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Here we share a selection of coffee table books which have served as continual inspiration to our creative team.
A California brand at heart, Oliver Peoples has since the beginning drawn upon a profusion of Californian arts and culture, including its prolific architecture and photography as well as the enduring glamour of Old Hollywood.
The Assouline frame displayed on California As We See It
California As We See It
The editorial debut of Oliver Peoples, this token of gramercy traces the high points of Californian arts and culture which continue to inform the evolution of our brand and aspirational eyewear. With hundreds of snapshots of hidden gems in and around Los Angeles mixed with iconic archive images of Oliver Peoples, this intimate visual journey shows California as we have seen it for the past 30 years. California As We See It blurs the line between brand story and lifestyle guide.
Publisher: Assouline
John Chiara: California
Photographer John Chiara does not merely take aim and shoot—he also hand-builds his own, often supersized, camera obscuras from scratch and develops his photographs through unique chemical processes. In this volume, the San Franciscan artist shares, by dint of painterly, polychromatic fold-out spreads and fullbleeds, a vision of his hometown and the wider Pacific Coast that is at once familiar and unlike anything else.
Publisher: Aperture | Pier 24 Photography
Leo Fuchs: Special Photographer from the Golden Age of Hollywood
This trove of celebrity portraiture marks the first unabridged publication of the lifework of Leo Fuchs—the open-hearted photographer who befriended the biggest stars and shot postwar Hollywood from behind the scenes for over 40 years. Alongside Fuch’s handwritten notes and an afterword by his son, Alexandre Fuchs, the monograph includes previously unpublished portraits of the likes of Harper Lee, Billy Wilder, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Slim Aarons: Once Upon A Time
The technicolor photography of Slim Aarons tendered rare glimpses of the secret lives of the American and European high society for half a century. Featuring the most iconic movie stars, socialites, business moguls, and royalty and statesmen of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, this opus of Aarons’ does more than present the likes of Gore Vidal and C.Z. Guest at ease in their elements—it is a historical document of the 20th century with a silver lining.
Publisher: Abrams Books
Making L.A. Modern: Craig Ellwood
In this comprehensive volume, the authors bring together the best of the best of California midcentury modernist Craig Ellwood—“the Cary Grant of architecture”—and venture into the life and mind of this enigmatic figure. Through a series of vivid environmental photographs shedding light on the dainty decadence of Southern California in the 50s and 60s, the tome tells the tale of how postwar Los Angeles architecture became modern.
Publisher: Rizzoli
