Overview
Miguel Flores-Vianna, one of the world's most fashionable photographers of interiors and lifestyle, documents the original taste of twenty contemporary bohemians. "My dear friend Miguel Flores-Vianna's new book Haute Bohemians is the most gorgeous and inspiring book I've ever seen. His stunning photographs are of houses that are both beyond chic and yet at the same time unbelievably warm and personal." --Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa Who, exactly, is a haute bohemian? Leave it to the discriminating, gimlet eye of photographer Miguel Flores-Vianna, who enjoys an international, cult-like following. He has journeyed through four continents to capture an extraordinary group of fashion designers, landscape architects, artists and art historians, potters, and interior designers, where they live--country cottages, beach bungalows, canal-side lofts, and East Village apartments, as well as assorted estancias, châteaux, and palazzi. With over 250 color photographs, some of these spaces in this gorgeous coffee table book are grand, others are modest, but all are original, stylish, charming, and above all authentic, in the sense that they reflect their owners' care and taste. With an introduction by Amy Astley, editor of AD.
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780865653399
- ISBN-10: 0865653399
- Publisher: Vendome Press
- Publish Date: September 2017
- Dimensions: 13.3 x 10.3 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.7 pounds
- Page Count: 312
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