Photo Portfolio: Living Rooms of Notable New Yorkers

What are the aspects of living that is supposed to be done in the living room, exactly? Not eating, which occurs, at least in theory, in the dining room or in the kitchen; Not sleeping or having sex, which occurs in the bedroom. (And unless you live in an old residence in the village of East, I will not mention even the shower.) What a living room He is For, outwardly, it is the gathering. It is the most areas of the house, and in this way, it carries a specific burden: an offer to others. Your edge on your sofa, the paintings you hang on your walls, and the Tchotchkes you choose for a roar-are all important to your self-perception of adults such as heavy solution and teenaged shoes, and that means, very. Evidence may change, but the motivation is still the same.

This idea is the most realistic, perhaps, for the living rooms of the New York residents, it should not be surprised: This is a city made for huge characters. In 1995, New Yorker Photographer Dominic Nabokov cost capturing such spaces, free of house residents. He was Interior photography as a portrait. To celebrate the centenary of the magazine, photographer Jelian Loub was asked to reconsider a similar summary, but this time the population included. We see the fashion designer Diane von ForstengbergToping from the legs under a huge image of its face; The political worker is Huma Abdeen and her fiancée, the investor and the good Alex Soros, in a room that increases its amazing views in its city. In the pictures of Laub, we face the strong and huge in the city, amid the precious things you determine. But even the most humble halls are filled with meaning. the “SNL“Actor Sarah Sherman’s member stretches over her sofa, surrounded by colored and chaotic parts and pops such as GETUP in the Harlequin: a doll made in her semi -premium, an unprecedented hand, a framed poster of Pail Cards, A Garbage,, Paul Hermann candle. All this tells a story, because any living room – and any image – should do so.