New York Living Rooms

This hardcover book by Dominique Nabokov presents her original Polaroid “interior portraits,” first commissioned as a photo essay for The New Yorker. It’s an intimate look at the living spaces of New York cultural figures, ideal for interior design lovers, city obsessives, and anyone drawn to personal spaces as visual storytelling.
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New York Living Rooms by Dominique Nabokov offers a frank, unstyled glimpse inside the homes of well-known artists and writers, including Susan Sontag, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Bourgeois, and Joan Didion. Originally commissioned as a 1995 New Yorker photo essay, the project turns domestic interiors into quiet portraits. If you’re searching for a New York interiors photography book or a design coffee table book with real lived-in details, this one lands with a lot of presence.

Keep it on a coffee table where guests can dip in at random, or shelve it spine-out as a strong art-and-design reference. It’s especially satisfying for slow browsing, because each room holds its own story in objects, books, and layout choices. Add it to a stack with other interiors books when you want a more personal counterpoint to glossy design spreads.

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