PORTFOLIO BY ERIK MADIGAN HECK

Presented by The CFDA and Amazon Fashion

Read the full article on The New York Times‘ website here.

In honor of the inaugural New York Fashion Week: Men’s, which begins Monday, the photographer Erik Madigan Heck has created a whimsical series around 16 of the designers showing there. His exhibition of explosively colorful photographs — featuring pieces by John Varvatos, Calvin Klein Collection and Ovadia & Sons — will open at Amazon Fashion’s studio in Williamsburg on Monday, before it moves to the fashion-week hub at Skylight Clarkson Square later in the week. “I felt I had a responsibility to create a fresh work that really celebrates each designer’s distinct point of view, regardless of my own personal taste,” says Heck. “In the end, I think that makes the work more interesting — to show whatever detail was most important, even if it’s only a seam.”