{"product_id":"a-year-of-mornings-isbn-9781568987842","title":"A Year of Mornings","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe morning hours before the hustle and bustle of the day commences is the perfect time to pause and enjoy a sense ofrenewal and vitality. On the morning of December 7, 2006, Maria Alexandra Vettese and Stephanie Congdon Barnes eachtook a digital photo of everyday objects randomly arranged on their kitchen tables and, unbeknownst to one another,uploaded them to the website Flickr. Noticing a remarkable similarity between their images, they agreed to documenttheir mornings by posting one photo to a shared blog every weekday for a year. Their site, 3191 (http:\/\/3191.visualblogging.com)named after the distance in miles between their homes in Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregonquickly acquired a worldwide following of devotees fascinated by the magical coincidences and pictorial synchronicity of their photographic pairings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Year of Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e collects 236 imagesalways taken before 10 am without discussion between the two womenfrom this uniquely 21st-century artistic collaboration. The intimacy of these photographsdiscarded clothing, a view of a snowy day from the window, a tableclothcombined with their striking similarities in color and composition defies the reality of their long-distance collaboration. While clearly kindred spirits, the two women have met in person only once. Their friendship is maintained solely online, sustained by a shared love for moments of serenity, solitude, and peacefulness. The annotated photographs in \u003ci\u003eA Year of Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e radiate an aura of sweetness and lightthe promise of a new day.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Princeton Architectural Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895604375781,"sku":"NP9781568987842","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-year-of-mornings-isbn-9781568987842","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}