Tommy Ton Has a New Home After Departing From 'Style.com'

Tommy Ton on what's next for him, including a potential Kanye West interview, after leaving 'Style.com.'

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The transformation from Style.com into Vogue Runway left plenty of casualties in its wake. One of those was the site's go-to street style photographer, Tommy Ton, who bid farewell to the site in July. Now, the photographer speaks on his new home and what's next for him—including a potential interview with Kanye West—in an interview with Business of Fashion

Today, Ton unleashes his own website, Tommyton.com. The new landing page for the street style photographer will feature an organized database of every shot he's ever taken which can be sorted by color, brand, trend, and subject. "I thought it was really important, from a fashion nerd’s perspective, to be able to look back and view all these images I’ve taken in one place, and for it to be categorized down to every detail," Ton told Business of Fashion. The photographs have been pulled from years of shooting for publications like Style.com and GQ, and also includes previously unreleased images. 

The site will also feature original content, like interviews, videos, editorials, and, of course, new photographs. "I’m so lucky that I have these friendships and the access that I do with brands like Proenza Schouler or Dries Van Noten or even Kanye West," he said. "I get to shoot exclusive content at the shows, backstage and in the showrooms. There’s no place that this content has ever gone, except for occasionally on Instagram." While we are still mourning the loss of Style.com, this certainly lessens the blow considerably.

Ton says the demise of Style.com served as a natural breaking point with Conde Nast. "When Style.com and my contract concluded, I just felt like it was time for me to start off fresh again and return to what my original intentions were when I first started my blog eight years ago with Jak & Jil," he said. "And just to have fun. I wanted to be able to focus on my independent voice again and to experience fashion month not being on deadline for anyone else." 

For the future, Ton plans on delivering more types of content rather than focusing exclusively on street style. "I’ve been quietly exploring other avenues, whether that means shooting backstage or working on projects with designers."

Check out Ton's incredible new website here. Watch a video from the photographer introducing the new site below. 

 

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