Too Close for Comfort: Backstage at Hood by Air

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Too Close for Comfort: Backstage at Hood by Air

Photographer Nick Sethi plays with tight crops and candid compositions, resulting in an unadulterated view backstage at Hood by Air's fall/winter 2014 collection.

You know that feeling you get when you stare at a word for so long it becomes uncomfortable and unfamiliar? You know, when the word starts to jiggle and the individual letters float off into space, losing all their meaning in the process? I'm not sure if there's a word for it, but this mini dementia morsel—similar to other mindfucks like déjà vu and ASMR—is in my opinion, one of the last things that makes me feel human.

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At the risk of sounding like the dork from Garden State whose life is passing him by in fast-forward, that's how I feel at fashion week every year. If you take a moment to see past the PR bullshit, media circuses, and coke enemas, the same humdrum hustle and bustle is humbled—leaving you with humorous and sometimes beautiful results.

In the photos above, photographer Nick Sethi gets too close for comfort. Playing with tight crops and candid compositions, his photos offer an unadulterated backstage view at Hood by Air's fall/winter 2014 collection. Enjoy.

More photos from this series can be found here.