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26 Photos Of Americans In Their Bedrooms Let Us Take A Glimpse Into Their Private Lives
Barbara Peacock is a successful American commercial photographer based in Portland, Oregon. She has recently started a new project where she aims to photograph the hidden and transparent complexities of who Americans are as individuals and a nation through detailed and intimate portraits taken in the bedrooms across the USA.
The people in her photographs come from different backgrounds – some of them are friends of the author, and others are just strangers who she invites to participate in the project in various ways, for example, on social media or by leaving a card with all the information at local shops. Scroll down to see this unique approach for yourself.
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jevais 8 years ago
What a beautiful photo and lady. She looks like a model from Renaissance times, same couleur of skin and position as those paintings.
Aubrie Allen 8 years ago
If you don't like the smell cigarettes, don't go over to her house. She doesn't complain about the overwhelming smell of smugness at your place.
Tish Christian 8 years ago
Cool chick.... that appears to have hands as feet or am I really high right now
Celestial Lynx 8 years ago
I love this one! Such a great example of a lifestyle so different from what society would call "ordinary" or "commonplace."
Frances English 8 years ago
The young woman is a distraction to what you are looking at as a "bedroom" - This is a sloppy environment which many might like yet others would find distasteful. It is the essense of making a bed wherever you can find the space with no mind of discarded clothes and towels, remenents or food and drink .
manowce 8 years ago
no thanks. I can already imagine that awful smell of the cigarettes. the sheets must be soaking with it.
Judy Wilson 7 years ago
What are those orange things? Lights, or Reeses' peanut butter cup wrappers? Lovely...
Jess Lusczyk 8 years ago
my cousin came to live with me for the summer and she wasn't allowed to stay in the house. The camper was our home for the summer but trust me we were not somewhere warm haha New England
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Antoinette Ochoa 7 years ago
This is tent or trailer, that’s how a lot of people live in this country, complete abandon , ruining her life smoking so much
Linda Gulley 8 years ago
Gross. I can smell her from here. Filthy. This is by choice, too. Even if she's poor, she can clean up the place. Smoking in bed is a one-way ticket to a fire. Stupid and stinky. Everything in there must reek. Look at all the butts in the ashtray.
Jess Lusczyk 8 years ago
You put a lot of effort into judging something you don't understand lady. You'll never get that time back, I hope it wasn't worth it.
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JillVille Child Care 8 years ago
Her quilt brings back fond memories of my Grandma. She made all of her grandkids special ones. I still have mine. I miss her.
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Mr. Bojangles 8 years ago
Ahh the typical bachelor pad ... but where's the hot plate and empty KD boxes?
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Vicki Gallmeyer 8 years ago
God love him...widower, very faithful wife...but leaves the reminders of her and her Faith around him to...feel close to her....that's my guess
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Tiny Dancer 8 years ago
Let your freak flag fly, baby! Wow. There is a LOT going on in this room. I'm fascinated by the rainbow keyboard, too.
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Tiny Dancer 8 years ago
The classic bedroom that feels like a prison cell look. I was that young once. It'll get better, my friend, trust me.
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lazy panda 8 years ago
Having worked in a nursing home, here is my suggestion for those of you who want to hug her and be with her: do exactly that!!! So many of these amazing people either have no family or family that lives far away. They want the company! Being a volunteer or even just going to visit them would honest to god make their day.
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Jonny Chevalier 8 years ago
Looks like the only person still connected to the world is looking out the window.
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JillVille Child Care 8 years ago
Puppy is too shy for the camera, please, I haven't had my morning pupcake!
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Diana Ward 8 years ago
Don't you want to make up these people's stories? I see this one as working on the novel he is secretly writing, before he goes to work at his bartending job at the cowboy bar.
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JillVille Child Care 8 years ago
Now is the kiddo taking a pic of the photographer? That's cute!
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Mr. Bojangles 8 years ago
I really like this series of pictures! Too bad there's only 27, I could have scrolled through these for hours :P
sosunlight 8 years ago
The ones of older people are fascinating and sad. So much history that maybe only they will remember
Nancy E 8 years ago
The first photo made me feel so sad. This looks like a mature woman without resources living on a minimal income.
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Sadiepix Ross 8 years ago
The sheer amount of accent furniture that is the same from pic to pic makes it clear these are all staged, and not well. See the "antique" nightstand in several pics, the leopard chair, etc. These aren't real, which is a real shame. Great pics, but not authentic.
Jennifer Richardson 8 years ago
I couldn't find the leopard chair more than once (the second time is just another photo of the same person in the very same room) but I definitely see that antique nightstand at least twice, and maybe even one of the dressers.
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Becca Jones 8 years ago
Most of these photos speak clearly of poverty and desperation. The contrast with the luxury of the others is especially jarring.
Steven McMacken 8 years ago
Really great images. Compositions are engaging. and I love the use of natural light. Five Gold Stars.
Jennifer Ritter 8 years ago
The mess and clutter in most of them made me feel like I'm a damn good housekeeper.
Alan Orman 7 years ago
Hello? I'd like to report a bug. Some of the pics are missing animals in them (mostly cats)!
SawCheng Loh 8 years ago
bedrooms tells a lot about the person in you and sometimes things about yourself you might not even know. In fact a good place where you can perform your own psychotherapy..... giggle
Kelly Sandefur 8 years ago
I do think numbers 7 and 8 might be the same guy in 2 different places lol
Mitchell McCombs 8 years ago
Great photos, but some text, a fuller story, would have made all of these into actual photojournalism
Vitaly Kheyfets 8 years ago
It would be cool if an artist (collaborating with a historian) made a book of drawings that show how people slept throughout history, starting all the way back to when we were hunter/gatherers.
Miriam Hirsch 8 years ago
I view the way a bedroom looks as the state of mind of the occupant. We are in big trouble. A very revealing and important series.
Kenny Kulbiski 8 years ago
If someone is in the bedroom taking pictures then consciously or unconsciously they are posed. So how realistic and intimate can they be?
La 8 years ago
Great photography! So much decluttering needs to happen. A lot of these make me feel so anxious.
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
It doesn't "need to happen" if the people living there like it or aren't bothered by it.
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Lena Sterling 8 years ago
I'm a bot disappointed. Do no gay and lesbians Americans exist with their partners sleeping in the same room?
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
Sure they do! These are either her pals or volunteers, per the opening statements. Maybe the right gay or lesbian couple just hasn't volunteered yet. ;)
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Mr. Bojangles 8 years ago
I really like this series of pictures! Too bad there's only 27, I could have scrolled through these for hours :P
sosunlight 8 years ago
The ones of older people are fascinating and sad. So much history that maybe only they will remember
Nancy E 8 years ago
The first photo made me feel so sad. This looks like a mature woman without resources living on a minimal income.
Load More Replies... Sadiepix Ross 8 years ago
The sheer amount of accent furniture that is the same from pic to pic makes it clear these are all staged, and not well. See the "antique" nightstand in several pics, the leopard chair, etc. These aren't real, which is a real shame. Great pics, but not authentic.
Jennifer Richardson 8 years ago
I couldn't find the leopard chair more than once (the second time is just another photo of the same person in the very same room) but I definitely see that antique nightstand at least twice, and maybe even one of the dressers.
Load More Replies... Becca Jones 8 years ago
Most of these photos speak clearly of poverty and desperation. The contrast with the luxury of the others is especially jarring.
Steven McMacken 8 years ago
Really great images. Compositions are engaging. and I love the use of natural light. Five Gold Stars.
Jennifer Ritter 8 years ago
The mess and clutter in most of them made me feel like I'm a damn good housekeeper.
Alan Orman 7 years ago
Hello? I'd like to report a bug. Some of the pics are missing animals in them (mostly cats)!
SawCheng Loh 8 years ago
bedrooms tells a lot about the person in you and sometimes things about yourself you might not even know. In fact a good place where you can perform your own psychotherapy..... giggle
Kelly Sandefur 8 years ago
I do think numbers 7 and 8 might be the same guy in 2 different places lol
Mitchell McCombs 8 years ago
Great photos, but some text, a fuller story, would have made all of these into actual photojournalism
Vitaly Kheyfets 8 years ago
It would be cool if an artist (collaborating with a historian) made a book of drawings that show how people slept throughout history, starting all the way back to when we were hunter/gatherers.
Miriam Hirsch 8 years ago
I view the way a bedroom looks as the state of mind of the occupant. We are in big trouble. A very revealing and important series.
Kenny Kulbiski 8 years ago
If someone is in the bedroom taking pictures then consciously or unconsciously they are posed. So how realistic and intimate can they be?
La 8 years ago
Great photography! So much decluttering needs to happen. A lot of these make me feel so anxious.
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
It doesn't "need to happen" if the people living there like it or aren't bothered by it.
Load More Replies... Lena Sterling 8 years ago
I'm a bot disappointed. Do no gay and lesbians Americans exist with their partners sleeping in the same room?
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
Sure they do! These are either her pals or volunteers, per the opening statements. Maybe the right gay or lesbian couple just hasn't volunteered yet. ;)
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