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This is the most incredible photo yet! The gentleman has class & style. But the photo is fabulous!

magnificient…

i love the silhoutte of this. His coat looks really heavily draped over his body.

Is he Lorenzo Riva? His coat seems dreamily soft…

there is just something about black and white photos, luv this :)

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Classical and beautiful. M Cartier-Bresson and Mr Avedon would have been proud!

yes i love the outfit and the man's elegance, however the photo is just a generally amazing photo. the composition, colour – everything!

this picture makes me enter in a kind of spiritual mood. precious!

Beautiful photo!

Very nice photo.

Love

S

I love his sprezzatura! most definitely better captured with the sobriety/dram of black and white. This reminds me a little of Brassai.

Christina Barrera

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he looks like a wonderful character

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Gasp! this photo took my breath away.. such elegance and quiet wisdom emanates from this image..*sigh*

Old style, in a very classic way. He's adorable.
Fantastic shot and even better due to the b&w, love it.

Cheers, San
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Oh, it's so fascinating!
There is so much tragedy on this man's face!

He is Lorenzo Riva!
The famous fashion stylist.

Absolutely my favourite photo of you. The light is just breath-taking.
WOW

I'll save this photo…

Beautiful picture Scott. Congratulations.

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yes, he is Lorenzo Riva.

Amazing look and style. Amazing photo.

Wow this has broken my heart a little, such beautiful sorrow. I am in love.

So much talent! I want to take amazing shots like this one day. Inspiration!

beautiful, beautiful photo.

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fantastico….che classe e che eleganza….uno dei maestri della couture….Lorenzo Riva!!!

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Ahhh… bella figura…

Amazing shot, amazing subject.. his face! Wow.

~peace~ Dusk
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great look, the coat is perfect and the man is amazing

I think that this is wonderful. I love that you did this in Black and white because you can really focus on some of the linear details. Wonderful work, as usual.

absolutely beautiful.

Cool photo and cool look… Of course: He's Lorenzo Riva: great designer and great man!!!!!!!!
Eden

This photo is a work of art! I don't think you could have asked for a better tilt of the head, facial expression, or setting. Really well done

Perfeita! I do think it's one of the most beautiful, if not the most, shot i've seen here. It touches something… Thank you Mr. Schuman.

Great for black & white lovers, seriously sofisticated. Amazing.

Stunning photograph, Scott! The contrast of black & white is so dramatic. I really love the way this sophisticated gentleman is walking against the track as opposed to with it. There may not be anything to it…just an interesting little message that I personally found in this image. Thank you for this inspiration!

Absolutely wonderful! I love this photo

Beautyfull photo and amazing person.

incredible! the textures and scene composition are amazing!!!

The composition of this shot is brilliant, Scott. The railroad’s lines compliment the movement of the outline of the coat. It’s hypnotic.
Cover of your next book!

Your photographs are beautiful but this one is just divine!

everything about him is so sharp.

This breathtakingly beautiful photo is like a short story unto itself. Congratulations.

omg!!!!! gorgeous!!! love love love the pictureeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Beautiful picture. You get better and better Sart. I can literally feel the softness and warmth of his coat from your picture. Splendid!

timeless perfection.

Waoooo!!! So moving… so deep the contrast!! J'adoree!!!

wow.. what a gorgeous photograph.

I love this picture!

He comes close to how I imagine Prof. Moriarity to look!

omg i'd marry him. any day.

A new classic to add to your collection. I hope one day you'll do an exhibit in NYC.

Quiet simply you have taken it to the next level. Congratulations to the most stylish gentleman and to you for such an outstanding photograph.

Amazing shot Sart.
The only thing that needs to be said.
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the clothes matche the elegant profile….i love this photo!
esme noir.

this is Lorenzo Riva. Designer. Haute couture

It's all about the textures and contrast in this photo isn't it? The light coat is such a matte and soft texture. I can feel the slipperiness of his black shined shoes! (And the winking streetcar light gives you a bright white.)

V. nice.

Wonderful photo..I like that man

Sartorialist, when you will come in Rome? We are not so fashion as NYC and Milan's people but this city will give you such ideas for great shoots. Trust…

Sublime shot, bravissimo!

great shot.

this is exquisite. thank you for posting such a lovely photograph.

i generally enjoy your work, to be clear. but i love the quality of the black and white here, and the mood of the image is beautiful.

Stunning photograph. This shot is sheer perfection. Well done!

More photos in B&W please! Very, very nice, this one.

Whoa!! Geezer power strikes again!! This gent is a world class act. The juxt of his age and his getup is shocking yet refreshing. Great photo, love to meet the gent…

Riva looks so majestic in this pic.

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

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gorgeous shot! my favourite photo of yours from what I've seen so far! keep up the good work!

He reminds me of Tony Soprano, but he's slim.

Best,
Albert

what a beautiful moment in time

absolutely breathtaking.

lorenzo riva !!!!!amazing pic

wow; stunning; like something out of a Godard film or the protagonist in Umberto D. such a hauntingly beautiful image…

Dignified! Noble!
This man glows. Beautiful picture.

WOW. Absolutely gorgeous

the old guitarist walks off of the canvas into modern times. marvelous.

Such elegance. His coat is like a regal gown. Beautiful shot.

This is absolutely beautiful… oozes old-fashioned romance…

timeless, elegant, enthralling, classic, beautiful.

i never comment but i could not resist here. this is such a striking image. the grace in his stride, his pensive expression, the perfect light of an overcast day, the composition effortlessly guides my eyes around the image. B&W was a fantastic decision.

much respect sart.

tre.

Gorgeous photo..

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Again, the tonal quality is superb.

I live in NY, and today I realized that I start looking at people on the street as if I were looking at them through one of your photographs. I guess this means that you have a very specific style and way of capturing people…more you're able to capture who people are through their clothing, but the angle/composition/lighting remain quintessentially yours.

I don't know what that means, but I happen to like the phenomenon.

Thank You.

Getting older? Don't give up. Embrace your knowledge and dress it up!

This man is inspiring the way that your grandmothers chicken soup recipe is better than your friends recipe – it just is.

Breathtaking photo. Absoluely brilliant.

damn, this has a georgious face

For a black and and white image how strange that in ones minds eye one can see so clearly the colour and drape of the vicuna coat,the sharply creased winter white calvary twill trousers,polished brown beluti crossing the silver tram tracts onto tne cold grey brown cobble stones with the orange tram and the milanese
greybage facade in the back ground.Your's is a true talent to be able to convey all the above from someone whos has not been to Milan in 25 years.

This is beautiful! From the composition to the wide range of grays. The rail road tracks and the perspective of the buildings vanishing out of sight comparing to the verticality of the man is just rich. I love photographs like this… combining the raw of the city plus the luxury of the people that live in it. May I add, this man has a great profile too. So happy to see B&W photography.

now THAT is fabulous! His face, the scene, his clothes, everything…perfection!

I really love this photo.

WOW! Seriously…how pictures speak a thousand words

Great frame!
Perfect.

The photo is superb. Good subject, super clothes, right film.

The man, though.. the man: he has lived long and seen a lot.

Those shoes… so shiny!
The coat looks crispy and so classic!

Goodle x

omg!!…thrilling photo. love it!

The gentleman has the most intense facial features I've seen yet. Straight out of the ranks of a Roman Legion of an early century annus domini.

He seems the sort of gentleman you do not want to trifle with yet his elegance broadcasts affability.

This is real class, gentlemen, unlike the pitiable fakery that passes for heroism amongst hipsters, rappers and hip-hoppers.

Pietro

it looks so much like Lisbon!

Lorenzo Riva is magnifique!
Luisa

this is such a wonderful picture…

Was this photo set up? Or did he just happen to stroll by? Just want to know. It's a great photo, but it would really ruin it for me if this was just a magazine/model shoot.

Great Job!!

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classic and magical. you really captured an inner pensive moment. The mood of the man and the black and white of the photo and his white pants and shiny black shoes perfectly complement. love the cobblestones and trolley in the background and how he is crossing the trolley track. brilliant!

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omg! this man looks remarkably impeccable! so much class and walks with authority . I love this photo…excellent! rod

beautiful capture.

oh my god… this is so beautiful. great photography

bresson-ish!

he reminds of muriel barbery's main character in gourmet rhapsody.

beautiful shot

I like the softness of the folds of clothing contrasted with the brittleness of his skull. Makes me think of driftwood bleached white by the sun, and worn smooth by the waves.

he's crazy hot! I would so date him

Lorenzo Riva… fantastico!!! sembra uscito da un film

what a killer photo.

absolute elegance. i've been reading your blog for a while, scott, and have been stunned at so many shots; this one tops them-this is moving. and the black and white picks up the contrast, his agedness, yet stills time and freezes his movements and the motion of the trams in the background. remarkable. -candice

Dear Sartorialist,
I really enjoy your photos of people going about without seeming to notice you. You have such a great eye for a beautiful shot, and your blog is a welcome study break a few times a day.

There is something unmistakably wonderful about elegance and age. Many times when we think of a person over the age of 60, we don't necessarily think that a man over fifty can be strikingly debonair. It is a rare phenomena, but when you see it, it is amazing. Maybe it is something that only happens in Italy. It is hard to find a current reference for it in the US.

Just like a Roman statue.

i didn't think a man this old could be so sexy but he is! so gorgeous

Its Lorenzo Riva!!

absolutely breathtaking – this in one of your best pictures!

Hello,
I think your Amazing!! I pray you can help me? PLEASE!!!! I am looking for a bracelet in the July issue of Vogue magazine. The Gold Cuff Bracelet, it is one of yours. I want to purchase the cuff. Can you please tell me where I can find this Cuff?? I love it:) my email is robertataylor84@hotmail.com. It's the July 2010 issue of Vogue on pg.151. Thank you & have a blessed day:) Peace, Roberta

did you know that spanish architect antoni gaudí died after being ran over by a tram? this kind of reminded me. not that gaudí would have had half his style :P

He is the fantastic italian design Lorenzo Riva known for his amazing pret-a-porter, haute couture and bride dresses.
Visit his website http://www.lorenzoriva.it