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"FacebookPinterest\n\nTodd Selby is best known for trotting the globe to capture the stylish lives of cool folks you only wish you knew, so it's no surprise that high-end men's subscription service Svbscription came knocking to see if the photographer and author could pull together a special Selby-endorsed box of goodies for their site. The result is a collection of items that one might expect from Selby's varied tastes in design and food, so a Mast Brothers chocolate bar shares space with a hand-crafted old-fashioned recipe box. We caught up with the now-official tastemaker to talk about the partnership (on sale now), what bothers him about today's global marketplace, and why Barack Obama owes him.\n\nGQ: What appealed to you about curating a Selby-specific box for Svbscription?\n\n Todd Selby: Well, the most appealing thing to me was that I meet all these really interesting people when I do my shoots and I thought it would be really cool to try and do something fun and unique with them.\n\nGQ: Walk us through some of the highlights of the box. What's the unifying thread that pulls all the items together?\n\n T.S.: It's about homes, because with my photography I'm always in people's homes and their spaces. It's all about something nice for your home, or for entertaining in your home, or something you'd like to have in your house. And people have a different take on it, so that's kind of fun--the different aspects of \"home.\"\n\nGQ: So the box is like a scrapbook of your travels?\n\n T.S.: Yeah, I've worked with them all, I know them all. People from Mexico worked on it, as far as London, New Zealand, New York, L.A.; I tried to make it a variety of places. One thing I find kind of tiring is when you go into store and you'll see the same stuff in Harajuku that you'll see in Williamsburg. Or you just buy everything online and there's not that feeling of that specialness. This is really cool because all the products were found uniquely, especially for this. So you can't go out and buy more on Amazon.com.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n The Selby exclusive recipe box\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n Parabellum keychan\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n Coqui Coqui candle\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n Home by The Selby x Mast Brothers chocolate\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n Everyday Needs money box designed by Martino Gamper\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n The Selby sticker sheet\n\nGQ: When you started The Selby, did you ever think that you would end up in the position you are today? Was the book or partnerships like this something you thought about or is everything just a passion project that's taken on a life of it's own?\n\n TS: That's a good way to phrase it: it is a passion project. I'm just a curious person and always trying different things. The best thing in life if you're really passionate about something and enjoy something, is to do that as your job.\n\nGQ: Is there one home or one person who's at the top of your get list for the site?\n\n TS: Yes, the Obama White House. I've been trying. I mean I helped get him re-elected, so I figured, you know, that should get me some bonus points.\n\nGQ: So he owes you, basically.\n\n TS: He basically owes me to let me come over and shoot over there.\n\nGQ: What are the three things you can't live without in the summer?\n\n TS: A bike, a boat, and a beach. Those are the summertime essentials.\n\n$350 (or $1,150 for a year membership), available now at svbscription.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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