birth announcement!/lesliewilliamson.com

Not three weeks ago I sent Modern Originals out into the world and now I have another beloved baby for you. My new website is up and full of new content!
lesliewilliamson.com Take a peek!

Modern Originals is released!/ NYTimes slideshow

What a way to introduce Modern Originals to the world! Today is the official first day that my new book is available and the NYTimes T Style ran a lovely article and slideshow about it on their website. Thank you Brooke Hodge and TStyle for such a wonderful launch! See the story here.
You can get your own copy of Modern Originals at your local bookstore or from Amazon.com.

modern originals/available april 15!

April 15 is fast approaching! Yes, I know it is tax day but it is also the day my new book, Modern Originals, is released! As some of you know I have been working on this book for a couple of years now. So...yeah...I'm super excited for you all to finally see it! If you absolutely cannot wait to see more there is a little sneak peek over on my website www.lesliewilliamson.com at the moment. And there is a preorder link if you feel so inclined...  ; )

MAK Geymüllerschlössel, Vienna/carpet obsession

I am editing for my new website and I came across this image from the MAK Geymüllerschlössel that I shot in 2012. I was so obsessed with this carpet. Still am...

happy weekend/mankas

More image review for the new website and I ran across this one I shot at Mankas Lodge in Inverness, CA. It seemed like the perfect weekend image. Hope yours has something like this in it.
Happy Weekend friends.

editing/jesse schlesinger

I've been editing through so many images lately, preparing my new website. It is a bit mind boggling how many images are never seen from a shoot. The "hero" images emerge and they are the ones that speak for the whole experience. And yet there are little moments like this one from my time at Jesse Schlesinger's studio when he was at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Because it was not chosen for the People Watching post for the NYTimes, it fell out of my mind. Editing through all these images feels like meeting friends I haven't seen in a long while. It makes me happy.

frank lloyd wright in tokyo/pt. 2

I am a sucker for a good chalkboard. This one in is the the private school that Frank Lloyd Wright built in Tokyo - the Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan. I visited when I was in Tokyo this past November. I wasn't there long but I did shoot a bit and I plan do a proper post on it soon. Until then, lets dream about chalk, erasers, chalk dust and all those other obsolete classroom necessities of the past...