Landon Nordeman: Out of Fashion

For the past four years photographer Landon Nordeman (born 1974) has been regularly dispatched by New York Magazine and The New York Times to document the world of fashion. Shooting hundreds of shows backstage in New York, Milan and Paris, Nordeman brings a fresh, joyous and bold perspective to contemporary photography. In the over-photographed digital culture of fashion today, Nordeman's approach cuts through the clutter. He sees photographs where most people don't, and he has gained an enormous following on Instagram for his surprising images, filled with vivid color, complex gestures and funny juxtapositions. Finding the enduring in the ephemeral, Nordeman blurs the line between reality and fiction, document and art, and shows the exclusive world of fashion to itself and to us as never before.

Nordeman's photographs have been exhibited at Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, among other venues, and are in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Columbus Museum of Art. He lives and works in New York City.
Shooting backstage at runway shows for the past four years, the photographer Landon Nordeman has been capturing what even the most trained eye may gloss over; Landon Nordeman: Out of Fashion gives us a peek into the unseen and often comical side of the fashion world.--W Magazine
A 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.--Wendy Vogel "Bal Harbour "
Bright, saturated colors and hardcore flash bring drama and vitality to each photograph without sacrificing Nordeman's subtle wit and humor... The book treats fashion fans to shows they'll recognize -- Thom Browne's Japanese schoolgirls, Jacquemus' double face makeup, Raf's final flower-filled Dior outing -- but provides entirely new views into what happens behind the curtain.--Emily Manning "i-D "
But the world of fashion lends itself particularly well to his lens. Nordeman shows his appreciation with the blast of his flash, and captures weird, wonderful moments and details: A guest moved by the energy of a Marc Jacobs show drops to the floor and begins to do push-ups; a lineup of pink and caramel-colored eclairs shines on a platter backstage; a woman swipes moisturizer onto a male model's chiseled torso.--Jenni Avins "Quartz "
His photos are not photos of fashion, but are fashionable themselves. They oppose conventional images that are expected of fashion shows. Not a single one of his images could be described as soft nor urbane; each possesses extreme colors and movement, yet Nordeman manages to keep the chaos of the moment contained. His new book of photography, "Out of Fashion," chronicles the best of these images... Even after fashion week and the buzzing of social media, Nordeman's images are able to stand alone as art in their own right.--Sullivan Whitely "Monrowe "
Journeying across the globe for nearly 10 fashion seasons, this super-saturated surveillance has now been captured and condensed in Nordeman's very first book of photography, 'Out of Fashion, ' a witty, visual tribute to the often-missed moments from the world of style.--Joshua Glass "Essential Homme "
Landon Nordeman brings us fashion's most familiar faces in an unfamiliar light...a fresh take on an industry through often saturated, highly controlled imagery.--Marysa Greenawalt "Time, Best Photobooks of 2016 "
Part of what makes this book so special is that it is not the run of the mill fashion photography book that readers have become accustomed to; yes, of course there is the small size, but the most intriguing and outstanding quality is that Nordeman examines the minutiae of fashion.--Jeffrey Felner "New York Journal of Books "
The most dramatic backstage photos you'll see all fashion month.--Anna Furman "New York Magazine, The Cut "