Rooms

Portraits of Remarkable New Zealand Interiors

Jane Ussher, Jane Ussher, John Walsh

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Massey University Press
20 October 2022

Professional interior design; Interior design, decor & style guides

The interiors photographer Jane Ussher knows a great room when she sees one.

Over the years she has shot interiors ranging from Shackleton's Antarctic huts to highly specified mansions. In this superb book she focuses her camera on a range of rooms that she considers to be beautiful, intriguing, distinctive and unique.

By: Jane Ussher
Photographs by: Jane Ussher
Introduction by: John Walsh
Imprint: Massey University Press
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 295mm, Width: 240mm,
ISBN: 9781991016171
ISBN 10: 1991016174
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 20 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Jane Ussher is one of New Zealand's most distinguished photographers. Wellknown for her work for The New Zealand Listener and New Zealand House & Garden, she is also the author of several award-winning books including Still Life, Coast (with Bruce Ansley), Homesteads and Nature - Stilled. John Walsh is a highly respected writer on New Zealand architecture. A former editor of Architecture New Zealand, he is the author of several books with the photographer Patrick Reynolds: New New Zealand Houses, HomeWork, Big House Small House, Auckland Architecture: A Walking Guide, Christchurch Architecture: A Walking Guide and Wellington Architecture: A Walking Guide.

Reviews for Rooms: Portraits of Remarkable New Zealand Interiors

'Auckland has gone wild for it' - The Spinoff;'One of the year's best coffee table books, maybe the very best' - Steve Braunias, Newsroom;'Hands down the best local interiors book to have crossed our desk this year' - Federico Monsalve, HOME;'A vivid celebration of New Zealand interiors' - Charlotte Fielding, The Spinoff;'To accompany Jane into the rooms she portrays is to be admitted into the private world of the collector' - NZ House & Garden;'An eclectic collection which is a mixture of historical, social and aesthetic enquiry' - John Daly-Peoples, New Zealand Arts Review;'Filled with personality' - Habitat;'Masterfully crafted' - Marian Macken, Architecture New Zealand ;'By any measure, a glorious book' - Jenny Nicholls, Waiheke Weekender;'Rooms invites us to consider the things that our own rooms communicate' - Charlotte Fielding, The Spinoff;'A mixture of historical, social and aesthetic enquiry' - John Daly-Peoples, New Zealand Arts Review;'A fine example of Aotearoa's pizzazz' - Chloe Blades, WOMAN magazine;Jane Ussher with Kathryn Ryan on Nine to Noon.;'A book to be savoured and studied' - Paul Little, North & South;'A work of art' - Steve Braunias, Newsroom