Ideal Home: A Detached Look at Modern Living, 1982 - 1985

Ideal Home is an almost forensic photographic record of his sister's north London suburban house. Working his way methodically around the house, Taylor documented the rooms, table tops, ornaments, interiors of fridges, cupboards, garden - as many aspects of the domestic interior of the home as possible - to create an extraordinary record of the ordinary. First published over thirty years ago in 1989, the book quickly began to influence photographers and students as to what was a suitable subject for an image, opening up the possibilities of exploring the ordinary, everyday objects of life in a new way. Once a cult book, it is now considered a modern classic.