While based in New York, London and Paris, the American
Sean Thomas constantly travels and photographs around the
world. His images for fashion magazines are ephemeral by nature.
He thus decided to collect them in a yearbook, where each year
he gathers unpublished images, various shootings, and personal
works – the personal diary of a fashion photographer who likes
to tell stories.

 

Sean Thomas was born in 1970 in Omaha, the largest
city in Nebraska. He studied art initially before moving to
New York in 2000 where he began working as creative director
for the record label Rykodisc before joining Warner Music.
He thus had the opportunity to work with pop icons like
David Bowie and Elvis Costello, groups including the Talking Head
and more. After about ten years in the music industry, Thomas
turned to photography. His first series for the magazine i-D
in 2008 captured the early menswear creations of the young
fashion designer Thom Browne.

 

The creative director Nathaniel Kilcer, one of Thomas’s
close friends, introduced him to Bruce Weber. In 2013,
Here and Beyond: A Nebraska Story, a 42-page photographic
series by Thomas in three parts, was featured in All-American,
the journal published by Weber. Thomas likes to tell stories,
whether real or imagined, and enjoys combining fashion and
reporting in his commissions for American and British Vogue,
Holiday, Self Service, L’Étiquette, Modern Weekly and Vanity Fair,
among other publications. Between his frequent trips,
all giving rise to extensive portfolios of images from Central
and South America to Cuba, Ethiopia and India, he works
for leading fashion labels such as Ralph Lauren, Massimo Dutti,
Tommy Hilfiger, Chloé, Stella McCartney, Michael Kors and
Victoria’s Secret.

 

202 pages

2025

235mm × 300mm

Softcover