In 2010 I started a photography project called Men In This Town, a street photography blog that captured men with a distinct style in their natural habitat.

Over the past 14 years, the project has evolved and been published into a series of books taking a closer look at who the people on the street are and their particular approach to the many facets of life.

  • COMING AUGUST 2025, PUBLISHED BY SMITH STREET BOOKS

  • PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2023 BY SMITH STREET BOOKS

    Explore New York City through its residents, from the places they love to the fashion they wear, in this guidebook like no other.

    Giuseppe Santamaria has photographed the evolution of street style across the world. As he’s snapped, he’s asked his subjects about the cities they live in and the places they love to visit. New York Style is the culmination: part fashion book, part city guide, and all NYC.

    New York Style features photos of NYC’s residents and asks them one question: what’s their “third place”? What is the spot they love to go when they’re not at work or home?

    Flick through the pages and take a tour of New York’s street fashion and the best picks of cafés, bars, stores, and much more, picked by the people who live in the city. A New Yorkers’ guide to New York, and a must-have for anyone exploring the five boroughs.

    Santamaria’s book marries fashion and city guide in a collection of everything that makes NYC what it is, from its people to its places.

    PRESS

    GQ
    Monocle
    New Zealand Herald
    The Art of Photography

  • PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2021 BY SMITH STREET BOOKS

    For the last decade, Giuseppe Santamaria has observed and recorded the men of big cities while they cross streets, sit at cafes, and pose, momentarily, on busy sidewalks. Traveling the continents, Giuseppe has documented the evolution of men’s identities, communicated through their attitude and style as they move through their different concrete jungles. 

    With photos shot in Sydney, New York, Tokyo, Milan, London, Melbourne, Toronto, L.A., Madrid, Florence, and Paris, this collection is a truly global retrospective of men’s street fashion. Filled with striking photographs, A Decade of Men’s Street Style is a record of the men who stick out in a crowd with their particular sense of just who and what they are. 

    For anyone with a love of photography, fashion, or culture’s evolution, Giuseppe’s photography collection is a must have.

    PRESS

    Monocle
    GQ Australia
    Highsnobiety
    Robb Report

  • PUBLISHED MAY 2017 BY HARDIE GRANT BOOKS

    Alone In A Crowd, Giuseppe's third title, once again turns the spotlight on men's fashion in cities around the world - including his hometown Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, London, Paris, Florence, Madrid, New York, and his childhood home, Toronto. Some shots capture menswear enthusiasts outside the fashion week shows in respective cities, others celebrate the everyday style of men - on the streets, at work and at play. Regardless of the setting, Giuseppe's approach has always been as an outsider looking in, observing a particular quality about his subjects' personal style and how they hold themselves as they go about their day. This collection spans the author's travels from 2014 to 2016, starting in New York and ending in Toronto.

  • PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2015 BY HARDIE GRANT BOOKS

    In the follow up to Men In This Town, photographer, art director and fashion enthusiast Giuseppe Santamaria takes us to the streets of six incredible cities – New York, Paris, Melbourne, Tokyo, Madrid and London – to showcase the unique and stylish Women In This Town. From classic elegance to menswear-inspired casual, a woman’s dress style speaks volumes about her personality – and the city she inhabits. Featuring interviews with the everyday women whose distinctive styles cut a fine figure in the world of women’s fashion, this striking photographic collection will take you on a global sartorial adventure.

  • PUBLISHED JULY 2014 BY HARDIE GRANT BOOKS

    From five distinct cities around the world — London, Tokyo, Sydney, Milan and New York — photographer Giuseppe Santamaria brings together a unique photographic collection showcasing the street styles of the modern man. Alongside striking images captured from the streets, Giuseppe has profiled a handful of men from each city about their particular approach to fashion and their sense of the menswear scene today. Men In This Town will fascinate anyone with an interest in fashion, photography, and the street-style culture of the everyday man across the world.