Contained Beauty: Photographs, Reflections and Swimming Pools - Hardcover

Debbi DiMaggio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0985503602 ISBN 13: 9780985503604

Publisher: Half Full Press, 2012

Synopsis

Debbi DiMaggio has created a splash with her first book, contained beauty: photography, reflections & swimming pools. Inspiring, breathtaking and honest -- contained beauty is much more than a beautiful collection of photographs.

It is a visual journey that begins with "who you are in order to know where you are going." By weaving her DiMaggio writer's flare throughout the chapters in this book, Debbi takes readers through a photographic excursion to some of the world's most stunning swimming pools. By honestly seeing in her own reflection as to who she has become, Debbi reaches out to help others living "contained and without joy." Following the Taoist Proverb, No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see, Debbi encourages all to take time with this artful collection of retro, luxury, and modern swimming pools and come away inspired.

Printed by Four Colour Print Group, the 168-pages in this coffee table book are filled with exploding colors and dramatic images by photographers from around the world. Debbi's definition of art: Architecture+Landscape+Swimming Pool=Inspired Beauty.

About this title

About the Author

Debbi DiMaggio is a native of Piedmont, California. She has a sense of wonder and passion for life that runs deep in her family. Once you take a few moments with contained beauty, it will change the way you see swimming pools. It honors all the emotions, light and beauty that photographs can capture.

From the Back Cover

contained beauty is Debbi's first publication.

contained beauty has allowed me to realize just how truly contained a life i was living. when i explored my love of swimming pools, i realized it reflected a metaphor for my own life - the way pools are contained by cement, just like the boundaries i put around myself, real or imagined. not until further into this journey did i realize just how contained i had been living (and possibly for you, too). believing in this project, following my dream and now sharing it with you has opened my life to discover more joy.

Debbi lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, surrounded by family and friends. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and on her blog.

"contained beauty has allowed me to realize just how truly contained a life i was living. when i explored my love of swimming pools, i realized it reflected a metaphor for my own life - the way pools are contained by cement, just like the boundaries i put around myself, real or imagined. not until further into this journey did i realize just how contained i had been living (and possibly for you, too). believing in this project, following my dream and now sharing it with you has opened my life to discover more joy."

Debbi lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, surrounded by family and friends. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and on her blog.

Edition details

• Publisher: Half Full Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0985503602
• ISBN 13: 9780985503604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168