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Do not adjust your screen. These are the true colors of Richard Neutra\u2019s 1946 Kaufmann Desert House, the emblem of Palm Springs\u2019s own exuberant brand of modernism, as they\u2019re rarely captured \u2014 in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n

Embedded in the popular imagination through sun-bleached photography, the renowned midcentury homes of Palm Springs \u2014 being celebrated at this very moment on the occasion the 10th annual Modernism Week<\/a> \u2014 are typically pictured with a backdrop of bright blue sky. Australian photographer Tom Blachford<\/a> takes a different approach in his \u201cMidnight Modern<\/a>\u201d series, the latest installment of which he launched today. With exposures as long as four minutes, he takes his pictures at night, picking up details that only come out at night: The glow that radiates from the houses themselves, either from the lights on in the interior or their reflection of the moon, and the field of stars that can only be seen in the middle of the desert.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is definitely less light pollution here,\u201d he explained to Architizer, \u201cso I think the stars are much more vivid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richard Neutra\u2019s 1946 Kaufmann Desert House<\/i><\/p>\n

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An example of the then-popular \u201cSwiss Miss\u201d style \u2014 named for its resemblance to a Swiss chalet \u2014 from Abrigo road<\/i><\/p>\n

Blachford began the project haphazardly in 2013 during a vacation with his girlfriend. They had simply run out of time during the day to shoot. As it happened to be a full moon, they decided to explore the suburbs at night, initially using the Palm Springs Modern Committee\u2019s (PS-MODCOM\u2019s) official smartphone app<\/a> as their guide. Blachford has since returned to Palm Springs twice, refining his technique each time.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach time I came, I gained a better understanding of the moon, the areas, and the community,\u201d he relates, noting that he gradually extended his exposures from 30 seconds to four minutes. His latest installment features a mix of architectural elements that caught his eye \u2014 the extreme gables of chalet-like \u201cSwiss Miss\u201d homes lining Rose Avenue, for example \u2014 along with Palm Springs\u2019 more famous sights: E. Stewart Williams\u2019 rocky 1954 Edris House; the folded plate roof of William Krisel and Dan Saxon Palmer\u2019s 1957 Alexander House; the nautical elements of Earl Webster and Adrian Wilson\u2019s 1936 \u201cShip of the Desert,\u201d and of course, the Kaufmann Desert House pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost cathartic making sense of a space and working with its textures and planes,\u201d he said. \u201cI don’t consider myself a huge architecture nerd, but have definitely fallen for the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Two more \u201cSwiss Miss\u201d houses from Rose Avenue, where the style was particularly popular<\/i><\/p>\n

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William Krisel and Dan Saxon Palmer\u2019s 1957 Alexander House<\/i><\/p>\n
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Earl Webster and Adrian Wilson\u2019s 1936 \u201cShip of the Desert,\u201d named so for its nautical elements <\/i><\/p>\n

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E. Stewart Williams\u2019 1954 Edris House<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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