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riot of color, texture and larger-than-life personalities, photographer Landon Nordeman's new book, "Out of Fashion" (Damiani), captures the glamour and the aftermath of runway shows. The New York-based artist, who started his career as a photojournalist, has covered everything from cat shows to the 2016 Presidential campaign. In 2013 he was tapped by New York magazine's The Cut to cover Fall Fashion Week, and has found in high fashion an ongoing font of inspiration for his dramatic, humorous and stunning snaps. You started your career as a documentary photographer. What led you to fashion? My series of photographs on dog shows, called Canine Kingdom (2002–14), caught the eye of Stella Bugbee, the editorial director of The Cut at New York magazine. She had a hunch that I would thrive at Fashion Week. She was correct! This book is called "Out of Fashion," implying that it's either unfashionable or evolving from fashion to...something else. The title allows the audience to interpret it as they wish. It's true that I began as an outsider to fashion, and it's also true that the book evolved from fashion—but I would not call it unfashionable. It's purely my own perspective, or interpretation, of the world of fashion—it's what I saw. Who are your artistic influences? There are so many artists whose work I love, but photographically speaking, Garry Winogrand and Guy Bourdin are my favorites. What has been your favorite photographic subject to date? It's impossible to choose a favorite. I love this quote from Victor Hugo: 'All the corners of the earth are exactly the same. And anywhere one can dream is good, providing the place is obscure and the horizon is vast.' For the last four years, fashion week has provided one place for me to dream. Have Instagram and other social media platforms changed the way you photograph? Yes, Instagram has changed the way I shoot because it provides community. The community in turn provides inspiration and encouragement. That's the hardest part of being a photographer—self- motivation. The work I see and the feedback I receive motivates me and encourages me. That is a powerful force. Do you see a difference between art and fashion photography? 186 BAL HARBOUR Iris Apfel at Dries Van Noten, Paris, 2016 A © LANDON NORDEMAN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, 2015.