Showing posts with label The Selby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Selby. Show all posts

Thursday, June 3, 2010

The Selby--In Your Place

 It takes no genius to know that I really love The Selby, which is a site where Todd Selby (in photo above) takes photographs of creative, attractive types in their own habitat. He says he thinks it's successful because "[p]eople are nosy. Any time you can do something that taps into people's primal instincts in a new and novel way it is, I think, a recipe for success." When interviewed by Urban Outfitters, he said:

 Todd's quote makes me feel so much better about myself, personally, because my room looks like Tim Burton went to town while decorating it, and then spontaneously combusted all over the walls. Since I read the book on the left two years ago, I have been trying to simplify my life an my living space. And my experience living in Europe for 7 months with only a suitcase exacerbated those desires to "simplify" and get rid of junk....especially after staying with a family who practices feng shui. YET, it's so hard! And I fail at minimalism all the time...I have to really push against my natural inclinations to complicate. Although I really like this book and it changed my perspective dramatically, frankly, I wouldn't ever want to be friends with Elaine St. James (the author of the book to the left). She would bore the hell out of me if she really practices all these things in her book.

All that to say, The Selby makes me feel better about my quirkiness and failure to simplify like Elaine St. James tells me to.
But enough making this about me. Here are some of my favorite photos that he has taken:

Funny thing about The Selby, there are always photos of people with weird things on their heads:
Another funny thing about The Selby photos are the quirky nik-nacks that people have in their home:

Monday, May 31, 2010

Doctor's Orders

"Yes, my job is stressful, very stressful. But in the end I get paid to make people laugh. We have a saying that laughter is the best medicine. So I’m kind of like a doctor here. Like you were in Poland." --Tina Fey on 30 Rock.
 
A bunch of guns , testosterone, and a keg= not the brightest idea.
 A painting by Lee Price (above).
 

3 photos above from The Selby.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

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