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CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM RIGHT: NICK CULLEN; SASHA ARUTYUNOVA; DONNA SVENNEVIK; COURTESY OF REBECCA BENGAL; F. MARTIN RAMIN, STYLING BY ANNE CARDENAS (BOOK); COURTESY OF JOSHUA LEVINE; COURTESY OF FRANÇOIS HALARDseptember 2019CONTRIBUTORS
J.R. MOEHRINGER
Writer
NET GAINS P. 86REBECCA BENGAL
Writer
SELF-PORTRAIT P. 82IKE EDEANI
Photographer
SELF-PORTRAIT P. 82YE RIN MOK
Photographer
STILL LIFE P. 135PAWSON’S PARADISE P. 116
Writer Joshua Levine had an
unexpected experience reporting on
the Cotswolds estate of famously
minimalist designer John Pawson.
“Like many people, I’ve always
associated this kind of design
sensibility with coldness, severity
and a certain harshness,” says Levine.
“What struck me here was the
warmth of the man and of the house.”
Photographer François Halard, whose
images accompany the story, has
known Pawson since the ’80s, when
Halard shot one of Pawson’s fi rst
projects. They’ve kept in touch ever
since. “The experience with John
was really photographing a friend’s
place,” says Halard. “It’s funny be-
cause we have very diff erent
approaches in terms of homes. His
place is empty, and my place is
full.” The photographer’s own house
and studio, in Arles, France, fi gures in
his forthcoming book, François
Halard: A Visual Diary, along with
his shots of Louise Bourgeois’s studio,
Luis Barragán buildings and other
artistically and architecturally
rich spaces. “I really tried to mix dif-
ferent aesthetics,” he says. “It’s
an homage to artists I like, whose
work I wanted to be close to.”IN FOCUS
Clockwise from top
left : Photographer
François Halard; the
cover of Halard’s new
book, which will be
published by Rizzoli
in October; a spread
from the book showing
Eileen Gray’s Villa
E-1027 on France’s
Mediterranean coast;
writer Joshua Levine.