “approach”? What I love about them, is that the images seem somehow suspended between the two genre. Or perhaps they bash both genre. I’m not sure. Are they news? Are they fashion? I suspect that news photogs would call them too fashion-y and fashion would call them pure news. The challenge rears it’s head again.
Regardless, I hope you’ll agree the gallery is stunning–some images more so than others, of course–but overall I am intrigued and damn impressed. A few more shots plus a link to 30 others after the jump…
What you see here is just a sample. To see the full 36-image behind the scenes…or as editor Paula Nelson said “behind the fashion,” pop over to the Boston Globe gallery here.
Definetely cool photos! I’m everything but a fashiongeek myself, but these photos are nice anyway 🙂 thanks for sharing Chase.
I’ve been following behind the scenes photos of fashion week, and fashion shows in general, for a few years now. I found the mix really interesting. It’s the revelation of another facet of something creative. And what you said about the similarities within industries, the mash-up of niches, it made me kind of laugh. I feel like its a lesson in photography that keeps teaching itself: photography tries to give itself structure with specialties, industries and markets, niches and sub-niches so specialized it would blow your mind. But the more you slice and dice it, the more it stays the same. Photo is photo, and as different as it all is, it functions in the same capacity. Emotional impact, & a natural unexpected response.
Great shots! Uses the old tip about seeing where all the other photogs are shooting from and then go shoot your photos else where and your photos will stand out. Even more interesting are the reactions in the comments section under the photos on the Boston Globe site.
Amazing photos, as artistic as I like them to be.