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Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-century Designers

An intimate and revealing collection of photographs of astonishingly beautiful, iconic, and undiscovered mid-century interiors. Among significant mid-century interiors, none are more celebrated yet underpublished as the homes created by architects and interior designers for themselves. This collection of newly commissioned photographs presents the most compelling homes by influential mid-century designers, such as Russel Wright, George Nakashima, Harry Bertoia, Charles and Ray Eames, and Eva Zei

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3 responses to “Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-century Designers”

  1. Jim Smith Avatar
    Jim Smith
    23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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    Simple and Beautiful, November 5, 2010
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    I must say I disagree with the previous reviewer. Out of focus? The photographs I’m looking at have an artistry to them that goes beyond the clinical maximization of detail. I’d say she does a great job of capturing the mood of these personal spaces. Some of these homes and the rooms in them have been lived in and lovingly looked after for 40 years and more by their owners. They aren’t showrooms. They have worn edges and faded colors in places, which makes them just that much more appealing to my mind. The diffuse natural lighting she’s using I find to be a perfect fit to this subject. Some of the shots are just gorgeous and the book has page after page of them, many in full-page format.

    I’m just glad someone has taken the time to create a record of these spaces at this phase of their existence. They very well may be gone (at least in non-museum form) in not too many more years. Definitely one of the better books of this type I’ve come across, and one I’m extremely happy to have added to my library.

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    Marilyn Duncan
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    Making Photography Interesting, November 7, 2010
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    Marilyn Duncan (Mountain View, California United States) –

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    This is a beautiful book with a fascinating premise; a look at the inside of artists’ homes and work spaces. My experience is limited to seeing and enjoying photography in museum exhibits, usually by well known artists, but this new book has opened my eyes to the possibilities of modern photography and the interesting stories which lie behind the pictures. Leslie Williamson has a bright future ahead of her and we can take “Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-century Designers” in hand to peruse at our leisure and for much personal pleasure.

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    10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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    an intimate and beautiful glimpse, December 12, 2010
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    Many of the artists/architects/designers whose homes are the subjects of this book, had never before allowed someone to capture (let alone publish) their home or such details of them. They chose to let Leslie Williamson inside to see how they actually live/lived. As I savored this book, I enjoyed thinking about why. Why her? Certainly, it wasn’t because she’s a disinterested photojournalist or architectural photographer. I’ve googled around and seen some of her other work–a photojournalist or architectural photographer she is not. She’s a fine-art photographer.

    I think that they saw, as I do, that she’s a very thorough, thoughtful and appreciative artist who, if given a chance, might reveal a bit more to the world about what their own work means. They wanted to be seen by HER. I am glad for that.

    The act of choosing her subjects, courting them and then deciding how to photograph their homes is an artistic act. Some of the images are poetic. Others are down right funny. All of them are beautiful and do justice to their subject.

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