Born out of a yearlong visual blogging project, the book profiles passing early morning moments at home shared between two women living 3,191 miles apart. She has just released a second book of her collaborative photographic work with stephanie congdon barnes called 3191. A year of mornings collects 236 imagesalways taken before 10 am without discussion between the two womenfrom this uniquely 21st century artistic collaboration. Sep 18, 2008 a year of mornings stuckinabook all september 18, 2008 april 26, 2015 2000s, 2008 4 comments the book publication ive been most eagerly awaiting is one with almost no words. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Year of mornings, a 3191 miles apart the morning hours before the. So wonderful was the concept and so artful the photographs, that stephanie and mav eventually got a book deal and a year of mornings. Stephanie congdon barnes is a portland, oregonbased photographer and stylist who also works in illustration, soft sculpture, and textiles. Best of all, if after reading an ebook, you buy a paper version of a year of mornings. I just talked about it in a previous post, and suddenly it arrived in my mailbox. They do not coordinate the photos in any way, they each simply photograph their morning and post. You have remained in right site to begin getting this info.
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What makes the pictures remarkable is that barnes and vettese seem of one mind, or at least one art director. On the site, their two photos get paired next to each other which creates a. Stephanie congdon barnes and maria alexandra vettese are the photographers behind a year of mornings, a blogturned book that documents a year s daily exchange of photosone picture taken each morning and swapped by emailbetween two friends. Their morning pictures proved so popular that when a year was up, the photos were turned into a book. A year of mornings collects 236 imagesalways taken before 10 am without discussion between the two womenfrom this uniquely 21stcentury artistic collaboration. The coauthors of this book both photographed their mornings each day for a year and uploaded the photos to flickr, totally unbeknownst to the other. Our book servers saves in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this. Theres something very beautiful about this small peek into two different worlds.
Nov 30, 2008 one thing led to another and the two women came up with the idea to document their mornings by uploading one photograph per day to a shared blog called 3,191. Vettese host the website and are coauthors of a year of mornings. Thats what it feels like to flip through a year of mornings, and even though the authors have set their sights on their own surroundings, youll recognize in their photos a familiar, physical sense of. In 2009 we turned our attention to our blog, 3191 miles apart, sharing stories, recipes, and projects along with our photographs. Almost a decade ago, they began their first year long project together, posting a photo from each of their mornings on their blog, 3191 miles apart, named for the distance between their homes in portland, maine, and portland, oregon. Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. When these two women who live more than 3,000 miles apart started documenting the unsung details of their mornings in a photoblog, a very. Our third book, a year between friends abrams, is now. Maria alexandra vettese and stephanie congdon barnes share a love of art and design, handmade pleasures, and a. Noticing a remarkable similarity between their images, they agreed to documenttheir mornings by posting one photo to a shared blog every weekday for a year. We took the idea of a shared, longdistance art blog, tweaked it a little, and started our own version. Two women living 3191 miles apart both take a photo every morning. You may remember the last series which began online and then was turned into a beautiful book by princeton architectural press. 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.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Read a year of mornings 3191 miles apart by maria alexandra vettese available from rakuten kobo. A year of mornings, paired each of their still life daily photographs creating amazing juxtapositions and incredible dialogue between the two photos, even though the artists live 3191 miles apart. One thing led to another and the two women came up with the idea to document their mornings by uploading one photograph per day to a shared blog called 3,191. They have since removed the year of mornings blog, so i was elated when they published the diptychs in a book with a similar title a year of mornings. A year of beautiful, ordinary mornings the curator. Every morning for a year, and without any early morning discussion, they. The intimacy of these photographs combined with their striking similarities in color and compostion defies the reality of their longdistance collaboration.
Its a study in domesticity most of the time the photos are of cracked hard boiled eggs, toast about to be eaten, a book in bed, and corners and bits of their houses. A year of mornings collects 236 imagesalways taken before noon without discussion between the two women, who live 3191 miles apart. It was basically a conversation in photos that lasted a year, and they never discussed beforehand what they. We live 3191 miles apart in portland, maine and portland, oregon. For a year, on every weekday maria alexandra vettese and stephanie congdon barnes separately took a photo of their morning and posted their photos side by side on a shared blog. This is photo book of near daily photo pairings diptychs from the two authors. If you have not yet checked out 3191 it tops the list to the left there, i heartily encourage you to do so. Download file pdf a year of mornings 3191 miles apart a year of mornings 3191 miles apart thank you very much for reading a year of mornings 3191 miles apart. As good as their art was online, it is taken to another, immediate level, tangible when i hold it. Almost a decade ago, they began their first yearlong project together, posting a photo from each of their mornings on their blog, 3191 miles apart, named for the distance between their homes in portland, maine, and portland, oregon. Dec 08, 2010 so wonderful was the concept and so artful the photographs, that stephanie and mav eventually got a book deal and a year of mornings. Stephanie has photographed for clients both big and smallfrom starbucks to her daughters birthday party. Stephanie congdon barnes and maria alexandra vettese are the photographers behind a year of mornings, a blogturnedbook that documents a years daily exchange of photosone picture taken each morning and swapped by emailbetween two friends.
Our new book of photographs, stories, recipes and crafts, a year between friends, is now widely available. As good as their art was online, it is taken to another, immediate level, tangible when i hold it in my hands. Evenings, was printed in a limited run and is now completely sold out. The intimacy of these photographsdiscarded clothing, a view of a snowy day from the window, a tableclothcombined with their striking similarities in color and composition defies. This past year they released their first book, a year between friends. The intimacy of these photographsdiscarded clothing, a view of a snowy day from the window, a tableclothcombined with their striking similarities in color and composition defies the. Born out of a yearlong visual blogging project, the book profiles passing earlymorning moments at home shared between two women living 3,191 miles apart. Nov 07, 2008 they have since removed the year of mornings blog, so i was elated when they published the diptychs in a book with a similar title a year of mornings. Sep 28, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. Oct 06, 2008 stephanie congdon barnes and maria alexandra vettese are the photographers behind a year of mornings, a blogturnedbook that documents a years daily exchange of photosone picture taken each morning and swapped by emailbetween two friends. Rather than enjoying a good book with a cup of tea in the afternoon, instead they are facing with some harmful bugs inside their desktop computer. I laid in bed upon waking on the first day of the year with coffee and my newly acquired books holiday.
At the ny art book fair i finally got to meet maria vettese some in the blog world know her as mav at the lines and shapes other books table. The morning hours before the hustle and bustle of the day comme. A year of mornings if you want to be inspired to take everyday photos, i recommend looking at a year of mornings by maria alexandra vettese and stephanie congdon barnes. The subtitle of the book comes directly from the blog, 3191, which refers to the mileage separating the two women in their coastal portlands, one in. As the book progresses from season to season, you can see a kind of kindred vision taking shape between them, so much so that after a while it doesnt really matter which pictures are stephanies or which are marias.
Sep 30, 2008 buy the paperback book a year of mornings. The subtitle of the book comes directly from the blog, 3191, which refers to the mileage separating the two women in their coastal portlands, one in maine and the other in oregon. A year of mornings maria vettese, stephanie congdon. A year of mornings by maria vettese, 9781568987842, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A year of mornings is a book of photographic images taken by the artists everyday before noon and originally posted on a shared blog. Here, we share a diptych and a few words every friday.
What started as a meeting of two creative minds became a close friendship that went on to inspire a huge community of readers whose participation in the project is paid tribute at the end. To which i aspire, in a roundabout, blogsurfing kind of way today, i came across this. Maria alexandra vettese and stephanie congdon barnes share a love of art and design, handmade pleasures, and a welllived domestic life. Vettese mav and stephanie congdon barnes scb of 3191 miles apart. As i looked through the pages of ayom, i really fell in love with the similarity of each womans photographs. Year between friends an exploration of 365 days of shared experiences between two friends on opposite sides of the country, inspired by their blog, 3191 miles apart. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Imagine for a second what it would be like if you could see againin one grand and lovely collectionall of the precious moments youve ever seen. I have happily become lost in the caverns of the 3,191 site for long spells of my own mornings.
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