I love you with every atom.
You are the tranquility of a calm stream and the excitement of a waterfall.
You bring me all my favorite feelings.
“I love you with every atom. You are the tranquility of a calm stream and the excitement of a waterfall. You bring me all my favorite feelings. Forever isn’t long enough with you.” Hope (she / her / he / him), 16, and Kurt (he / him), 17 Homer, Alaska.This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please readour disclosurefor more info.
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“Endless possibilities and adventure! We sold our home and just about everything we owned three years ago. Little did we know what awaited us on the open road … freedom unlike anything we had ever had while on a quest to find a new place and community to call home.” Stephanie, 37. The Mathews Family Saratoga Springs, Utah.
Her forthcoming book,American Bedroom, is the culmination of this project.
My Modern Met firstcovered Peacock’s series in 2017, just one year after she started her adventure.
Nearly a decade later, she accomplished her goal.
“With the world moving ever so fast, these apples of my eye remind me to slow down and see the beauty in all things. They are the light.” Jamie, 44. The Seh-Nielsen Family Victor, Idaho.
I am learning that there are a lot of lonely people.
I am learning that people are fragile and conversely very strong.
Published by Kehrer Verlag,American Bedroomincorporates quotes by the people Peacock photographed.
“Our world revolves around autism and the whole family struggles to keep up. But it’s our hearts that keep us together and our large family bed where every night we reconnect. Nobody can love our family like we do.” Jordan, 35
Broken into five sections, the book shows the wide variety of people Peacock photographed.
Peacock’s work also shows that home means different things to many people.
I believe the bedroom is not just a private place, but a sacred place, Peacock shares.
“Love is accrescent. If you choose to love, there is no end to how big and all-encompassing it can grow. We choose to love each other daily and will keep choosing to love as we push on into the future. Micah, 35, and Kody, 40. Omaha, Nebraska.
American Bedroomby Barbara Peacock will be released on May 14, 2024, and is now available forpre-sale.
For seven years, photographer Barbara Peacock traveled across the U.S. to photograph people in their bedrooms.
Endless possibilities and adventure!
“In the end, it’s all about love of family and one another.” Francisca, 42, and Lupe, 52, Guadalupe, Arizona.
We sold our home and just about everything we owned three years ago.
The Mathews Family Saratoga Springs, Utah.
They are the light.
“Finding love late in life has taught me many lessons, including not to be shy or embarrassed by my body. It is freeing to say I am big, bold, and beautiful. Laverne, 72, and James, 74 Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
The Seh-Nielsen Family Victor, Idaho.
American Bedroomis an unguarded look at people from all walks of life in their most intimate space.
Our world revolves around autism and the whole family struggles to keep up.
“I have buried all seven of my children (sons) from alcoholism or heat stroke. I now live for my grandchildren.” Arlene, 81. Gila River Reservation, Arizona.
But its our hearts that keep us together and our large family bed where every night we reconnect.
Nobody can love our family like we do.
Jordan, 35
Love is accrescent.
“While my physical parts feel safe among my living space, rested against a pillow, my heart yearns for my home, my community, our land. ‘Nunamnni – on our land (Siberian Yupik)'.” Mek, 29 Anchorage, Alaska
If you choose to love, there is no end to how big and all-encompassing it can grow.
Micah, 35, and Kody, 40.
In the end, its all about love of family and one another.
“I’ve been sleeping in the grass between the trees, sky, and by the ocean for six years now. My body and soul are clean. When I go I leave no trace.” Jeremiah, 45. Kauai, Hawaii.
Francisca, 42, and Lupe, 52, Guadalupe, Arizona.
It is freeing to say I am big, bold, and beautiful.
Laverne, 72, and James, 74 Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
“When I wake in the morning, I try to be quiet so I don’t wake her. Then I remember she is no longer here.” Pepere, 88, Jay, Maine.
Peacock photographed people of all ages, races, genders, and sexual orientations for the series.
I have buried all seven of my children (sons) from alcoholism or heat stroke.
I now live for my grandchildren.
Gila River Reservation, Arizona.
Nunamnni on our land (Siberian Yupik)'.
My body and soul are clean.
When I go I leave no trace.
When I wake in the morning, I have a go at be quiet so I dont wake her.
Then I remember she is no longer here.
Pepere, 88, Jay, Maine.
