Description

An industry insiders look at glamorous, eccentric, captivating, and storied modern homes that embody California cool

For more than twenty years, globe-trotting English-born, Los Angeles-based photographer Roger Davies has shot stunning, luxurious, and unique residences by the worlds most acclaimed designers and architects for the most prestigious magazines.

In Beyond the Canyon, he trains his camera on residences in the Golden State, his adopted home, driving the coast to shoot interiors from Malibu to Marin County, Laurel Canyon to Rancho Mirage. Davies takes readers into the often glamorous, always compelling homes of the artists, film directors, actors, interior designers, art collectors, and others who lend the West Coast its cachet.

Across the variety of spaces representedamong them legacy works by midcentury masters John Lautner, A. Quincy Jones, and Craig Ellwood, and contemporary designs by Tadao Ando and Frank Gehryhe captures the essence of California living in his portraits of spectacular spaces and breathtaking views, all bathed in a warm glow.

As one of the worlds top photographers of interiors, Daviess work has appeared in many interior design and architecture monographs. In Beyond the Canyon, his own first book, he provides in his own words a rare behind-the-scenes, industry insiders experience of photographing the stunning residences.

Author: Roger Davies
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Published: 11/16/2022
Pages: 304
Weight: 5.53lbs
Size: 12.35h x 11.00w x 1.27d
ISBN: 9781580936057
Language: English