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Book: Men In This Town
Photography by Giuseppe Santamaria, Men In This Town.
Street style photography isn't a new thing. Led by the likes of bloggers such as The Sartorialist and Garance Dore, it exploded into our collective cultural consciousness a few years ago, creating a new genre in itself and instantly hooking into our innate sense of voyeurism to showcase some of the world's most stylish people.
Few street-style photographers, however, have focused entirely on men, and Australian men's style, in particular, has rarely had any interest or exploration on the international stage.
Enter Giuseppe Santamaria's new book, Men In This Town, which launched in Sydney last night. It's a suitably handsome tome, with stunning photography and interesting profiles. Each chapter is devoted to a different city (London, Tokyo, Sydney, Milan and New York) and captures a variety of men in situ going about their (every)day.
The book provides a fascinating platform to compare and contrast the different ways dudes put their clothes together, and captures a variety of men of different ages and nationalities.
Open the book to any page and try to guess which city you're in. It's a fun game and Men In This City naturally invites this kind of exploration and wonderment.
As a Sydney native who has also lived in London, I immediately flicked to those chapters to see if (a) I recognised anyone (maybe) and (b) I could guess the city from what the guy was wearing. See how you go with the following four photos from the book:
How did you go? The two top photos are from Sydney, and the bottom two are from London.
Go and seek out Men In This Town and see how Sydney men stack up against the rest of the world in the style stakes. It's also a cracker of a book for anyone interested in style, fashion and photography.
Men In This Town by Giuseppe Santamaria is published by Hardie Grant, RRP$29.95, and is available in stores nationally.
Photography by Giuseppe Santamaria, Men In This Town.
The book provides a fascinating platform to compare and contrast the different ways dudes put their clothes together, and captures a variety of men of different ages and nationalities.
Open the book to any page and try to guess which city you're in. It's a fun game and Men In This City naturally invites this kind of exploration and wonderment.
As a Sydney native who has also lived in London, I immediately flicked to those chapters to see if (a) I recognised anyone (maybe) and (b) I could guess the city from what the guy was wearing. See how you go with the following four photos from the book:
How did you go? The two top photos are from Sydney, and the bottom two are from London.
Go and seek out Men In This Town and see how Sydney men stack up against the rest of the world in the style stakes. It's also a cracker of a book for anyone interested in style, fashion and photography.
