We could not feel more privileged to be working with Paul Barbera – the incredibly talented interiors photographer, on the release of his first book Where They Create, based on his popular blog of the same name. Published by European design and architecture specialists, FRAME, the book will available globally in September. Gun is working with Paul on publicity for the launch, and the Melbourne launch event.
Twenty years in the making, Where They Create the book offers readers a candid peek into the process and working spaces of some of the world’s most creative minds including Jeremiah Goodman, Olaf Breuning, Opening Ceremony, Acne Studios, Fantastic Man, Wallpaper, and Australia’s own Paul Davies, Tin & Ed, 3 Deep Design and Nicholas Jones.
Interviews with each studio’s lead creative provide individual insights into the relationship and influence between the creative process and physical space, as well as revealing what’s hidden in their desks and sometimes in their fridge. Where They Create the book is a limited release with 5000 copies available globally, with 32 different cover editions representing each studio featured in the book.
The book and the blog are expressions of Paul’s ongoing curiosity towards the creative process, people, and his love of spaces. Where They Create is shot in the most natural and unobtrusive way, allowing the viewer to feel as if they have not only stolen a glimpse of someone’s personal space, more so to feel as if they’re actually in the room.
Paul choice of subjects for Where They Create is simple – he only visits the studios of people whose work he loves and whose space he thinks inspiring. Where They Create the book intimately explores the working spaces of creatives from varied genres, including architects, illustrators, painters, sculptors, industrial designers, media companies, graphic designers, fashion houses, set designers and even food designers.
Having moved from Melbourne, to Amsterdam and recently to New York, Paul works for numerous interior magazines around the world where the focus is on shooting very stylised and considered images. Where They Create counters this aesthetic, shooting things as they are, using only natural light.
Where They Create the book is released in September 2011. For a first glimpse at the book, visit FRAME Publishers.
To explore Where They Create the blog, click here.
