Fashion Week is Boring. Gladly, Eric Ray Davidson isn’t.

Of all the myriad forms of photography, covering Fashion Week has to be one of the least interesting to me. Yeah, I saw The Devil Wears Prada. I un...

Of all the myriad forms of photography, covering Fashion Week has to be one of the least interesting to me. Yeah, I saw The Devil Wears Prada. I understand that what happens on the catwalk affects the socks I purchase at Banana Republic (and what fine socks they are on sale at $3.99/pair). But the thought of shooting 50 models walking on the catwalk wearing a dress that looks like a garbage bag and costs $5,000 makes me a little nauseous.

As in past Fashion Weeks, the New York Times hired Eric Ray Davidson to provide some coverage in a daily blog. And when I saw this photo of Sarah Jessica Parker, I raised my nose in disdain because what is this? A cellphone pic? Can we try a little harder? Or perhaps can we try not to try so hard to be cool with the hipster crappy quality image?

Photo by Eric Ray Davidson

As I scrolled down the page to see other photos of the moment, I was honestly disappointed. Shawn Rocco showed us some excellent cellphone photography, and this to me seemed lazy. Cellphone pic or not, it’s just not a good photo.

But clearly the Times isn’t hiring a schlep regularly to cover fashion. So I had to check out Eric and see what was up on his website, and I’m glad I did. Here’s a portrait of Lil Wayne, uh, smoking.

Photo by Eric Ray Davidson

Since it’s Fashion Week, it seems apropos to show a portrait of Tom Ford:

Photo by Eric Ray Davidson

Fashion photography is something that I don’t quite understand. Most of the time, photographing a waif on a gray background seems banal, and yet there really is something special about a good fashion photo. Having a good model, MUA and styling always helps.

Photo by Eric Ray Davidson

Eric even does some travel photography. Here’s some stuff from Easter Island that I found compelling. I traveled to Easter Island with my sister a few years ago and photographed some of the same places. Suffice it to say, my pictures look a little different.