The Sartorialist

sart I’m glad you post pics of people not only with great fashion sense like miroslava duma but also with great attitude like the current one, thre’s nothing sartorial in her clothes but she’s got a great deal of personality which make the picture so good, was it a cloudy day in rio when you did it?

stunning, sart.

Reminds me of Scarlett Johansson (sp). Jorge from W Palm Beach

Is that a smirk I see before me? Naw…
What’s really sweet is the hint of red off the shoulder.
Nice shot, Mr. S.

beautiful

Gorgeous pic. But then, she is gorgeous.

Nice picture but the cigarette destroys it.

Great look! Love the bra!
Beautiful photo!

she looks like Scarlett Johansen

love her bracelets

i loved the sacarf! really!
green and lila are good friends

Oh, look at her, she glows! Her outfit is so darling and her smile is so sweet. She´s so cute!!

this wall is looking familiar…so are the people. i’m hoping to see some rio looks that are more unique. this i see all the time.

who wouldn’t want to be THAT girl?

wonderful

now

Is she from Rio? A tourist?

Her hair is soooo IT! Rio is so hot, there´s a refreshing way to get fresh! ;)

I gotta tell you; I used to be a huge fan, Scott. But I think your time in Brazil has to be where we (or at least high fashion photography and I) part company.

Brazil is an overwhelming black and mixed race country. Yet, the majority of the photos you’ve presented over the last couple of days would indicate otherwise.

I know, I know–I shouldn’t bring up politics because it’s a bit unfair on you. You do a decent job shooting black folks in NYC and geez all the US fashion blogs I read did not even acknowledge that a historic election was even taking place.

I totally understand.

But really, I must question your perspecitve (which I suppose includes your asethetics) because if I see another model-skinny, pale woman I think I might scream. Where is the ‘other’ Brazil? Where is the street fashion?

ok Anonymous 6:17pm

Where is the rest of Rio?
It is somewhere behind the 2 bodyguards I was given because Rio is so unsafe.

I love my job but I am not so obsessed that I am willing to risk my life or camera to take a few photos.

I was informed (not by a book but by many people that live in Rio) that it was not safe to walk around with my camera.
If you want to see the “other Rio” make the streets safe for me to walk around and experience it.

I was just in Moscow and i felt more safe than I did in Rio.

I would love to return and capture a deeper Brazil but in the meantime try cleaning up your streets for the outsiders – until you do only you will know the true beauty of your city.

Sart, I love you and your shots but I gotta agree with Anon 6:17. It’s exactly what I’ve been thinking but bit my tongue over.

With all the dark skinned folks from Brazil I know (gorgeous people) it’s alarming that somehow you’re missing them, with the exception of the kids and that etherial beauty in the blue maxi dress. Are you hanging out in the light side of town?

I know you try to keep it balanced and I understand the dearth of color in Sweden and Russia but dude, you’re in RIO! Let’s see some of those lovely brown-skinned folks please. At least keep close to the racial ratio.

Okay, I’m going to do three at once- “Blue eyes” and “Color” are both beautiful shots and lovely outfits. “Cement Barbells” is a great shot with many possible interpretations, but mainly it’s a wonderful formal composition. Now, is this stone wall resereved for beautiful women or do men occaisionally sit there too?

I too was expecting to see cariocas through your lens. Pics of Hamish, Valentino and assorted models are somewhat interesting but Rio has so much more beauty to offer than what you have shown so far. There is so much more local colour to be seen. I go to Rio almost every year, feel safe and above all use my common sense. You live in NY and I am sure you are street smart.

I am not quite sure if the scarf and dress are a good match, but sure she feels comfortable in it and smiling as always.

Its not fair to say Sart has only been taking pictures of models. The “just before the storm” girl, the boy and the girl in Ipanema Beach, the volleyball playing tatooed guy in the first shot and the tatooed guy with the printed shorts prove otherwise.

beautiful shot, i like the slight smile and colorful scarf…

I actually agree with sart. I’m from Southern Brazil, but I live in Sao Paolo, and it’s pretty obvious even to me that isn’t safe walking around there(not only in Rio, but many cities in Brazil), specially if you’re a foreigner.
I love my country very much, but we all have to face the fact that there’s a lot beyond the beauty that surrounds us, like the violence issue. Sad, but true.
In Sao Paolo there are more places where you could meet great ethnic diversity without great risks, like the japanese neighborhood of Liberdade, jewish Higienopolis, or italian Bixiga. But I believe a place with great mixture is Paulista Avenue. You can just find pretty much anything over there. =) Hopefully you’ll come here and show the world Brazil isn’t all about beaches.

It’s anon 6:17pm again.

Thanks for the reply, Scott.

Firstly, I’m not Brazilian but an American expat living in Europe. I’ve been to Brazil several times for work and play. Yes, parts of Rio are unsafe, but it’s a bit much for your handlers to suggest that Rio is ‘dangerous’.

Believe me, I’m not attacking you. This (mis)perception you have of Rio probably says more about your (rich? white?) handlers than it says about you.

But perspective and position is important, Scott. Perhaps I felt more safe in Rio because I’m black. You felt safe in place that is notorious for its virulent racist street thuggery–Moscow.

Please take the criticism in the spirit that it was intended. I’m a fan of your work, just sometimes the way that you shoot and structure reality requires some of the context that you’ve given in your reply here. A bit more context of where/why/how/who you’re shooting is often important.

I love her scarf and bracelets.

What a beauty! I love the colors of her scarf! Thanks a lot!

very nice, sart.

the way you replied to the anom’s comment only shows how little you understand of our situation.
excuse me, yes we’ll make the streets safer for you tourists that come here to spend a couple of weeks to take nice pictures for your website.

because you know, this whole violence issue so far hasn’t bothered us at ALL and we haven’t tried to do anything to fix it. thank you for opening our eyes!
‘try and clean up the streets for outsiders’ but screw anyone that has to live there 365 days a year, right?

so now that you brought it up and we love tourists in our country so much, we’ll tidy it up just for YOU!!

consider yourself lucky that you had ‘two bodyguards’ following you around all the time.

thanks for your reply Aono 6:17

i was a little frustrated that I wasn’t able to run around the streets of Rio more freely. As you can see on the blog, I did shoot much more variety (kids, buildings, dogs, etc) in Rio than I do in most other places. So much of life there seems to be lived outside. I think Rio is charming

If my reply sounded angry, it was from frustration. I am happy with what I found but i know there is more there and I ran out of time.

Regarding the safety issue. It was not rich, white handlers that guided me but mostly local journalists and other people that live in Rio. I was told not to walk alone with my camera or watch or jewelry multiple times. everyone seemed so resigned to the problem that it was a little heartbreaking.

i look forward to returning to Rio but next time i will be better prepared.

I love her look, but why is everybody whining about the cigarette. I think the cigarette adds a sense of nonchalancen that makes her look more independent and interesting. Please stop with the moralizing. She obviously doesn’t care, and this makes her so much more attractive.

Keep up the good stuff.

Jay, from the Netherlands

she is like a cross between heather marks and scarlett johansson! very pretty

I’m quite disappointed with these photos. They could have been taken on the French Riviera as far as I can tell. None of these pictures say ‘Brazil.’

i can’t believe that all these beautiful people smoke!

this is my first time make a coment here. i just loved the photos! i´m brazilian, from a state where stones are explored, i mean precious stones, and i suggest you to go to minas gerais, my state to see how the “mineiras” dress to. Brazil is a country with a strong and beautiful regionalism. by the way, i love this blogspot, it´s like a guide to enjoy more the freedom in our expressions, specially when we talk about fashion. mariana (orkut Mariana Simões from Brazil)

Hi, Sart, Love your blog. And although I’m always here, that’s the first time I comment. I’m a brazillian, like some other people who left notes here. But I think people didn’t explained enough. Brazillian people are very very proud of their (our) country and culture. But we also are very caring for our visitors. I can almost see people and body-gards telling you “don’t do this, don’t do that”. But I have to tell you and your readers that probably they did it a little too much. For caring so much about your safety and the safety of your camera, people made a little bit of a “terrorism”. Things here are not so dangerous, but I think that they felt better making things to sound a little worse than they really are, just to garantee that nothing really happens. Can your imagine how bad it would be to the image of our country if, unfortunatelly, something happened to you? So, what I can tell you is: next time in Rio, feel free do walk around and take your pictures… just take a little care. Because, here it’s not Sweeden. But we’re great, and not so dangerous. But I can understand people who warned you. That was just an excess of care. I almost feel angry about how people here made you feel so insecure, but I understand. We care about our guests… We just don’t know how to do it in the right proportion. Did I make my point?
Kisses, Ana.

The photo would be nice if that cigarette wasn’t there. Then again you knew it was there when the picture was taken.

nice, refreshing, plain, and very pretty.

I love the color-blocking she has going on. The colored scarf around her face makes her look refreshed and awake. I see a bit of Scarlett Johansson in her.

So gorgeous

way too pretty of a girl to be smoking…

She looks a bit like Scarlett Johansen!

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