30 Photos Of Americans In Their Bedrooms Let Us Take A Glimpse Into Their Private Lives By Barbara Peacock (New Pics)

Bored Panda contacted Barbara Peacock again to learn more about her creative process and herself. We got curious about the idea behind "American Bedroom". The artist shared that the project was born accidentally one spring morning. "I saw my husband wrapped up in the sheets, bathed in golden light, with his snore mask on. It looked like a Renaissance painting. I thought the scene was both beautiful and comical and very contemporary. I got my morning coffee and thought about how I would complete the scene. As I sat there, I looked at the photographs on our dressers of our children and our life together. I thought about the small keepsake drawings and love notes tucked away in my jewelry box from when my children were young. Then I looked at my side table with my books, sleep aids, water, and...coffee ring stains. I thought, 'God is in the details'. I began to wonder, what if I took photographs of people in their bedrooms, and what if I did it across the whole country? That was the birth of the idea of the 'American Bedroom'. I first started by photographing people I knew."

The photographer shared that she has always been passionate about photographing people. "I started with a brownie camera and photographed my brothers and my family. I also had a long career as a commercial photographer, specializing in photographing children."

During the seven years that she worked on the project, it was inevitable for Barbara Peacock to create lifelong memories. "There have been so many incredible experiences." However, there are a few that stood out for the photographer - "I photographed a man who lives on a pirate ship in Alaska, four beautiful young sisters and their chickens in Idaho, a 65-year-old farming couple who are still in love in New Mexico, the husband of a girl I went to high school with and had not seen in 40 years in Maine, a family who live in a school bus in Utah, and a 100-year-old woman on a farm in Kansas who walked to the edge of her property waving goodbye to me. The beautiful moments I have experienced are endless. They have enriched my life, and I am honored to have shared them with the beautiful people I have met."

"I believe passion comes from love. As Van Gogh said, 'There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people," and that sums it up for me. I love meeting people and having meaningful conversations, sharing a laugh, a coffee, and sometimes a tear or two. Communicating with those who are nearly strangers holds a lot of magic. 

It is my hope that when people see the photographs and read the personal statement that accompanies them, they will be moved. This is not about our differences, of which there may be many, but about our likenesses, our loves, our dreams, and all the threads of commonality that connect us as human beings."

This is not the first article on Bored Panda featuring Peacock's photographs. For more of her work, check out our previous posts by clicking here and here. Tell us what you think by leaving a comment and upvoting your favorite photographs!