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Riviera

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 14,24 MB

Release : 2020-06-10

Category : Landscape photography

ISBN : 9781943679119

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Photography. Art. RIVIERA documents the eerie fragments of existence left behind in one city. John Brian King photographed RIVIERA from 2016 to 2018 in Palm Springs, California, and its surroundings; a full-time resident at the time, he used a cheap instant film camera to give his photographs a unique, washed-out, hazy aesthetic. King depicts a city that is frozen in a visually arresting state of decline, cataloguing the totems of an absurd civilization. "I wanted to photograph the Palm Springs that I lived in and interacted with every single day," King writes, "the beautiful, the mundane, the ugly, the hot desolate nature of Coachella Valley. I wasn't interested in the tourism-board view of Palm Springs, of martinis by the swimming pool and candy-colored, Instagram-ready desert art installations. I was interested in the debris--architectural and natural--left behind by generations of people who lived in or visited Palm Springs to escape, to exist, to die."



Palm Springs Modern

Author : Adele Cygelman

Publisher : Rizzoli Publications

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 19,28 MB

Release : 2015-02-17

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 0847844102

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This classic volume, now available at a lower price, showcases jet-set homes designed by the likes of Neutra, Frey, Lautner, and others. Palm Springs is famous as a mecca for the international jet set. But the city has also attracted its share of eccentrics and mavericks who have left an architectural legacy that remains unsurpassed for its originality and international influence. This book examines the impact that architects and designers have had on the desert oasis, primarily from the 1940s to the 1960s. Palm Springs Modern features examples of midcentury modernism at its most glamorous, some of them the residences of prominent figures who commissioned weekend getaways in the desert, including Frank Sinatra, Walter Annenberg, and Raymond Loewy. Adéle Cygelman’s insightful text, a foreword by architectural historian Joseph Rosa, contemporary color photography by David Glomb, and the celebrated archival black-and-white work of Julius Shulman all capture the distinctly modern allure of America’s famed desert playground.



Hotel King

Author : Claire Marti

Publisher : Claire Marti

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 43,40 MB

Release : 2021-08-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1737299305

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He’s her grumpy boss. She’s his nemesis. How thin is the line between love/hate? Entrepreneur Ryan Michaels never loses. Well, except that time, a few years ago when he lost a promotion to spoiled rich girl, Charlotte “Charlie” Ray. Now he’s forced to hire his nemesis to secure funding to develop a string of luxury boutique hotels. Not only does she not fit his corporate vision, but she’s too damn attractive for her own good. And his. Working as VP of Sales and Marketing for a luxury hotel is Charlie’s dream job. Too bad her boss is Ryan Michaels, the same pompous stick-in-the-mud that she remembers. If he tells her that this project is his legacy one more time, she might scream. Or maybe kissing him will get him to shut up? Because that’s the other thing. The sizzling attraction between Ryan and Charlie is impossible to ignore. But everyone knows not to mix business and pleasure. Don’t they? One click this enemies to lovers, office rivals steamy romance today! ***Hotel King is the first book in award-winning and USA Today bestselling author Claire Marti's new spin off contemporary romance series, California Suits. The series follows the adventures of five best friends who are opening a string of luxury boutique hotels from La Jolla to Monterey to Beverly Hills as each one finds true love…usually where he least expects it. Each book is a standalone.



Stories and Legends of the Palm Springs Indians

Author : Francisco Patencio

Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing

Page : 206 pages

File Size : 16,62 MB

Release : 2020-03-05

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1839743131

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Chief Francisco Patencio recounts the stories and legends of his people in this slim, but, invaluable record of the Palm Springs Native Americans. Originally published in 1943 by the Palm Springs Desert Museum, the tales and traditions of the Cahuilla are kept alive in the new edition.



Nude Reagan

Author : John Brian King

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 10,70 MB

Release : 2016

Category : Masks

ISBN : 9781943679010

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Art. Photography. The photographs of NUDE REAGAN are discordant and grotesque, portraying changing bodies beneath the endless repetition of one mask. For John Brian King's most recent series, he photographed twenty-three nude models with a Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 camera in an empty Palm Springs office. Each model wore the same Ronald Reagan mask, striking any pose she liked. Deliberately unsettling, these photographs depict Reagan as a demon and specter haunting the modern world. Evoking the dead conservative president, the models wear the hideous dark-eyed mask--anemic and wrinkled--and morph into unerotic, freakish wraiths. The colors of the photographs accentuate these figures' eerie qualities: the camera's unstable flash turns the bland office backdrop alternately into a mold green, a muddy gray, a brilliant white, or a dense, all-encompassing black setting. The women's shadows are sometimes starkly present, and at other times disappear. The photographer was influenced by such disparate sources as Conrad Veidt's grim grin in The Man Who Laughs; Reagan's own frozen, Brylcreem-lathered satanic countenance; artist Maurizio Cattelan's sardonic approach to politics in art; and Ralph Eugene Meatyard's Southern Gothic photographs of masked children.



Palm Springs

Author : Tim Street-Porter

Publisher : Rizzoli Publications

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 32,19 MB

Release : 2018-02-06

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 0847861872

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Paying homage to the seminal mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs, this luxurious book showcases historic jet-set homes designed by legendary talents such as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey, and Paul Williams, as well as private residences by today’s leading tastemakers. Since Gary Cooper built one of the first modernist houses in Palm Springs in the 1930s, this desert oasis has entranced Hollywood. A mecca for the international jet set that lured Frank Sinatra, Walter Annenberg, and others, Palm Springs came into its own architecturally as a haven for visionary modernists such as Richard Neutra, who were practicing the International Style in Los Angeles. The architectural legacy remains unsurpassed for its originality and influence, and recently many of the city’s modernist residential treasures have been restored. In original new photography, Palm Springs captures the allure of this famed modernist destination. The book profiles outstanding examples such as the Annenberg Estate, the Ford House, and the Kaufmann House, shown in their splendor, as well as today’s restorations by top interior designers such as Martyn Lawrence Bullard and fashion designer Trina Turk. A resource section provides modernist furnishing stores and other points of interest.



Midnight Modern

Author : Tom Blachford

Publisher : powerHouse Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 23,91 MB

Release : 2017-02-14

Category : Photography

ISBN : 9781576878347

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Midnight Modern brings into focus a view of Palm Springs and its internationally renowned modernist houses never before shown, shot entirely by the light of the full moon. Created over the course of three years by Australian photographer Tom Blachford, the surreal images function as portals in time, with the homes, cars, and beautiful scenery appearing almost exactly as it all did 60 years ago. The crisp moonlight adds a new dimension to the famous mecca of desert modernism and shows a contrasting side of a town famous for its sunshine, cocktails, and hedonism. Working closely with the Palm Springs community, Blachford gained remarkable access to some of the most coveted architectural jewels in the area, including the Kaufmann Desert House, Edris House, Frey House II, Frank Sinatra Twin Palms Estate, and dozens of restored Alexander tract homes in the valley. Blachford's work builds on the famous documentary and lifestyle approaches of Julius Shulman and Slim Aarons, but injects a signature mystery. His cinematic aesthetic acts as a stage for an untold narrative, inviting the viewer to script their own drama going on behind the walls of these historic homes. This original, lush work is a rich contribution to the record for those midcentury architecture and design lovers fascinated by Palm Springs.



Monterey King

Author : Claire Marti

Publisher : Claire Marti

Page : 197 pages

File Size : 11,55 MB

Release : 2022-06-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1737299348

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A grumpy scarred veteran. A sunny wedding planner. A second chance at love? When former Army Major Cameron Taylor comes home a hero from his deployment in the Middle East his scars run deep - both physically and emotionally. But he’s starting over, running a luxury hotel with his best friends. And Lucy Goodwin, apparently…his high school sweetheart who he’s never quite managed to forget. There’s only one reason Lucy’s been engaged - and walked away - three times and now he’s standing right in front of her. Cameron Taylor is the man she’s never stopped loving, even when he left her “for her own good” all those years ago. There was nothing good about it, that’s for sure. Just like there’d be nothing good about trying to break down Cameron’s walls now. But that doesn’t mean she’s not tempted to try… One click this second chance grumpy sunshine romance today! ***Monterey King is the third book in award-winning and USA Today bestselling author Claire Marti's spin off contemporary romance series, California Suits. The series follows the adventures of five best friends who are opening a string of luxury boutique hotels from La Jolla to Monterey to Beverly Hills as each one finds true love…usually where he least expects it. Each book is a standalone.



Julius Shulman

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Publisher : Rizzoli Publications

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File Size : 27,37 MB

Release : 2008-02-12

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 0847831132

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Through Julius Shulman’s lens, the architecture of Southern California became iconic images of modernism. His photographs heralded the glamor and casual elegance of a lifestyle and architecture that has become revered worldwide. Focusing on the desert paradise of Palm Springs, which was his seminal crucible, this book presents his masterpieces. Images range from Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House and Albert Frey’s Raymond Loewy House, to Paul R. Williams’ house for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Frank Sinatra’s house, John Lautner’s house for Bob Hope, as well as other famous landmarks. The book features more than sixty buildings by fifteen of the most notable mid-twentieth-century architects. With new photography and images culled from his personal collection as well as the Getty Center, this book includes many images never before seen.



Must See to Appreciate

Author : D. G. Voda

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Page : 170 pages

File Size : 12,18 MB

Release : 2012-06-01

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ISBN : 9780615650654

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SIX HILARIOUS STORIESFROM THE HEIGHT OF THE REAL ESTATE BOOM, SET IN A WACKY "DESERTPARADISE" Heroin-crazed television stars, virtual Internet billionaires, hornyscions of the horsey set: it's not what Paula Cooper-Price thought PalmSprings would be like. But this single mom has no choice: it's sell or die in theagent-eat-agent world of high stakes-and big commission-real estate. "An absolute joy! Kept me up allnight laughing." -Patricia McGarry