A Year of Mornings: 3191 Miles Apart |  | Authors: Maria Alexandra Vettese, Stephanie Congdon Barnes
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1568987846
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.0922
EAN: 9781568987842
ASIN: 1568987846
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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Product Description
The morning hours before the hustle and bustle of the day commences is the perfect time to pause and enjoy a sense of renewal and vitality. On the morning of December 7 2006 Maria Alexandra Vettese and Stephanie Congdon Barnes each took a digital photo of everyday objects randomly arranged on their kitchen tables and unbeknownst to one another uploaded them to the website Flickr. Noticing a remarkable similarity between their images they agreed to document their mornings by posting one photo to a shared blog every weekday for a year.
A Year of Mornings collects 236 images—always taken before 10 am without discussion between the two women—from this uniquely 21st-century artistic collaboration. The intimacy of these photographs—discarded clothing a view of a snowy day from the window a tablecloth—combined with their striking similarities in color and composition defies the reality of their long-distance collaboration. While clearly kindred spirits the two women have met in person only once. Their friendship is maintained solely online sustained by a shared love for moments of serenity solitude and peacefulness. The annotated photographs in A Year of Mornings radiate an aura of sweetness and light—the promise of a new day.
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 LOVED it. October 21, 2008
Mary Zapien (Az)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Absolutly loved this book. It made me realize how little we document our daily life and how we over look the beauty of simple things that are part of our daily routine.
Source for creative inspiration October 30, 2008
C. Carrell
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Full disclosure: this is a book by a friend. But that said, I honestly find it lovely. I'm a book in hand person, not ready yet to go only for screen images so I was glad this book (based on a popular web site) was created. I received my copy during a difficult time and I found great comfort and distraction in the peaceful images. Both photographers have a fresh outlook and wonderful hand at simplicity and nuance. I got ideas about room decoration, hand made crafts while at the same time basic reminders of the cycles of life. This is a book I will return to for quiet times and times when I need creative inspiration. My only wish was that the book was a larger format.
a quiet and lovely unfolding April 4, 2009
Poopsy (DC)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've been coveting this book for some time now and finally got around to ordering it. It almost has a Scandinavian aesthetic. As an introvert, I appreciate their quiet sense of seeing their surroundings and how the smallest of things resonate and become objects of beauty when you live calmly and beautifully in your home.
Well-done.
Enjoy the little Joys in Life January 7, 2009
Love The Sun (Orange Park, FL United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I not only have a copy of this book for myself, but I also gave out 2 copies for Christmas this year. There's a calming, peaceful feeling when looking through this book. The photos take a small detail of life and find the grandure within it. Life seems to move so quickly. Maria and Stephanie have created a reminder to me to slow down and find the beauty in everything.
The similarities between the 2 daily photograhs are uncanny. The colors always seem to compliment each other. Knowing that these 2 women didn't discuss nor plan daily themes makes me believe that maybe there really are relationships that are connected much deeper than we often think.
Beautiful book March 18, 2009
Maire Rua (Malvern, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book gives me peace. I use it as a way to clear my head and meditate in the mornings. It is inspiration for my day. I love the size--it is a little book--and the texture of the cover is also appealing.
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