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Nonchalantly leaning. A relaxed group just biding their time. Leaning. Cool photo by yesterday’s photographer hero David Prince.

I was nosing around in my inspiration folder and I have in there a grouping of art photos. In just about every one of them was photography as art. I much prefer photography hanging on my walls than paintings or other forms of art, as the graphic (and no-need-for-interpretation) quality appeals to me. Here are a few of these photos that have captured my interest for quite a while.

Daniel Hertzell (also seen here)

Sarah Blee (also seen here)

The Selby

5 bedrooms, three bathrooms, great suburb (Darling Point, Sydney), huge house and most likely massive price tag. Stalking tends to be expensive. What I love most about this particular house though is not the space or its white brightness, its lovely courtyard and pool or the stunning “wilderness” of a garden. No what I drool over in this house is the art collection. Oh to have my own walls covered in such fabulous (and large) works. Perhaps I could just about afford the hall with the tribal pieces… perhaps 😉 Link here until it is sold.

This week’s reader request comes from Jessica: My husband and I have a ton of art. Not any fancy-pants stuff, but a lot of small and medium sized things, mostly framed, that we’ve picked up on our way through life. My problem is this: We have more than I want to hang at any given time, but I don’t want to just store the extras and forget about them. I really love the look of art leaned against walls, on shelves, etc. but I can’t convince him that it would look good without examples. Could you help me find inspiration photos of art, beautifully displayed, leaning against walls or on shelves? I love “leaning” art – it’s a great versatile solution for people like me who get visually bored very quickly and saves your walls (especially handy for renters!), plus I love the casual feel it gives. So here are some photos of art not hung on walls in the traditional, expected fashion.

rue magazine	Richard Powers
Lonny	Sköna hem
New York Social Diary	Ron Marvin
AT Casa	Lucas Allen
AT Casa	Marie Claire Italy
design*sponge	Jacob Termansen
design*sponge	Rinat Lavi

design*sponge

Glenn Gissler

Living Etc.

Shaver/Melahn

Todd Yoggy

Sköna hem

Lonny

Phoebe Howard

Lonny

Traditional Home

Or if you happen to have a spare, unused staircase…

Pieter Estersohn

I love Julia Edelmann of Buckingham ID’s showroom. I want to move in. Park my slippers under that Swedish couch. I’m sure Julia would let me and now is the prefect time. Works by Chicago artist Francine Turk (you may have seen pieces on the set of the Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn movie “The Break-up”) are clustered salon style across the walls. Beautiful. So Julia when you least expect it you’ll find a strange woman (moi) draped across a chair drinking it all in. Chill the champagne. I’ll be over so.