Inside America's suburban dream: Intimate images capture the home comforts and togetherness of middle-class family life By Daily Mail Reporter<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter> *PUBLISHED:* 02:20 GMT, 29 July 2013 | *UPDATED:* 08:34 GMT, 29 July 2013
- *Photographer Beth Yarnelle Edwards sees the suburbs of Silicon Valley as the 'physical embodiment of the American Dream.'* *To her this is 'a place where natural beauty intersects with opportunities in high-tech industry, an increasingly diverse yet predominately affluent population, and access to nearby cultural centers.' * *Edwards has been capturing idyllic middle-class life in America and Europe for 16 years and her work reveals comfort, aspiration and stability, but also the more mundane aspects of a suburban existence. * * She took her first series of evocative photos, entitled Suburban Dreams, in the Silicon Valley in 1997, where she had lived for many years. * * The photographer explains that: 'Sometimes, I'm so interested in what's going on with people in their homes that I want to know what's in the closet or under the bed. * *'In my photographs I aspire to tell the viewer not just about what can be seen, but also about things that are hidden and locked away…'* *Edwards visits the homes first and interviews her subjects. She then collaborates with them, asking the families to improvise poses based on their lives.* *She says: 'As I attempt to reveal some basic truth about my subjects, I'm attracted to the peculiar or surprising. This can take many forms, ranging from humor to visual quirkiness to a sense of universality, or even the uncanny.'* *'I think of my images as being like genre paintings because they're intended to depict a typical event in the home rather than a decisive moment,' Edwards told Slate.com<http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/07/16/beth_yarnelle_edwards_suburban_dreams_takes_a_peak_inside_the_homes_in_the.html?wpisrc=flyouts>. 'And like genre paintings, I strive to include as much information about the people and the place as possible.' * *More photographs and information can be found at bethyarnelleedwards.com<http://www.bethyarnelleedwards.com/>and her Suburban Dreams book is available at Amazon<http://www.amazon.com/Suburban-Dreams-Christoph-Tannert/dp/3868281843> .* [image: America's pastime: A family plays baseball in their drive in this sunny photograph entitled Samantha] America's pastime: A family plays baseball in their drive in this sunny photograph entitled Samantha [image: Rest and Relaxation: 'Marisa' takes a bubble bath] Rest and Relaxation: 'Marisa' takes a bubble bath [image: Domesticity: 'Bruce and Melissa' take in the game with some friends] Domesticity: 'Bruce and Melissa' take in the game with some friends [image: 'Niki': Three sisters prepare for a night out with the crimped hair and fashions of the late 1990s] 'Niki': Three sisters prepare for a night out with the crimped hair and fashions of the late 1990s [image: 'Lorraine': A woman contemplates the world in her bedroom] 'Lorraine': A woman contemplates the world in her bedroom [image: Calm: A young family enjoy some peaceful time with a sleeping toddler] Calm: A young family enjoy some peaceful time with a sleeping toddler [image: 'Laurel': A girl practices cheerleading while her teenage brother plays guitar and the parents look on] 'Laurel': A girl practices cheerleading while her teenage brother plays guitar and the parents look on [image: 'John': Morning rush hour as this family heads for the door] 'John': Morning rush hour as this family heads for the door [image: 'Dyanne': A woman takes a quiet moment before a dinner party] 'Dyanne': A woman takes a quiet moment before a dinner party [image: 'Erin': A teenager poses with her collection of must-have toy of the time - Troll Dolls] 'Erin': A teenager poses with her collection of must-have toy of the time - Troll Dolls [image: Routine: 'Art and Carol' eat breakfast in their kitchen] Routine: 'Art and Carol' eat breakfast in their kitchen [image: 'June': A mother who exercises in the family room when her children are sleeping] 'June': A mother who exercises in the family room when her children are sleeping [image: 'Colby': An extended family enjoys Saturday morning together] 'Colby': An extended family enjoys Saturday morning together [image: 'Anniqua': A family spends quality time together] 'Anniqua': A family spends quality time together ** _ *".... I am the KING to my own UNIVERSE that Rule my MIND, BODY and SOUL!!! ...." * ** *- Aga Madjid -* -- -- you have this email because you join to "aga-madjid" GoogleGroups. to post emails, just send to : [email protected] to join this group, send blank email to : [email protected] to quit from this group, just send email to : [email protected] please visit to www.facebook.com/aga.madjid, add my Yahoo Messenger at [email protected] or add my twitter @aga_madjid thanks for joinning this group. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "aga-madjid" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
