Leslie Williamson’s fourth book, Still Lives: In the Homes of Artists, Great and Unsung, features the homes and studios of fifteen renowned artists with each chapter providing “a portal into the artist’s interior worlds, physical and psychological, combined and intertwined”. From Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, England to Joan Miró’s Sert Studio and seventeenth-century farmhouse, Son Boter, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Williamson aims to capture the artists’ living and working spaces.
Williamson’s images reveal not only these artists’ creative process as viewed through their studios, but also shows how they manifested their creativity in the stylish interiors and the personal touches in the spaces they called home. - Rizzoli, publisher
The chapter about Georgia O’Keeffe’s home and studio in Abiquiú, New Mexico appropriately begins with a photograph of the zaguán, a corridor that leads from the house exterior to the inner courtyard. Williamson photographs the property on an early December day, starting with the interiors of the public spaces and ending in the studio and O’Keeffe’s personal quarters. Similar to other chapters in the book, the photographs are accompanied by a brief history and overview of the property, furnishings, and the artist as well as Williamson’s personal notes on photographing the property. Most of the images show rooms and spaces viewable on the seasonal public tours.
Leslie Williamson is known for artfully photographing interiors and this is her fourth publication, which is "devoted to artists and the homes and studios they created for themselves". Williamson maintains Still Lives Portal online where she posts images and essays about her various photography projects both past and present.
Leslie Williamson’s fourth book, Still Lives: In the Homes of Artists, Great and Unsung, features the homes and studios of fifteen renowned artists with each chapter providing “a portal into the artist’s interior worlds, physical and psychological, combined and intertwined”. From Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, England to Joan Miró’s Sert Studio and seventeenth-century farmhouse, Son Boter, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Williamson aims to capture the artists’ living and working spaces.
The chapter about Georgia O’Keeffe’s home and studio in Abiquiú, New Mexico appropriately begins with a photograph of the zaguán, a corridor that leads from the house exterior to the inner courtyard. Williamson photographs the property on an early December day, starting with the interiors of the public spaces and ending in the studio and O’Keeffe’s personal quarters. Similar to other chapters in the book, the photographs are accompanied by a brief history and overview of the property, furnishings, and the artist as well as Williamson’s personal notes on photographing the property. Most of the images show rooms and spaces viewable on the seasonal public tours.
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Leslie Williamson is known for artfully photographing interiors and this is her fourth publication, which is "devoted to artists and the homes and studios they created for themselves". Williamson maintains Still Lives Portal online where she posts images and essays about her various photography projects both past and present.
Read an interview with Leslie Williamson about her book Still Lives from Elle Décor