More Photos

Since  first  posting  on  the  expanding  photography  market  last  month, in 
"Collecting  Photos,"  I find myself looking more closely than ever at photos.

I was especially interested in a photo in House Beautiful's October 2011 issue, part of a "Versailles  series"  (or “ Parcours  Muséologique  Revisité ”)  by  Canadian photographer,  Robert  Polidori. The  photo  above  is  also  part  of  the  series;  a  representation  of  " Marie  Antoinette's  Salle de Bain, " 2005.

 Polidori  is  also  known  for  his disturbing,  candid  series  on  Hurricane  Katrina,  entitled  " After the Flood. "   This  series  of  Polidori's  photos,  created  during  extended  visits  to  New Orleans  during  2005  and  2006,  
was  on  exhibit  at  the Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art.

In Elle Decor's October 2011 issue, I found one of Canadian photographer 
Chris  Levine's  holographic  series  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
(part  of  " The  Queen  Portraits, "  entitled  " Lightness  of  Being. ")
In the same home, four over-sized landscape photos by Montserrat Soto 
cover the majority of one wall in the Kitchen.

In the same issue of Elle Decor was a story on a New York couple's home on the Upper West side.  The couple's collection of photographs included work by 

Jack  Pierson (above photo by Pierson: "Untitled," 1992),

Jerry  Schatzberg, including an over-sized black-and-white photo of Bob Dylan,  

and a group of six photos from   Peter  Beard's  Lion  series,

in addition to photos from   Michael  Eastman's  Horse  series.

The House of Windsor, a "Concept (show) House" opened last summer by Veranda Magazine and Windsor Smith, includes some interesting photography.
An  over-sized  photograph  by  Rodney  Smith  (above) takes  center  stage in the Family Room;  it  is  likely  " Woman  in  Red  Hat  with  Book, "  2011.

You are likely familiar with the above 2009 photo from Windsor Smith's
own Master Bathroom  (much blogged-and-reblogged).   The photo is by 
Mark Shaw, and similar to one displayed in designer Mary McDonald's home/guest house.  As Smith has staged her vignette around the photo's orange element, McDonald has done with the green in her Shaw photograph.

Designer Martyn Lawrence-Bullard's (of Million Dollar Decorators fame) calls his Media Room, upholstered end-to-end in Dedar fabric, an "escape for the man of the house" with a "Studio 54-Halston vibe."  Photographers included 
(from the Fahey/Klein Gallery) in the wall grouping include:  Mark Laita (far left), 
Sarah Moon (left of largest piece), Steve Schapiro and Melvin Sokolsky.  Kathryn Ireland's signature upscale-casual style is featured in "The Stable."  Equine themes permeate  photos on the wall, but photographers are not specifically named.


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