We have outfitted William Yan, a New York based street photography and blogger, with a Leica X1 to cover the comings and goings surrounding New York Fashion Week. His snapshots prove that there’s just as much style on the streets of New York City as on the runways.
“Take a hike!” was what I heard as I finished getting my shot of a magazine editor outside Lincoln Center as she was standing there on her BlackBerry waiting for a cab. It didn’t come from her, she knew what I was doing as a street-style photographer, but the oblivious officer that shouted that out thought I was a creep. I was laughing, but not out loud. She cleared it up for the officer who had no idea what was going on as she pointed my way, I snapped a photo of the two for good times sakes and kept it moving. It never happened again that day or for the rest of the week as I snapped away inside and outside the shows. Thanks Amy for clearing up the situation and for letting me take your photo.
-William Yan
You can keep up with William on his blog, http://williamyan.com, and on Twitter @williamyan.
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Excellent images from X1, we are also waiting for the X2 arrival.
Aaron
Love that last frame.
Thanks for taking us there!
stefano
i will stick to my opinion about the ‘fashion’ shown, but i have to say this selection is convincing me even more to get an x1 for travel/impulse photographs!
robert blu
I like the light and the colors in the “Katie Gallagher SS 2012” photo. And the “Man repeller” photo has something surreal which I appreciate very much. It could be a piece of modern art!
robert