Just go there …
I couldn’t resist these stunning photographs – the work of photographer Michael Eastman (who’s work was featured in the Summer 2010 issue of ARTNews). This is architecture with an eerie quality – stunning spaces, strangely empty, and luminous, guaranteed to make you wish you were there:
Michael Eastman, Chandelier Venice
I’ve been thinking about tiled floors lately, especially cement tile, so I was struck by the beautiful floors in many of the images, from Memphis to Havana and back to Venice:
Michael Eastman, Memphis Hallway
Michael Eastman, Red Couch, Havana
Michael Eastman, Grid Museum, Venice
And then of course, there’s the stunning saturated color. Mr. Eastman doesn’t seem to be too passionate about kitchens, (why isn’t everybody?) – but here is a haunting one, from Havana:
Michael Eastman, Havana Kitchen
It’s a beautiful body of work – just go to the Eastman Images website and feast your eyes. The site lists three chances to see his work at exhibition this year – in Santa Fe, Miami, and Paris. If it were possible, I’d certainly buy the book.
Hi Joseph – blessing counting is always a good activity for Monday morning, isn’t it? Not a great kitchen by our rich-world standards, but much better than a solar stove in a refugee camp, for instance… I’m sure the exuberance of the color says something about our human capacity for optimism – and blessing counting
Lord, that kitchen from Havana… I’ll tell you, sometimes you really have to just count your blessings. Our present kitchen leaves a lot to be desired, but to think of the poverty that has created a kitchen like that one… Wow. I’m starting my day rather late, but no matter how the day turns out, I know it will be an excellent one, for no other reason than an accident of birth. Man, does that picture put things in perspective!