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Title: Paris Living Rooms by Dominique Nabokov, Andree Putman ISBN: 2-84323-369-0 Publisher: Assouline Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Original coverage, second in series
Comment: This book is an original. Ms. Nabokov uses special film (purposely chosen, from a lot of film no longer available) to document various creative people's living rooms--people who are rich and some who are not so rich. She did a similar book called "New York Living Rooms." The rooms have no people in them, and Ms. Nabokov prefers owners would do no touch up of their spaces, when notified that she will be photographying their living rooms. The people covered are jazz players, designers, literary people--many names one would recognize. There is a subtlety to her technique. When I saw "NY Living Rooms," I snatched it up, and could not wait for "Paris Living Rooms." I was not disappointed. Going through the book puts me in a reverie of sorts. Some rooms are natural and show they are not the work of design "experts," whereas others are worthy of design magazines. The common element is that the personality of the owner shows through, even without the person being present. The combination of high end and low end makes for interesting viewing, and also makes me feel a bit like a voyeur, looking into someone's living room, unobserved. I will buy any future volumes by Ms. Nabokov.
Rating: 1
Summary: limited appeal
Comment: When you found this book, I hope you were not expecting beautiful photos of French Country or Classic styles of interior design. Instead, this book is the equivalent of a bad art house movie. It has out-of-focus pictures of grungy looking rooms taken at unflattering camera angles in bad lighting.
If you are someone who likes to polish up "diamonds in the rough," you may like this book. Because I think only people that can look at junk and find some intrinsic value in it will like this book. However, those people will probably like the book titled Big City Junk better.
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Title: New York Living Rooms by Dominique Nabokov, James Fenton ISBN: 0879518758 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Paris Hotel Stories by Francisca Simon, Daniel Aron, Franois Simon ISBN: 2843233682 Publisher: Assouline Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Dwellings: Living with Great Style by Stephen Sills/James Huniford ISBN: 0821228463 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Hotel Book: Great Escapes Europe by Shelley-Maree Cassidy ISBN: 3822858897 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: La Vie en Rose: Living in France by Suzanne Lowry ISBN: 0821228080 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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