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9780847838691 English 0847838692 Inspired by a desire to design a new pool for her own Long Island backyard, Kelly Klein sought out and put together the most arresting and iconic photographs of swimming pools in all their various forms to create this unique and stunning book. The photographs are as inspiring as they are moving, revealing an incredible wealth of styles and designs in climates and cultures across the globe, and evoking the sensations of rest and nostalgia, the clarity of water and light, the coexistence of coolness and warmth, and the insinuations of sex and romance that can bring such character to a swimming pool. Included are pools in all shapes, sizes, colors, and settings, from Tangiers and Miami to the ancient magnificence of Hadrian's Villa; from Coney Island to the Cote d'Azur; from the robber baron 1880s through the prosperous 1990s, and captured by great photographers such as Lartigue, Stieglitz, Munkacsi, Weston, Mapplethorpe, and Weber. Republished in its entirety from the original first edition of 1992, including 187 photographs and a note from Esther Williams,Poolsis a classic of modern design photography and an inspiration to aesthetes and creative homeowners alike., Legendary style maven and photographer Kelly Klein boldly returns boldly to the subject of the swimming pool with this lavishly illustrated luxury volume of photographs. In contrast to the emphasis on vintage in her first collection, Pools II reflects the author's taste in edgier, more progressive designs, focusing on the pool as architecture, as sculpture, and as art, with vibrant and iconic images from the world's most celebrated contemporary photographers of extraordinary pools from around the world. While the status of the swimming pool may never change, this volume is testament to the dramatic evolution of the worlds of fashion, architecture, and photography that is visible since the publication exactly twenty years ago of Kelly Klein's first edition of Pools. Revealing a wealth of styles and aesthetics in climates and cultures across the globe, the photographs in this beautifully illustrated anthology are as inspiring as they are moving. Beyond mere symbols of lifestyle, the book explores pools as icons of taste, from examples of their appearance in David Hockney's art to pools decorated with sculptures and installations by artists such as James Turrell, Tom Sachs, and Frank West. Filtered through the lenses of some of the world's bestknown modern and contemporary photographers - from Helmut Newton to Bruce Weber, Tierney Gearon, Steven Klein, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Juergen Teller - these images vary from reflections on the pool as architecture within the landscape to sensual images of the pool as accessory to sex and style, but all evoke the same enduring and undeniable appeal of the swimming pool, Twenty years after the initial publication of Pools , and its return to print in 2007, Kelly Klein brings new perspective to a subject that continues to epitomize status and style with the publication in October of the all-new Pools: Reflections . Inspired to capture evolving tastes in architecture, design, art, fashion, and photography, Klein has assembled the most evocative images of extraordinary swimming pools around the world, with an emphasis, in this volume, on color photography that best illustrates contemporary pool design and its integration into cutting-edge architecture and breathtaking landscapes. In Pools: Reflections Klein explores the artistry of pools from examples of their appearance in David Hockney's art, to pools decorated with sculptures and installations by artists such as James Turrell, Tom Sachs, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank West. Filtered through the lenses of photographers including Steven Klein, Bruce Weber, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Juergen Teller these images vary from examples of the pool as architecture within the landscape, to sensual images that evoke the enduring and undeniable appeal of this potent symbol of the good life.
9780847838691 English 0847838692 Inspired by a desire to design a new pool for her own Long Island backyard, Kelly Klein sought out and put together the most arresting and iconic photographs of swimming pools in all their various forms to create this unique and stunning book. The photographs are as inspiring as they are moving, revealing an incredible wealth of styles and designs in climates and cultures across the globe, and evoking the sensations of rest and nostalgia, the clarity of water and light, the coexistence of coolness and warmth, and the insinuations of sex and romance that can bring such character to a swimming pool. Included are pools in all shapes, sizes, colors, and settings, from Tangiers and Miami to the ancient magnificence of Hadrian's Villa; from Coney Island to the Cote d'Azur; from the robber baron 1880s through the prosperous 1990s, and captured by great photographers such as Lartigue, Stieglitz, Munkacsi, Weston, Mapplethorpe, and Weber. Republished in its entirety from the original first edition of 1992, including 187 photographs and a note from Esther Williams,Poolsis a classic of modern design photography and an inspiration to aesthetes and creative homeowners alike., Legendary style maven and photographer Kelly Klein boldly returns boldly to the subject of the swimming pool with this lavishly illustrated luxury volume of photographs. In contrast to the emphasis on vintage in her first collection, Pools II reflects the author's taste in edgier, more progressive designs, focusing on the pool as architecture, as sculpture, and as art, with vibrant and iconic images from the world's most celebrated contemporary photographers of extraordinary pools from around the world. While the status of the swimming pool may never change, this volume is testament to the dramatic evolution of the worlds of fashion, architecture, and photography that is visible since the publication exactly twenty years ago of Kelly Klein's first edition of Pools. Revealing a wealth of styles and aesthetics in climates and cultures across the globe, the photographs in this beautifully illustrated anthology are as inspiring as they are moving. Beyond mere symbols of lifestyle, the book explores pools as icons of taste, from examples of their appearance in David Hockney's art to pools decorated with sculptures and installations by artists such as James Turrell, Tom Sachs, and Frank West. Filtered through the lenses of some of the world's bestknown modern and contemporary photographers - from Helmut Newton to Bruce Weber, Tierney Gearon, Steven Klein, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Juergen Teller - these images vary from reflections on the pool as architecture within the landscape to sensual images of the pool as accessory to sex and style, but all evoke the same enduring and undeniable appeal of the swimming pool, Twenty years after the initial publication of Pools , and its return to print in 2007, Kelly Klein brings new perspective to a subject that continues to epitomize status and style with the publication in October of the all-new Pools: Reflections . Inspired to capture evolving tastes in architecture, design, art, fashion, and photography, Klein has assembled the most evocative images of extraordinary swimming pools around the world, with an emphasis, in this volume, on color photography that best illustrates contemporary pool design and its integration into cutting-edge architecture and breathtaking landscapes. In Pools: Reflections Klein explores the artistry of pools from examples of their appearance in David Hockney's art, to pools decorated with sculptures and installations by artists such as James Turrell, Tom Sachs, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank West. Filtered through the lenses of photographers including Steven Klein, Bruce Weber, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Juergen Teller these images vary from examples of the pool as architecture within the landscape, to sensual images that evoke the enduring and undeniable appeal of this potent symbol of the good life.