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Say Hello to Nick and Ralph

09/16/14 | photography, Ralph Lauren

May I introduce you to the two new men in my life?  Nick Brandt and Ralph Lauren are now permeant fixtures in my apartment.  Thanks to my grandmother and a coworker I am the proud new owner of two beautiful new coffee table books.   The first sentence may have been misleading as dating in New York City is still a very entertaining endeavor and Andrea of Glam Hungry Mom has me just about convinced to start a blog series about it.   But until then, back to the two books: 

The first?  Nick Brandt’s photography book, A Shadow Falls: 

A Shadow Falls by Nick BrandtAs you know from my July post, I am over the moon about the wildlife photographer Nick Brandt and as an early birthday present my grandmother sent me one of his beautiful books!   A Shadow Falls is absolutely breathtaking and if you missed my introduction to his work be sure to go check it out!  Six of the photos from that post are in this book along with fifty other terrific shots.  Here are a few more of my favorites from the book: 

Nick Brandt - Gorilla on Rock - Parc National des Volcans 2008Nick Brandt - Leopard in Crook of Tree - Nakuru 2007jpegNick Brandt - Abandoned Ostrich Egg - Amboseli 2007Nick-Brandt-Two-Giraffes-Battling-in-Sun-Masai-Mara-2006Nick-Brandt-lion-before-storm-ii-sitting-profile-Masai-Mara-2006

The second new man?  Ralph. Ralph Lauren: 

Ralph Lauren Book
As I mentioned in my gold tape dispenser post my office is moving and one of the major upsides this past week has been amazing amount of things people want to get rid of which is how this massive Ralph Lauren book came into my life.  Ralph, oh Ralph, you are amazing and your 6-pound self titled behemoth of a book is beautiful.  And when I say massive,  the pages are over a foot tall  and in all there are 480 pages. It spans Ralph’s entire 40 year career, it was published in 2011, and while the book was originally $125 but you can now pick it up on Amazon for less than $35 here. Here are a handful of my  favorite interior pages: 

Ralph Lauren Book - Interior Page 01 Ralph Lauren Book - Interior Page 02 Ralph Lauren Book - Interior Page 03 Ralph Lauren Book - Interior Page 04 Ralph Lauren Book - Interior Page 05 Ralph Lauren Book - Interior Page 06 Ralph Lauren Book - Interior Page 07

These two have joined my autographed Humans of New York book on my coffee table and that brings me to 60% of my goal in obtaining five coffee table books on my 101 in 1001 list. 

Ralph Lauren and Nick Brandt A Shadow Falls

What are your favorite type of coffee table books? 

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  1. Ash @ The Nashvillian says

    September 17, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    The lion photo has always been a favorite of mine. I just got back from a trip to Boston where we attempted to visit a gallery that has some of his work, but they were closed. Oh how I would LOVE to see one of his giant photographs in the flesh!

  2. Fabrizia says

    September 17, 2014 at 6:23 am

    These shoots un black and white are fabulous!
    Fabrizia – Cosa Mi Metto???

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