LIFE – New York Fashion by Paul Schutzer

This is an amazing photo. Notice the different expression on men’s and woman’s faces

I continue to research the vast collection of photos from the LIFE Magazine. I like to collate photos thematically or select photos from a series by one photographer. I noticed very interesting photos by Paul Schutzer, most of them as a Life correspondent in the early 1960s. Here are the photos from single fashion show (except the last one). There is not location or date. Like most Paul Schutzer’s photos these must be from the early 1960s and by the looks of it definitely must be New York. Here some I really like.

I have been always fascinated by the obsessive note taking. The dark legacy of the print culture, at some point people lost the ability to have an authentic visual experience and assigned value only to a verbalized event. You would see people obsessively taking notes in a museum as well. This goes well beyond notes to remember but rather methodical processing and verbalizing as the way to SEE.

Notice that most women wear coats, furs, hats ans scarfs but most men are in business suits. I guess women supposed to be always cold ;-)

There last photo is from Paul Schutzer’s Paris photos. He has done some Chanel and Yves saint Laurent shows but rather bland, the new York photos got character. There are about 20 photos of this shoe, you can see why.