“Obsession can be a dangerous thing. According to Norman Mailer, it’s the most wasteful activity because “you keep coming back and back and back to the same question and never get an answer.” But what if your obsession is fashion? A world where there is no straight answer, or at least, the answer keeps changing, where rules only exist to be played with, prodded, shaped, molded and turned on their head? Such is the case with photographer Tommy Ton who, as a youth, postered his walls with pages from Harper's Bazaar and Vogue torn from library lending copies, and who eventually wore through three of his family’s VCRs by fanatically taping episodes of Fashion Television. In a very short time, this 27-year-old Toronto-based fashion obsessive has gone from impassioned photo blogger to being on a first name basis with fashion’s elite.”
Ove reči bile su uvod za kratak intervju sa Tomi Tonom (Tommy Ton), kanadskim fotografom i foto-blogerom i objektivom najčarobnijeg uličnog stila. Slagala bih vas, kada bih rekla da se naš pogled na modu nije poklopio, kada bih vas uvela u moju sobu i rekla da moji zidovi nisu oblepljeni posterima i reklama iz magazina, o koje se saplićete na ulaznim vratima. Ma znate to, ako ste imalo prošvrljali po mom blogu. Malo je reći da se Tomijeve fotografije neretko pronalaze na stranicama ovog bloga. Njegov rad je ono što me inspiriše, njegov pogled na modu, oko za detalje, boje, oblike... osećaj za pravi momenat, neverovatan tajming... oko za fotografiju. Magičnu fotografiju. Onu koja na kraju ni rečima ne ostavlja prostora. Zato ću sada zaustaviti reči... Uživajte u fotografijama koje sam uspela da uhvatim u ovom kratkom filmu. Ali prega svega u njegovoj sirovoj genijalnosti.
