Title: A House Is Not a Home
Author: Bruce Weber
Publisher: Bulfinch Press, 1996
Photographs by Bruce Weber, text by Paul Bowles; 180 pages, color and black and white illustrations
This book examines the flourishes and personal details that make a house into a home. Bruce Weber’s ability to animate his human subjects in his better known figurative work translates to a versatility that allows him to capture the whimsical and representative adornments of these homes. The beautifully toned pages of this volume take the reader around the world, providing glimpses of creative homes and the way in which the home is used as a canvas for creativity and expression. The reader is presented with the telling interiors and exteriors of celebrities who otherwise maintain a public or private life. From Siegfried and Roy's tiger-striped Las Vegas suite to Georgia O'Keefe's ranch in New Mexico, Chris Isaak's childhood home in suburban California to the Duchess of Devonshire's regal home in England and Andrew Wyeth's hermetic Maine lighthouse retreat, readers have been consistently charmed by the perfectly styled vignettes, candid glances of home pets, and the stunning use of light, shadow, and color to highlight the most delightful and revealing aspects of these residences.
