While social media feeds were filled up with red carpet pictures from the Met Gala last week, Frank Ocean has provided a more candid look at what went down in New York, shooting his friends in 35mm.

The elusive singer stepped behind the camera for Vogue, taking some snaps of the party which look much more natural than your standard paparazzi shots. Among the highlights include ASAP Rocky kissing Gwyneth Paltrow and Jaden Smith holding his freshly-cut dreadlocks as an accessory, while Kendall Jenner, Alexander Wang and Zoe Kravitz also appear in the images.

Get Ocean’s insight into the Met Gala below, and who knows? Maybe he’ll be taking more flicks in between his highly-anticipated albums: