What do the homes of PhotoVoguers look like? From such an international, multifaceted, and inclusive community, you might expect a diverse choice of houses and apartments in a variety of styles. Looking at the images on these pages, however, one common denominator leaps out: pure simplicity, without any decorative artifice. Basic and minimalist furniture, bright spaces, plants, books, computer screens, and work chairs; only a few artistic images, of intimate and personal value, hang here and there. There is almost a “normcore” dimension to these domestic settings. These places speak a youthful Esperanto that pays no attention to gender, religion, ethnicity, country of origin, or even style. Because life is elsewhere: in the streets, in the squares, in the faces they encounter around the world—faces from which compelling photographic tales are born.
PhotoVoguers are travellers, and their homes testify to that every bit as much as their life choices do, divided between a yearning for nature and for the big city. “During lockdown, I saw blue skies in Mumbai for the first time, birds I’d never noticed looking through my window, and I had a general feeling of wonder as nature took over,” explains Pretika Menon, 34, from India. “As soon as lockdown ended, the sky turned grey, the birds disappeared, traffic noise took over again, and I realised that I no longer wanted to live in a hectic city.
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