photographs by todd selby

who is todd selby?

“todd selby is a portrait, interiors, and fashion photographer and illustrator. his project {the selby} offers an insider’s view of creative individuals in their personal spaces with an artist’s eye for detail. {the selby} began in june 2008 as a website, www.theselby.com, where todd posted photo shoots he did of his friends in their homes. requests quickly began coming in daily from viewers all over the world who wanted their homes to be featured on the site. the selby’s website became so popular—with up to 55,000 unique visitors daily—that within months, top companies from around the world began asking to collaborate.”

i really cannot remember how i found {the selby}. i know that i have it on my reader and from time to time, i check the news. no, it is not a reading blog. but one of those blogs, that allow you to sneak-peek into other people’s houses. and though i am not an interior stylist, nor i blog much about it, i confess that it is something i like very much. and this photographer allows me to sneak-peek into artists’ homes. and that is so cool! mainly because these are the real homes, the real artists… the real creative people. and i think todd selby does a pretty good job in choosing which house he features. because they are all so different, just like the people that live inside of them!

“these joint projects have included a large ad campaign and web project with nike 6.0, a solo show at colette, an international ad campaign for habitat, work for the new york times t magazine, and frequent contributions to vogue paris and architectural digest france. todd’s first book, {the selby is in your place}, was released in may 2010 by abrams.”

“before working on this project full time todd worked as a translator and tijuana tour guide to the international brotherhood of machinists, a researcher into the california strawberry industry, a costa rican cartographer, a consultant on political corruption to a mexican senator, an art director at a venture capital firm, an exotic flower wholesaler, a japanese clothing designer, and a vermicomposting entrepreneur. todd currently lives in new york city. his pastimes include eating four square meals a day, planning vacations, breaking his computers, and working on his tan.”

this is also interesting, because when you read the {about} page, you find todd an interesting photographer + sense of humour, and that my friends, represent extra credits! i hope you have enjoyed this sneak-peek into the work of photographer todd selby, and also the fact that he runs this interesting blog! see you tomorrow!

images: todd selby for the selby (click on images for further details on the artists featured)