the miller house/outtakes

More outtakes from the Miller House is Columbus Indiana this week. I've heard this was the first "conversation pit" ever. Not really sure if that is accurate or not. When the Millers were getting older they had the cushions made thicker so they could more easily get up and down from the couch. The original cushions were far thinner than the ones you see here.

the miller house/outtakes

A different view in the master bedroom of the Miller House.
I love the Wegner sewing table and the coffee table is actually custom designed by Alexander Girard, with inlays of butterflies in the black marble.

the miller house/outtakes

as promised, a few of my favorite images from the Miller House in Columbus Indiana starts today. This is actually the front door. But you can see the series of sky lights here and get a sense of the beautiful luminous quality of the house. I thought it would be cold in the house, but the terrazzo floor has radiant heat so I padded around in my socks for most of the time I was there because it was more comfortable for me. I made myself at home a little bit I guess.
Check out more of the article I shot and wrote in the May issue of Dwell or here on Dwell's website.

miller house/outtake

I think this is my favorite shot from the Miller House. It is from the master bedroom. Isn't it peaceful? Beyond those far trees is the river.

miller house/dwell magazine

Last December, you may recall I was in Indiana for awhile on assignment for Dwell. Well the fruits of my labor are in the new May issue of Dwell. The house I shot is the Miller House in Columbus, Indiana. I am proud to say this is the first article I have been commissioned to write and photograph. Pick up an issue and let me know what you think.

Eero Saarinen/ Columbus, Indiana

How would you like this to be your bank? Yeah...me too. Another of Eero Saarinen's buildings in Columbus, Indiana. It is a perfect time capsule too - the interiors are pretty much as designed. When I drove into town for the first time I saw this bank lit up at night. My jaw dropped...I stared for awhile and got a honk from the car behind me (oh...is that light green???). I mean come on....look at those lights! And in the safe deposit area, the doors hinge in the middle (bottom image).

Eero Saarinen/ Columbus, Indiana

Eero Saarinen's North Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana. What is there to say? The pictures say it all...damn fantastic. Alexander Girard did the interiors. I found the dark wood and concrete a bit of a surprise. Not many churches really feel like sacred spaces to me. This room is the most sacred space I have ever been in.

my current obsession/

Back in California and happy to have just missed the snow that fell in Indianapolis last week. This week I will share the images I shot in Columbus, Indiana and the treasures of modern architecture there. But today I had to share this image. For some reason, this was the image I was thinking about the entire plane ride back. I shot it in Eero Saarinen's North Christian Church in Columbus - it was just a little side meeting room there. I keep staring at it trying to figure out why I like it so much. It is kind of perfect in its absolute genericness, but I think it is something more. Frankly, I'm still not sure what the obsession is all about. Any thoughts?