Twenty years after the initial publication of Pools, its return to print in 2007, Kelly Klein brings new perspective to a subject that continues to epitomize status style with the publication of the all-new Pools: Reflections.
Inspired to capture evolving tastes in architecture, design, art, fashion, 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 its integration into cutting-edge architecture breathtaking lscapes.
In Pools: Reflections Klein explores the artistry of pools from examples of their appearance in David Hockney’s art, to pools decorated with sculptures installations by artists such as James Turrell, Tom Sachs, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank West. Filtered through the lenses of photographers including Steven Klein, Bruce Weber, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kim Sargent Juergen Teller these images vary from examples of the pool as architecture within the lscape, to sensual images that evoke the enduring undeniable appeal of this potent symbol of the good life.
Kelly Klein – Reflections
Twenty years after the initial publication of Pools, its return to print in 2007, Kelly Klein brings new perspective to a subject that continues to epitomize status style with the publication of the all-new Pools: Reflections.
Inspired to capture evolving tastes in architecture, design, art, fashion, 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 its integration into cutting-edge architecture breathtaking lscapes.
In Pools: Reflections Klein explores the artistry of pools from examples of their appearance in David Hockney’s art, to pools decorated with sculptures installations by artists such as James Turrell, Tom Sachs, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank West. Filtered through the lenses of photographers including Steven Klein, Bruce Weber, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kim Sargent Juergen Teller these images vary from examples of the pool as architecture within the lscape, to sensual images that evoke the enduring undeniable appeal of this potent symbol of the good life.
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