From 2009 to 2011, Derek C. Blasberg had an extrovert's dream job: going to parties for Interview magazine and photographing the scene on a little Canon PowerShot digital camera. At the time, he says, it just felt like fun, but now he realizes the photos "captured a specific moment in pop culture, an all-too-brief window after the digital revolution made the world hyper-connected, but before social media." At the link below, see his candid photos of Lindsay Lohan, André Leon Talley, Alexa Chung, and other late-'00s icons.
—Izzy Grinspan, digital director
