Palm Springs Modern Living

Simply put, I wanted to meet the modernists that lived behind the decorative screen block. I went to work.

The Palm Springs project is a perfect union of photographing and discovery. Over the course of the four year project I photographed over fifty architecturally significant homes and the owners that have lovingly nurtured them back to life. I had the privilege of making portraits of a handful of Midcentury Modern architects while they were still with us, masters who used the empty California desert as a canvas to make dreams concrete and to expand horizons of what the art of architecture could be.

My camera has also captured a few of  today’s contemporary desert architects who stand on the shoulders of these pioneers, as well as the region’s blend of artists, preservationists, revivalists, members of the old guard, and the assorted cast of characters who make up the Palm Springs renaissance. Along with the photographs in my book, you will find insightful statements from each of the subjects gathered from interviews conducted by writer and editor Matthew Link. Architect William Krisel shares his insights into the people of Palm Springs and desert modernism in the book’s foreword. And finally, the book’s tasteful design has been created by Gary Wexler.

This one-of-a-kind photographic collection is showcased in PALM SPRINGS MODERN LIVING, my coffee table book released by publisher Gibbs Smith. I hope you will enjoy exploring this fascinating world and its people as much as I’ve enjoyed discovering it.