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How We Live is an intimate photographic journal of designers' and artists' homes and work spaces from around the world, including Mumbai, Beirut, Marrakech, Reykjavik, Mexico City, and Amsterdam, amongst others. American photographer Marcia Prentice traveled to each of the international cities to experience and present 'the soul' of a diverse selection of domestic spaces, revealing the unique spirit of each creative environment. The book includes homes shown in the context of both the pristine, more-established design cities as well as urban locales where economic disadvantage and strife impacts daily life. Each of the 18 featured homeowners provide a glimpse into their private, interior world to show us how the design and atmosphere created in one's own home can be the ultimate artistic canvas.
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: teNeues; 1st edition (October 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3832732187
ISBN-13: 978-3832732189
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 0.6 x 11.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #243,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #49 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Lifestyle & Events > Lifestyle #334 in Books > Arts & Photography > Architecture > Buildings > Residential #457 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Travel
No karate chopped pillows or rose-stuffed vases here - just real life, real homes and real people captured beautifully by photographer Marcia Prentice. You won't find a mix like this in other home, design or travel titles. A perfect gift for the wanderlust in your life.
A great introspection of "How We Live" around the world. From a passion that was fueled by her first trip to Rome, Marcia Prentice's first book is a visual journey into intimate spaces of interior designers, architects and creative types from around the globe. Beware-this book will stir your wanderlust and leave you wanting to check the rates on international flights.
A great book that allows us to visit the intimacy of interesting home and studios around the world, to find amazed similarities about How We Live. An intimitate look at architecture and design through Marcia Prentice's lens.
Wow. If you've traveled, this book will bring you back to those perfect moments when you got to really glance "behind the scenes" of another country. If you've never traveled, this works as a lovely surrogate until the time that you inevitably will (and you WILL be planning a trip by the time you've read the book).Don't be fooled: this is not a "What the World Eats" type of expose, as Ms. Prentice makes amply clear from the outset. This is a look at how artists and designers live across the world. And what the writer uncovers - through both her words and her lens - is fascinating. Ms. Prentice's subjects are well chosen. Her shots (most in natural light) are well taken. And in reading "How We Live," I've happily found a few new neighborhoods in the world worth checking out.Looking forward to whatever the author does next!
I had been so looking forward to this book, but was very disappointed. There is no information about how the artists make their spaces a home. Just a (badly written) summary of their work as artists in their cities or communities. Then 3/4 pictures (at most) of each house, mixed with genetic touristy photos of the city. If I buy a book about the homes of creative people titled "how we live" and pY almost $40 for it, I want to see how they live, how their sensibilities as artists inform their spaces. None of that here. I will be selling the book on eBay. :(
Hats off to Marcia! I can't say enough great things about this book. A beautifully curated collection of people's homes around the world and the stories behind them. The photos capture an authenticity that tells a story far beyond just looking at some shots of someone's interior. I especially love the photos from Morocco and Mexico -- two places dear to my traveling heart! The photos brought me back to those places in an instant. This is a book to take some time with and really study the pictures, since each one tells a distinct and beautiful story. A beautiful addition to leave on the coffee table for myself and guests to sit and peruse for years to come!
Definitely nice book, worth reading for sure.The intimacy of interesting homes around the world captured beautifully without getting into unnecessary staged fake images of interior shots that we're getting accustomed to these days. It is quite clear that it is passion project for her thus takes you with it.... Very happy. Hopefully she continues with this
Marcia Prentice feels light. Her sensitivity to the subtleties of natural light and shadow induces in me a yearning for a warm, breezy and romantics place. Add to that a designer's eye for brilliant compositions and the result is an enchanting tour through exotic homes that delight all the senses. This book is a must!
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