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26 Photos Of Americans In Their Bedrooms Let Us Take A Glimpse Into Their Private Lives
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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.
More info: barbarapeacock.com
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Her quilt brings back fond memories of my Grandma. She made all of her grandkids special ones. I still have mine. I miss her.
Ahh the typical bachelor pad ... but where's the hot plate and empty KD boxes?
Is this her bedroom?? Cause it looks like someone has made her sleep on their couch ... so sad
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
The classic bedroom that feels like a prison cell look. I was that young once. It'll get better, my friend, trust me.
Retirement homes or nursing homes have small bedrooms for their occupants with nurses to attend and aides to help dress, clean and exercise... it is for many the eventuallity.
I, too, have seen many kids begging their parents to play or just LOOK at them while parent stares into phone like a zombie ignoring
Classic. Both parents staring at their phones while the kids are ignored.
Yes because absolutely every. single. waking. moment. of a parent's day should be devoted to their children. Don't judge. That little boy is listening to something and the little girl seems perfectly content looking out the window. Nothing wrong with Mom and Dad taking a minute to be on their phones. Maybe they're texting the grandparents about the family gathering. Maybe they're making a grocery list. Maybe its playing a game so they can just enjoy a quiet morning before the day goes nuts. Get off your high horse.
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Looks like the only person still connected to the world is looking out the window.
She'll be the one to get out and make a better life for herself.
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What fun! Two little ones to play with in the morning... Uh, no, wait! The internet is calling me...
Yes. Looks like they are snug on space. But at least they are together as a family. Important v. insignificant. You do the math.
But they are NOT together as a family! This is what is so wrong about 'families" these days. The parents are distracted and on their phones! The kids look bored and unstimulated, which they probably are! For this to be a good family scenario, there would be no technology - they would be talking, sharing & laughing with each other, or playing games TOGETHER or reading books TOGETHER. So wrong!
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It’s a bit of a sad sight and hopefully not the rule in that household. They seem disconnected, one child already adapted to it and the other seems to still want to be in the outside world. Like I said, hopefully this was just a downtime moment and not the rule.
It looks like tight spaces for a growing family in probably or hopefully a two bedroom apartment (for the moment) where the family is adjusting to the spaces; and the room the parents chose has a stackable washer and dryer in it.
Kids look like they want parents that actually want to spend time with them over the phones :(
This could be a lazy Sunday morning. Too bad almost all of them are lost in space. It could have been family fun time. A time to have fun and cuddle in the big bed as a family.
I'm more disturbed by both parents on their phones and completely disengaged from their children. And we are wondering why young people are losing their inter-personal communication skills..
Everyone looks bored...perhaps enjoying the outdoors may be a good idea.
This to me is the saddest. Instwas of cuddling, talking, tickling, telling stories they are all ignoring each other but mostly loosing out on a time spend loving the kids and making memories 😩😩😩
as long as the kids are well fed, dressed & taken care of. The parents are doing the best they can.
Youngest in family is currently living in her reality. How long before she's wired up and connected?
They are a hipster couple with a w/d used as a dirty laundry storage. 😊
You are mad just by seeing one picture. You assume that they don't play with their kids. When did it become a rule for parents to spend every second of their existence fusing over their children? As a mother of 2 young children myself, a toddler and a baby, I can say there is absolutely nothing wrong to have a bit of time to ones self otherwise we would go crazy. It is exhausting taking care of young kids, so for both the parents sanity and for the safety of the kids, there is nothing wrong with taking a break and have a little me time, even though it only lasts for a minute anyway. Otherwise we would be miserable zombies who can't take care of them anyway. So please relax, let mommy and daddy relax. The kids are safe anyway, what are you MAD for???
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Puppy is too shy for the camera, please, I haven't had my morning pupcake!
Looks like this woman never grew up, still lives at home in her childhood bed with her dolls
Now is the kiddo taking a pic of the photographer? That's cute!
I really like this series of pictures! Too bad there's only 27, I could have scrolled through these for hours :P
Perhaps BP should do a "submit iyour own"
The ones of older people are fascinating and sad. So much history that maybe only they will remember
The first photo made me feel so sad. This looks like a mature woman without resources living on a minimal income.
The first photo looks like an old hippy guy to me..
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its a fucking dude with beard!
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kek!
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I love looking at everyday people's lives. Always been really into anthropology and this is kind of in that realm. I would love to know all their stories as well. I bet they all have very interesting perspectives of life. <3
Where are the pet dogs taking up half the bed?
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.
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.
Good point.
Most of these photos speak clearly of poverty and desperation. The contrast with the luxury of the others is especially jarring.
Excellent photography!
Really great images. Compositions are engaging. and I love the use of natural light. Five Gold Stars.
21 and 23 are of the same bedroom and women.
The mess and clutter in most of them made me feel like I'm a damn good housekeeper.
Hello? I'd like to report a bug. Some of the pics are missing animals in them (mostly cats)!
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
I do think numbers 7 and 8 might be the same guy in 2 different places lol
Great photos, but some text, a fuller story, would have made all of these into actual photojournalism
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.
Barbara Peacock is based in Portland, MAINE - not Oregon.
Once again, Great photos barbara peacock.
looking at some pictures , i wanted to hug those people :(
Some of these are just amazing pictures <3
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.
lol at 'American' meaning white and straight
i was suprised at how much i loved these..i honestly felt like i was in their lives
My room. my-room-59...0-jpeg.jpg
If someone is in the bedroom taking pictures then consciously or unconsciously they are posed. So how realistic and intimate can they be?
I'm a bot disappointed. Do no gay and lesbians Americans exist with their partners sleeping in the same room?
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. ;)
I think I see the same nightstand in two pictures
I think I see the same nightstand in two of the pictures
Great photography! So much decluttering needs to happen. A lot of these make me feel so anxious.
It doesn't "need to happen" if the people living there like it or aren't bothered by it.
This is another one of those, "But WHY??" articles.
I really like this series of pictures! Too bad there's only 27, I could have scrolled through these for hours :P
Perhaps BP should do a "submit iyour own"
The ones of older people are fascinating and sad. So much history that maybe only they will remember
The first photo made me feel so sad. This looks like a mature woman without resources living on a minimal income.
The first photo looks like an old hippy guy to me..
Kimberley Backhuis follower
its a fucking dude with beard!
Peter Frank like
kek!
John John +
I love looking at everyday people's lives. Always been really into anthropology and this is kind of in that realm. I would love to know all their stories as well. I bet they all have very interesting perspectives of life. <3
Where are the pet dogs taking up half the bed?
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.
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.
Good point.
Most of these photos speak clearly of poverty and desperation. The contrast with the luxury of the others is especially jarring.
Excellent photography!
Really great images. Compositions are engaging. and I love the use of natural light. Five Gold Stars.
21 and 23 are of the same bedroom and women.
The mess and clutter in most of them made me feel like I'm a damn good housekeeper.
Hello? I'd like to report a bug. Some of the pics are missing animals in them (mostly cats)!
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
I do think numbers 7 and 8 might be the same guy in 2 different places lol
Great photos, but some text, a fuller story, would have made all of these into actual photojournalism
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.
Barbara Peacock is based in Portland, MAINE - not Oregon.
Once again, Great photos barbara peacock.
looking at some pictures , i wanted to hug those people :(
Some of these are just amazing pictures <3
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.
lol at 'American' meaning white and straight
i was suprised at how much i loved these..i honestly felt like i was in their lives
My room. my-room-59...0-jpeg.jpg
If someone is in the bedroom taking pictures then consciously or unconsciously they are posed. So how realistic and intimate can they be?
I'm a bot disappointed. Do no gay and lesbians Americans exist with their partners sleeping in the same room?
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. ;)
I think I see the same nightstand in two pictures
I think I see the same nightstand in two of the pictures
Great photography! So much decluttering needs to happen. A lot of these make me feel so anxious.
It doesn't "need to happen" if the people living there like it or aren't bothered by it.
This is another one of those, "But WHY??" articles.