the selby - photos in your space

emi kameoka - fashion assistant for vogue hommes japan at her home - tokyo - november 8 2009

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:35:46 -0500

emi kameoka - fashion assistant for vogue hommes japan at her home - tokyo - november 8 2009

Photos from The Selby.jp launch potluck dinner in Tokyo via The Cobrasnake

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:52:23 -0500

Here are some photos taken by The Cobrasnake from TheSelby.jp launch potluck dinner in Tokyo.

The dinner was hosted by Yoon and DJ Verbal and The Cobrasnake. If you look through the photos there will be some familiar faces from The Selby as well as some photos of other people who have been involved with The Selby in Toyko.

yoshiko kajitani - designer of yoshiko creation paris at her home - tokyo - november 2 2009

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:18 +0900

yoshiko kajitani - designer of yoshiko creation paris at her home - tokyo - november 2 2009

fraser cooke - nike global energy marketing director at his home - tokyo - october 28 2009

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:54:43 +0900

fraser cooke - nike global energy marketing director at his home - tokyo - october 28 2009

vivienne sato - artist and drag queen at her home - tokyo - october 27 2009

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:38:35 -0700

vivienne sato - artist and drag queen at her home - tokyo - october 27 2009

christopher nemeth - designer at his studio and store - tokyo - october 22 2009

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:43:39 -0400

christopher nemeth - designer at his studio and store - tokyo - october 22 2009

xavier veilhan's show in the garden and chateau of versailles

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:17:45 -0400

Xavier Veilhan is having a show of his work around the gardens and inside the main chateau of Versailles. If you are in paris I highly recommend going to see it before it comes down on December 13th. Xavier is one of my favorite artists and his show really blew me away.

martin jacobs - creative director; and simon pearce - future farmer at their home - london - october 8 2009

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:01:50 -0400

martin jacobs - creative director; and simon pearce - future farmer at their home - london - october 8 2009

The Selby is looking for Second Life homes to photograph

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:09:52 -0400

The Selby is looking for Second Life houses to photograph for posting to The Selby.
We are trying to find locations that express the owner's individuality and creativity,
places that are unique and personal.

Anyone who is interested in participating in this project should send
three to five screenshots of their house to todd@theselby.com along
with contact information. If we choose your house, we will be in touch
to arrange the shoot of your avatar and your house.

the selby and nike 6.0 collaboration - ad campaign, photo shoots and videos

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:59:11 -0400

the selby and nike 6.0 collaboration - ad campaign, photo shoots and videos
shot in tahiti, georgia, new jersey, new york, and florida
featuring ben horan, garrett reynolds, james stewart, mason aguirre, michel bourez, and nigel sylvester

Here are some of my favorite images from the work I have been doing for Nike 6.0 the past few months. I traveled to Tahiti, Georgia, Florida, NJ and Brooklyn to shoot some of Nike 6.0's top athletes in their environments. My photos, watercolor paintings, videos and written question and answers are being used on Nike 6.0's ad campaign as well as on the Nike 6.0 website. This project has been so much fun to work on! Thanks Nike!

dj maar - dexpistols; and mayu kondo - art director and designer at their home - tokyo - september 28 2009

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:07:47 -0400

dj maar - dexpistols; and mayu kondo - art director and designer at their home - tokyo - september 28 2009

baby mary - owner of faline tokyo at her home and her shop - tokyo - sept 15 2009

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:19:02 -0400

baby mary - owner of faline tokyo at her home and her shop - tokyo - sept 15 2009

I spent a couple of weeks in tokyo shooting for The Selby recently. Some of those shoots are going to be exclusively for my upcoming book "The Selby Is In Your Place" being published by Abrams in May 2010. The rest will be posted on theselby.com so stay tuned. Also a bit of fun news is that I will be launching The Selby in japanese this fall.

emmanuel perrotin - gallerist at his gallery - paris - september 9 2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:13:24 -0400

emmanuel perrotin - gallerist at his gallery - paris - september 9 2009

inès de la fressange - designer, muse and model at her office - paris - sept 8th 2009

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:08:08 -0400

inès de la fressange - designer, muse and model at her office - paris - sept 8th 2009

The Selby Sydney Book - signed first edition now available for $25 on the Selby Store

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:54:09 -0400

The cover has watercolor paintings of everyone in the book. The book includes photographs of all the people that were photographed in Sydney by The Selby up to that date including some which have not been seen on The Selby website. It is 28 pages long and is a mixture of glossy and matte papers. It also comes with a baby blue rubber band around the spine.

click here for a video flip through of the book

This book is the signed first edition, with only 1000 copies printed in the USA. It comes with a free The Selby sticker. Please allow up to 3 weeks to receive your book after ordering if you are in the US, and up to 4 weeks if you are ordering from another country. Shipping is done by United States Postal Service.

new york city entrepreneurs project for cole rood haan - the smile, maryam nassir zadeh, black sheep and prodigal sons, and jack's coffee - august 31st 2009

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:27:20 -0400

new york city entrepreneurs project for cole rood haan - the smile, maryam nassir zadeh, black sheep and prodigal sons, and jack's coffee - august 31st 2009

This gallery includes photos that I did of NYC entrepreneurs in collaboration with Cole Rood & Haan. All of the people shot for this project run businesses that have to do with taking old things and making them new again in interesting ways. This concept also seemed like a timely idea as there is a lot of DIY spirit in NYC these days.

The Smile is my favorite place to hang out and grab lunch and Carlos, Melia and Matt are great so it was natural to think of them for this shoot. Maryam and Uday's store Maryam Nassir Zadeh is really something special, I love the mix of vintage and hand crafted items that they sell there. Also it is really inspiring to see how they put everything together, if you have ever been to their store you know what I mean. Black Sheep and Prodigal Sons is a great line of jewelry, accessories and objects made by Derrick R. Cruz who has been featured before on the site. Jack's Coffee on 10th street is a great place to get a coffee when you are on the west side, also Jack is basically the mayor of west 10th street.

sylvia farago - photo director; and christopher simmonds - art director at their home - london - aug 26th 2009

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:12:51 -0400

sylvia farago - photo director; and christopher simmonds - art director at their home - london - aug 26th 2009

gary card - set designer and illustrator; and henderson mccue - gareth pugh's first assistant, pattern cutter and studio manager at their home - london - august 18 2009

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:52:12 -0400

gary card - set designer and illustrator; and henderson mccue - gareth pugh's first assistant, pattern cutter and studio manager at their home - london - august 18 2009

lucas ossendrijver - fashion designer at his studio at lanvin homme - paris - aug 5th 2009

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:57:43 -0400

lucas ossendrijver - fashion designer at his studio at lanvin homme - paris - aug 5th 2009

pauline forster - artist and land lady of the george tavern and toby penrose - artist at the george tavern and at home - london - july 28th

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:32:19 -0400

pauline forster - artist and land lady of the george tavern and toby penrose - artist at the george tavern and at home - london - july 28th

The Selby limited edition poster by Jonathan Zawada signed and numbered is on sale now at The Selby Store.

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:56:06 -0400

This poster was created by Sydney based artist Jonathan Zawada from photographs on The Selby and is exclusively available on the selby store, and at colette in Paris.

The signed and numbered posters are limited to an edition of 275. The poster is 24" x 35", offset printed in the USA on Glossy paper. Future editions of this poster will not be numbered or signed so get yours now.

robert longo - artist at his studio - new york city - july 22 2009

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:30:00 -0400

robert longo - artist at his studio - new york city - july 22 2009

susien chong and nic briand - designers for lover at their home - sydney australia - july 20 2009

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:23:03 -0400

susien chong and nic briand - designers for lover at their home - sydney australia - july 20 2009

harold david - photographer and david bonney - stylist and creative director at their home - sydney australia - july 14 2009

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:10:08 -0400

harold david - photographer and david bonney - stylist and creative director at their home - sydney australia - july 14 2009

george gorrow - creative director of ksubi at his office and the ksubi showroom - sydney australia - july 8 2009

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:18:48 -0400

george gorrow - creative director of ksubi at his office and the ksubi showroom - sydney australia - july 8 2009

aimee bayliss - pr for ksubi, nathan smith - designer, anne ryan - fashion pr at their home - darlinghurst sydney australia - july 5th 2009

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:50:53 -0400

aimee bayliss - pr for ksubi, nathan smith - designer, anne ryan - fashion pr at their home - darlinghurst sydney australia - july 5th 2009

lyn balzer and tony perkins - photographers and artists at their home - darlinghurst sydney australia - july 1 2009

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:23:25 -0400

lyn balzer and tony perkins - photographers and artists at their home - darlinghurst sydney australia - july 1 2009

andy at the everyday life objects pop up shop - milan

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:22:11 -0400

Everyday Life Objects Shop was a pop up store that I stopped by in Milan during the big furniture fair. Apartamento Magazine and Reference Library put it together and it was open just for the week of the fair. The store had items that had been featured in Apartamento as well as a lot of amazing stuff that Andy from Reference Library had found. It was very DIY and really heartfelt, I hope they make this an ongoing thing. The big colorful forms hanging from the ceiling are one of a kind hot air balloons that I particularly liked.

tina kalivas - fashion and costume designer at her home - west sydney australia - june 26 2009

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:57:03 -0400

tina kalivas - fashion and costume designer at her home - west sydney australia - june 26 2009

emma balfour - mother/model/writer, andrew cowen - photographer, bruno and elliot at home - bondi beach sydney - june 22 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:16:36 -0400

emma balfour - mother/model/writer, andrew cowen - photographer, bruno and elliot at home - bondi beach sydney - june 22 2009

stefano tonchi - editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine at his home - new york city - june 15 2009

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:43:43 -0400

stefano tonchi - editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine at his home - new york city - june 15 2009

jon liu - hairdresser; and laura rule - art director at their home - hackney, london - june 10 2009

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:03:44 -0500

jon liu - hairdresser; and laura rule - art director at their home - hackney, london - june 10 2009

lucy chadwick - gallery director; and duffy - hairdresser with special guest emma - ballerina at their home - london - june 7 2009

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:05:15 -0400

lucy chadwick - gallerist; and duffy - hairdresser with special guest emma - ballerina at their home - london - june 7 2009

Animals In Fashion for Dossier Magazine Spring 2009 Issue

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:44:14 -0400

Animals In Fashion for Dossier Magazine Spring 2009 Issue, Styling by Aya Kanai

The Selby Paris Book 2nd Edition available now for $37 with free US shipping order yours before they sell out

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:06:18 -0400

The Selby Paris book was released April 2009 at the opening of The Selby Paris show at colette.

It includes watercolor paintings and photographs of all the people that were photographed in Paris for the show, many of which have not been seen on The Selby website.

This book is the second edition, with only 600 copies printed in New York City.

Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2009 in Milan photographed and illustrated for the New York Times T Magazine

Sat, 30 May 2009 19:29:43 -0400

Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2009 in Milan photographed and illustrated for the New York Times T Magazine

sally singer - writer, editor and Vogue fashion news and features director at her home - new york city - may 20 2009

Wed, 20 May 2009 23:05:22 -0400

sally singer - writer, editor and Vogue fashion news and features director at her home - new york city - may 20 2009

jonathan and annie zawada - artists, designers and art directors at their home - sydney - may 18th 2009

Mon, 18 May 2009 18:25:13 +0900

jonathan and annie zawada - artists, designers and art directors at their home - sydney - may 18th 2009

natalie wood - fashion designer and artist at her home - sydney australia - may 15 2009

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:32:23 +0900

natalie wood - fashion designer and artist at her home - sydney australia - may 15 2009

julia roitfeld - art director at her home - new york city - may 13th 2009

Tue, 12 May 2009 23:21:42 +0900

julia roitfeld - art director at her home - new york city - may 13th 2009

alexander olch - director and clothing designer at his home - new york - may 9 2009

Sun, 10 May 2009 07:35:26 +0900

alexander olch - director and clothing designer at his home - new york - may 9 2009

Helena Christensen in Paris Vogue May 2009 Issue

Sat, 09 May 2009 15:03:53 +0900

helena christensen - model and actress at her home in new york city for the may issue of paris vogue

mark righo and mark wagner - founders MKII at their home and studio - clapham london - april 22 2009

Wed, 06 May 2009 19:02:25 -0400

mark righo and mark wagner - founders MKII at their home and studio - clapham london - april 22 2009

rosa connell - stylist; and bella howard - photographer at their home - london - april 28th 2009

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:27:43 -0400

rosa connell - stylist; and bella howard - photographer at their home - london - april 28th 2009

tim soar - designer at his home - london - april 22 2009

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:24:20 -0400

tim soar - designer at his home - london - april 22 2009

francois curiel - president of christie's europe at his home - geneva - april 10th 2009

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:25:03 -0400

francois curiel - president of christie's europe at his home - geneva - april 10th 2009

photos from The Selby Show and The Selby Shop at colette

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:18:29 +0200

Check out photos from The Selby Show and The Selby Shop at colette

The Selby in Paris book signing wednesday April 1st 6-7PM at colette

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:01:00 -0400

The Selby in Paris book signing wednesday April 1st 6-7PM at colette.

Come by and get a book before they are all gone and check out the show.

213 RUE SAINT-HONORÉ 75001 PARIS

andré - artist at the hotel amour - paris - march 24 2009

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:23:22 -0400

andré - artist at the hotel amour - paris - march 24 2009

25 copies of The Selby Paris book for colette available now for preorder from The Selby Store

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:02:01 -0400

The Selby Paris book is being produced for colette and will be released April 2009 at the opening of The Selby Paris show.
It includes watercolor paintings and photographs of all the people that were photographed in Paris for the show, many of which have not been seen on The Selby website.
This book was printed in New York City and is limited to 250 copies, of which only 25 will be sold on The Selby Store. The spines of each book are hand painted red white and blue. All the books are signed and numbered by The Selby.

The first shipping will occur on April 24th, 2009. After that date please allow 2 weeks for shipping. click here for a sneak peak video of The Selby Paris book

jacqueline perrett - pr; and kelvin ho - artchitect at their home - bondi beach sydney - march 18 2009

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:51:17 -0400

jacqueline perrett - pr; and kelvin ho - artchitect at their home - bondi beach sydney - march 18 2009

the selby / cobrasnake show at monster children gallery sydney australia until march 21st click here for photos

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:24:22 -0400

the selby / cobrasnake show at monster children gallery sydney australia until march 21st click here for photos

pierre hermé - pastry chef at his home - paris - march 11 2009

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:08:46 -0400

pierre hermé - pastry chef at his home - paris - march 11 2009

Monster Children Present the Photographs of The Selby and The Cobrasnake in Sydney Australia March 6th

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:10:45 -0500

Monster Children Gallery Presents "Predator' and 'Home Alone'.
A double feature of photographs by The Cobrasnake and The Selby.

Opening Night Friday March 6th at 6pm.

Exhibition continues from 7th March - 21st March, 2009.

The MC Gallery is supported by:
Asahi, Lee, Resolution.

Monster Children Gallery
Address: 20 Burton St, Darlinghurst Sydney NSW.

Phone Number:
(02) 9332 2040

elisa nalin - stylist at her home - paris - feb 24 2009

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:08:22 -0500

elisa nalin - stylist at her home - paris - feb 24 2009

xavier veilhan - artist at his studio - paris - feb 18 2009

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:33:39 -0500

xavier veilhan - artist at his studio - paris - feb 18 2009

sébastien gaudard - chef at his home - paris - feb 12 2009

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:26:22 -0500

sébastien gaudard - chef at his home - paris - feb 12 2009

Buy the Limited Edition Obesity and Speed for The Selby Tank Top or the TShirt at The Selby Store $44

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:20:13 -0500

Buy the Obesity and Speed for The Selby Tank Top or the TShirt at The Selby Store $44, less than 100 made

josh conner and lyz olko - designers of obesity and speed at their home - east village new york city - feb 9 2009

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:18:30 -0500

josh conner and lyz olko - designers of obesity and speed at their home - east village new york city - feb 9 2009

michael dupouy - connector at his office - paris - feb 5 2009

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:52:11 -0500

michael dupouy - connector at his office - paris - feb 5 2009

The Selby Crest Tote Bag

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:49:05 -0500

Silkscreened in NYC on an American Apparel made sweatshop free unbleached cotton tote bag.
Less than 100 available buy yours today before it is sold out.
Only $6 shipping in US, $12 Shipping International. Dimensions: 14 3/8" x 14" (36.5cm x 35.6cm)

sarah - miss coletteat colette - paris - feb 3 2009

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:01:28 -0500

sarah - miss colette at colette - paris - feb 3 2009

seth gordon - director; and bootsy holler - photographer at their home - los angeles - jan 30 2009

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:09:31 -0500

seth gordon - director; and bootsy holler - photographer at their home - los angeles - jan 30 2009

frédéric beigbeder - author at his home - paris - jan 28 2009

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:58:21 -0500

frédéric beigbeder - author at his home - paris - jan 28 2009

new $35 bandana designed by Philip Smiley for The Selby available exclusively at The Selby Store

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:21:10 -0500

new $35 bandana designed by Philip Smiley for The Selby available exclusively at The Selby Store

audrey mascina - singer for liquid architecture ; and jérôme sans - art and cultural curator, museum director and trouble maker of liquid architecture at their home - paris - jan 26 2009

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:02:41 -0500

audrey mascina - singer for liquid architecture ; and jérôme sans - art and cultural curator, museum director and trouble maker of liquid architecture at their home - paris - jan 26 2009

monsieur farman - aviation enthusiast and collector at his store - paris - jan 23 2009

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:50:26 -0500

monsieur farman - aviation enthusiast and collector at his store - paris - jan 23 2009

thomas lélu - artist at his studio - paris - jan 21 2009

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:08:51 -0500

thomas lélu - artist at his studio - paris - jan 21 2009

sofía achával - stylist; and thibault de montaigu - author at their home - paris - jan 19 2009

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:16:43 -0500

sofía achával - stylist; and thibault de montaigu - author at their home - paris - jan 19 2009

The Selby photo portfolio and interview in New York Magazine this week

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:19:05 -0500

Check out this weeks New York Magazine for 13 pages of The Selby's photos

Also on nymag.com this week there is an interview with The Selby, click here to check that out

jacques grange - interior architect at his home - 2nd arrondissement paris - jan 14 2009

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:11:43 -0500

jacques grange - interior architect at his home - 2nd arrondissement paris - jan 14 2009

melia marden - chef; and frank sisti jr. aka kid america - filmmaker at their home - east village new york - jan 12 2009

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:57:15 -0500

melia marden - chef; and frank sisti jr. aka kid america - filmmaker at their home - east village new york - jan 12 2009

thomas dozol - photographer; and michael stipe - artist and musician at their home - tribeca new york - jan 8 2009

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:55:29 -0500

thomas dozol - photographer; and michael stipe - artist and musician at their home - tribeca new york - jan 8 2009

michelle mccormick - design director abercrombie & fitch concept team; and tracy mccormick - designer with gary gibson studio at their home - koreatown los angeles - dec 29 2008

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:54:19 -0800

michelle mccormick - design director abercrombie & fitch concept team; and tracy mccormick - designer with gary gibson studio at their home - koreatown los angeles - dec 29 2008

The Selby Store just got a lot cheaper, get a print for $90 or a custom watercolor done for just $275

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:33:41 -0800

Limited edition Mark The Cobrasnake and Georgie Greville 11x14 Prints are now only $90

Custom 24"x36" Prints are now only $1100

Commission a one of a kind original watercolor painting of the subject of your choice done by The Selby for $275

William Eadon's 100% Sterling Silver solid pyramid necklace is a very reasonable $295

Get your super soft 20" x 20" 100% cotton bandana made in the USA exclusively for The Selby before they sell out

nadège winter - producer, creative director, communication consultant, writer, dj, entertainer at her home - paris france - dec 28 2008

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:30:17 -0800

nadège winter - producer, creative director, communication consultant, writer, dj, entertainer at her home - paris france - dec 28 2008

dustin yellin - artist at his home - red hook new york city - dec 22 2008

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:58:54 -0500

dustin yellin - artist at his home - red hook new york city - dec 22 2008

daniela kamiliotis - set and costume designer, fine artist, and vice president of womens collection ralph lauren at her office - midtown new york city - dec 21 2008

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:14:06 -0500

daniela kamiliotis - set and costume designer, fine artist, and vice president of womens collection ralph lauren at her office - midtown new york city - dec 21 2008

andrew neuhues - graphic artist at his home - silverlake los angeles - dec 12 2008

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:28:41 -0500

andrew neuhues - graphic artist at his home - silverlake los angeles - dec 12 2008

fergus aka fergadelic - artist; and caroline smithson - designer and 1/2 of craftwork at their home - london - dec 10 2008

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:42:07 -0500

fergus aka fergadelic - artist; and caroline smithson - designer and 1/2 of craftwork at their home - london - dec 10 2008

guy blakeslee - musician and singer for the entrance band and maximilla lukacs - filmmaker at their home - laurel canyon los angeles - dec 8 2008

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:04:25 -0500

guy blakeslee - musician and singer for the entrance band and maximilla lukacs - filmmaker at their home - laurel canyon los angeles - dec 8 2008

alessandra torresani - actress, dancer and diva at her home - hollywood los angeles - dec 3 2008

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:24:54 -0500

alessandra torresani - actress, dancer and diva at her home - hollywood los angeles - dec 3 2008

jonny makeup - singer, songwriter and spokesmodel at his daddy's private estate - echo park los angeles - dec 1 2008

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:57:21 -0500

jonny makeup - singer, songwriter and spokesmodel at his daddy's private estate - echo park los angeles - dec 1 2008

bobb bruno - musician at his home - eagle rock los angeles - november 28 2008

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:10:36 -0500

bobb bruno - musician at his home - eagle rock los angeles - november 28 2008

annakim violette - artist at her home - silverlake los angeles - november 26 2008

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:04:53 -0500

annakim violette - artist at her home - silverlake los angeles - november 26 2008

aaron rose - artist, writer, musician, film director and independent curator at his home - silverlake los angeles - november 24 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:55:22 -0500

aaron rose - artist, writer, musician, film director and independent curator at his home - silverlake los angeles - november 24 2008

mike mills - director and artist at his home - silverlake los angeles - november 21 2008

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:58:18 -0500

mike mills - director and artist at his home - silverlake los angeles - november 21 2008

The Selby in the New York Times

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:03:45 -0500

TODD SELBY, a photographer based in New York, is becoming a kind of Horst of the hip set: an environmental portraitist of Williamsburg and Silver Lake society. Since the summer, Mr. Selby, 31, has been shooting his mostly young, mostly good-looking subjects — movie directors, fashion models and designers, painters, writers, indie magazine editors — in their homes in New York and Los Angeles (and, more recently, London and Mexico). The results are posted on a Web site, theselby.com, and will be exhibited next spring at Colette, the Paris boutique.

Mr. Selby started the project, he said, because of his curiosity about the ways personal space reflects personality. “I’ll see an interesting character and think, what does their apartment look like?” he said. The answers vary, of course, but most of the places in these pictures, like their inhabitants, are attractive in a seemingly offhand way (even when, like their inhabitants, they have been carefully put together).

Often, Mr. Selby hears about a compelling home through friends, and after a cursory visit he sets up a shoot — a process, he says, that is loose and collaborative. “It’s their opportunity to tell the world what they’re all about,” Mr. Selby said. “ ‘This is my favorite book’; ‘this is a picture of me and my mom.’ I think it’s really exciting to them.”

Several people photographed for the project know one another, and most confess they check the site regularly to see whose interiors have been added (there are now around 60 on the site, which has been growing by about three a week).

Mr. Selby’s own apartment, in Manhattan, has not made an appearance. A self-described maximalist, he said he has scaled back on flea market visits since beginning the project and being exposed to so much stuff. “I see people who have these amazing collections and I love it,” he said, “but I love coming home to a blank slate.”

He is content to live vicariously through the homes of his subjects, he said. Here, a few offer their own takes on their personal spaces and the things that fill them.

Ceramic Ponies and Blown Glass in the Kitchen: When Collections Overflow

As an interior designer who works primarily with young, affluent bohemian clients, Ryan Korban says he has developed his own “downtown” decorating style. “It’s a mixture of 1970s Italian, which is similar to midcentury but sexier and more polished,” he said, “and traditional 18th century.” He is big on brass lamps, full-length mirrors, chunky antique furniture and eccentric curios, as evidenced by his own 550-square-foot studio apartment in SoHo.

Mr. Korban, 24, created a small, set-off living area with a pair of Federal-style chairs — for which he had powder blue tufted cushions made — and a sleek update of a Porter floor lamp. Elsewhere, he spruced up “a horrible rental kitchen” by replacing the plastic cabinet hardware with brushed nickel handles, painting the walls chalkboard gray, and adding unlikely decorative items, like a ceramic pony on a wooden lacquer pedestal, a porcelain blue-and-white Chinese urn atop the fridge, and blown-glass pastry stands from Sur la Table. “I collect these things and I run out of space to put them,” Mr. Korban said. “So I decided to put things in spaces where you wouldn’t expect. I left them there for a few days and it worked.”

Bringing Fashion to the Bathroom Walls

Last spring, when the bathroom of his apartment was being redone, Brian Lichtenberg suggested a design to his landlord. “I thought it would be cool to do it like Givenchy,” he said, referring to the fashion label’s blocky geometric logo, which is now rendered in black tile in his shower. Mr. Lichtenberg, 29, is a self-taught fashion designer with an eponymous label of his own, and he has also incorporated elements of his design work throughout the three-bedroom apartment he rents on the top floor of a 1920s house in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. The walls of a second bathroom, for example, are painted in a red, yellow and blue drip style, a design he developed for a hooded sweatshirt (the colors drip from the hood). He describes his aesthetic, in both fashion and décor, as “stark and minimal, but graphic and colorful,” though his at-home showroom is plain white: “White clears your head,” he said. He liked being part of Mr. Selby’s project, he added, mainly because “it was a good excuse to make the apartment tidy and nice.”

‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,’ and Below That, the Basement

Adam Wallacavage, a 39-year-old artist known for his elaborate and bizarre chandeliers, thinks of his brownstone home in Philadelphia as “an ongoing art piece.” What he describes as an “eccentric, Victorian-style” décor actually verges on the otherworldly. For instance, he created a ground-floor dining room reminiscent of an undersea realm, with a ship’s porthole looking into a sunroom, aquamarine walls and a chandelier he made from cast plaster with octopus tentacles for arms. Smaller tentacled fixtures nearby repeat the motif. Mr. Wallacavage, whose recent show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York was dominated by nautical themes, wanted a space with a “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” look, he said, and this house seemed an ideal place for it. “When I called the Realtor about this space eight years ago, he told me the basement looks like a ship, and I knew that’s the house I wanted,” he said. “There was a piano, a bar, portholes and ship paintings.”

These days, the basement is his work space, its floors given over to bags of plaster, its rafters teeming with ornate picture frames. “I just collect things, like picture frames,” he said. “When I don’t know what to do with them, I’ll stick them in my basement.”

Mr. Wallacavage recently rented the house out as a backdrop for a magazine photo shoot; Todd Selby was the photographer, which is how he discovered the space. “It was nice to see the house through someone else’s eyes,” Mr. Wallacavage said.

Unfettered Actress’s Well-Furnished Lair

Krysten Ritter, a model-turned-actress who co-stars in the coming movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” doesn’t see herself as the domestic type. “I’m a girl on the go,” she said. “I own six pieces of clothing and one piece of furniture.”

Luckily, Ms. Ritter, 26, has made up for this lack by renting an apartment in a striking house built in 1980 by the architect Dion Neutra (son of Richard), and sharing it with an interior designer roommate, Lauren Bratman. Ms. Bratman, 29, decorated in a style she described as “bohemian vintage,” filling the house, in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, with pieces like brass and leather kitchen barstools from the 1970s (picked up for $80 at a vintage store in Westwood), a ’60s-era one-piece teal sofa ($500 at an estate sale), an Art Deco coffee table that she refinished ($100 at an estate sale), and a digital reproduction of a William Eggleston photograph that dominates a living room wall. Ms. Ritter’s contribution is “Guitarlos,” an acoustic guitar painted with a woman’s face; it was found by an ex-boyfriend on the streets of Brooklyn, where Ms. Ritter lived prior to moving to Los Angeles last year, and now hangs near the kitchen.

“This is by far the coolest place I’ve ever lived,” Ms. Ritter said of the wood-shingled home, which has a pool, a Jacuzzi, a fireplace and three big bedroom closets for her clothes. “Every day I’m, like, really? Is this really our house?”

In a Tattoo Parlor, an Antique Settee and Rifle-Target Wallpaper

In a few cases, Todd Selby photographed his subjects’ work spaces rather than their homes, because these were the places into which they had “put all their creative output.” Scott Campbell’s Saved Tattoo parlor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is the opposite of the cramped, dimly lighted aesthetic of most ink emporiums. Housed in the 2,000-square-foot ground floor of a warehouse, it has the bright, airy feel of an art-filled loft apartment. Mr. Campbell, 31, lives in a studio apartment a few blocks away that he says has a similar feel on a smaller scale.

He used to run a combination tattoo studio and antiques shop nearby, and his love of old things is obvious here. He works on clients in an area furnished with an antique dresser and settee, and he installed subway tile and an old-fashioned sink in the bathroom. For that room’s wallpaper, he used rifle targets bought in his native Louisiana; bullet cartridges embedded in a Lucite toilet seat extend the theme. Mr. Campbell said the studio is meant to be welcoming and comfortable — home-like, in fact —“because obviously getting a tattoo is stressful.”

Poetry Student Who Can’t Stop Collecting

“In terms of my decorating style, I love stuff,” Chase Cohl said. “I love really unique and special stuff.” Ms. Cohl, a 21-year-old poetry student at the New School, has a simple theory about accumulation and décor: “If you pick up things that your personality is drawn to everywhere you go, you’re bound to have an interesting space.”

The living room of the two-bedroom apartment she owns in SoHo is home to a motley array of items, including a zebra-print rug, a banjo (she’s in a folk band), a petrified-wood end table and a vintage floor lamp with beaded fringe, bought at a local antiques shop. She found most of her furnishings, in fact, at antiques shops and flea markets (the Rose Bowl market in Pasadena is a favorite), except for the bed, which her mother picked out at ABC Carpet & Home.

“She said, ‘It might be really cool to have a plain bed because all of your other stuff is crazy,’ ” said Ms. Cohl, who nevertheless put a pair of painted papier-mâché lips (another antiques store find) above the headboard.

Several people have praised her style since the photographs of her apartment appeared on Todd Selby’s Web site, Ms. Cohl said, and while she is flattered, she isn’t taking it too seriously. “It’s not like I pride myself on the fact that I can put a chair next to a lamp and make it look O.K.”

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diva dompe - raw chef and musician; and lola dompe - student and musician at home - hollywood los angeles - november 19 2008

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diva dompe - raw chef and musician; and lola dompe - student and musician at home - hollywood los angeles - november 19 2008

blake mycoskie - chief shoe giver at TOMS on his house boat - los angeles - november 19 2008

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blake mycoskie - chief shoe giver at TOMS on his house boat - los angeles - november 19 2008

tom strickler, theresa kang, elia infascelli-smith and rich cook - agents at endeavor at their offices - beverly hills los angeles - november 17 2008

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tom strickler, theresa kang, elia infascelli-smith and rich cook - agents at endeavor at their offices - beverly hills los angeles - november 17 2008

vanessa giovacchini and marylouise pels - designers and DJs at their home - downtown los angeles - november 14 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:15:46 -0800

vanessa giovacchini and marylouise pels - designers and DJs at their home - downtown los angeles - november 14 2008

philip smiley - artist; and abigail smiley smith - senior fashion designer for stella mccartney/adidas and pringle at their home - dalston london - november 8 2008

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:55:24 -0500

philip smiley - artist; and abigail smiley smith - senior fashion designer for stella mccartney/adidas and pringle at their home - dalston london - november 8 2008

magnus berger - editor / creative director of "the last magazine" at his home - chinatown new york - november 4th 2008

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:58:12 -0500

magnus berger - editor / creative director of "the last magazine" at his home - chinatown new york - november 4th 2008

nicolas malleville and francesca bonato, hoteliers and perfumers at their beach hotel and their perfumery - tulum and valladolid mexico - november 2 2008

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nicolas malleville and francesca bonato, hoteliers and perfumers at their beach hotel and their perfumery - tulum and valladolid mexico - november 2 2008

"wallflower" book from the collection of abigail smiley-smith

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"wallflower" book from the collection of abigail smiley-smith

mark morrison - whizz kid at his home - shoreditch london - october 30th 2008

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mark morrison - whizz kid at his home - shoreditch london - october 30th 2008

"this is a magazine" book from the collection of harry malt video

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"this is a magazine" book from the collection of harry malt video

"i love david" book by harry malt video

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"i love david" book by harry malt video

celestine cooney - stylist; and harry malt - artist at their home - hackney london - october 28 2008

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celestine cooney - stylist; and harry malt - artist at their home - hackney london - october 28 2008

ingrid sophie schram the first - actress, fashion diddler & published playwright hopeful at her home - greenwich village new york city - october 26 2008

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ingrid sophie schram the first - actress, fashion diddler & published playwright hopeful at her home - greenwich village new york city - october 26 2008

the selby's watercolor portraits - october 25 08

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the selby's watercolor portraits - october 25 08

david altmejd - artist at his studio - long island city queens - october 22 2008

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david altmejd - artist at his studio - long island city queens - october 22 2008

cheryl dunn - director and photographer; and michael karbelnikoff - director and producer at home - greenwich village new york city - october 17 2008

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cheryl dunn - director and photographer; and michael karbelnikoff - director and producer at home - greenwich village new york city - october 17 2008

deejay wheelie bag - artist and dj at home - islington london - october 15 2008

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deejay wheelie bag - artist and dj at home - islington london - october 15 2008

mary randolph carter (“carter”) - senior vp ralph lauren, author and photographer at work - mid town manhattan - october 12 2008

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mary randolph carter (“carter”) - senior vp ralph lauren, author and photographer at work - mid town manhattan - october 12 2008

jennifer earle and mike gabel - entertainers at home - hackney london - october 11 2008

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jennifer earle and mike gabel - entertainers at home - hackney london - october 11 2008

"i love david" book by harry malt video by the selby

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:49:28 +0100

"i love david" book by harry malt video by the selby

chase cohl - designer, musician and student at home - soho new york city - sept 27 2008

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chase cohl - designer, musician and student at home - soho new york city - sept 27 2008

scott campbell - tattoo artist and superstition mechanic at his studio - brooklyn - sept 23 2008

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scott campbell - tattoo artist and superstition mechanic at his studio - brooklyn - sept 23 2008

christina, lowe and swaim hutson - designers of obedient sons & daughters at home - new york city - sept 17 2008

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christina, lowe and swaim hutson - designers of obedient sons & daughters at home - new york city - sept 17 2008

theselby's watercolor portraits - sept 16 2008

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theselby's watercolor portraits - sept 16 2008

theselby dinner party photographed by the cobrasnake - new york city - sept 16 2008

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theselby dinner party photographed by the cobrasnake - new york city - sept 16 2008

ryder e. robison - artist at work - new york city - sept 15 2008

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ryder e. robison - artist at work - new york city - sept 15 2008

joel c. robinson - maker of copies of historical woodwinds; and leslie ross - musician, instrument maker, composer at work - new york city - sept 9 2008

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:53:13 -0400

joel c. robinson - maker of copies of historical woodwinds; and leslie ross - musician, instrument maker, composer at work - new york city - sept 9 2008

cheri messerli - stylist and illustrator; and david rager - graphic designer and musician at home - new york city - sept 8 2008

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cheri messerli - stylist and illustrator; and david rager - graphic designer and musician at home - new york city - sept 8 2008

jauretsi saizarbitoria - director and dj at home - new york city - sept 4 2008

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jauretsi saizarbitoria - director and dj at home - new york city - sept 4 2008

chuck guarino and ryan turner - fashion designers at work - new york city - sept 2 2008

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chuck guarino and ryan turner - fashion designers at work - new york city - sept 2 2008

olaf breuning - artist at work - new york city - august 29 2008

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olaf breuning - artist at work - new york city - august 29 2008

derrick r. cruz - designer of black sheep & prodigal sons at work - new york city - august 27 2008

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derrick r. cruz - designer of black sheep & prodigal sons at work - new york city - august 27 2008

kiyoshi kanai - graphic designer; and his daughter aya kanai - fashion editor at kiyoshi's home - new york city - august 26 2008

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:09:53 -0400

kiyoshi kanai - graphic designer; and his daughter aya kanai - fashion editor at kiyoshi's home - new york city - august 26 2008

paola kudacki - fashion photographer; and james penfold - librarian at home - brooklyn - august 25 2008

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paola kudacki - fashion photographer; and james penfold - librarian at home - brooklyn - august 25 2008

judi rosen - fashion designer at home - new york city - august 24 2008

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judi rosen - fashion designer at home - new york city - august 24 2008

fanny bostrom - artist; and bill gentle - photographer at home - brooklyn - august 18 2008

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fanny bostrom - artist; and bill gentle - photographer at home - brooklyn - august 18 2008

kim hastreiter - editor and publisher of paper magazine at home - new york city - august 15 2008

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kim hastreiter - editor and publisher of paper magazine at home - new york city - august 15 2008

alexander wang - fashion designer at work - new york city - august 14 2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:05:03 -0400

alexander wang - fashion designer at work - new york city - august 14 2008

cali dewitt and jenna thornhill - artists at home - echo park california august 13 2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:49:55 -0400

cali dewitt - teenage teardrops, hope gallery, and artist; and jenna thornhill - mika miko, artist, and fashion plate

brian lichtenberg - clothing designer at home and work - silverlake california - august 12 2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:49:10 -0400

brian lichtenberg - clothing designer at home and work - silverlake california - august 12 2008

krysten ritter - actress and musician at home - los angeles california - august 11 2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:17:03 -0400

krysten ritter - actress and musician at home - los angeles california - august 11 2008