ABSTRACT
I did not immediately realize my kinship with architecture and design when I first began to photograph psychoanalysts in their offices. My initial intention was to capture a view of myself in the space in which I was spending so much of my work life. I started with self-portraits, and these provided a picture to view myself in the room in which I worked. The photographs themselves were representations of the reality of the psychoanalyst (me) in his office. But a number of years into the project, after I had been photographing other analysts in their offices and set up a website to organize the images, I began receiving emails focusing on the interiors of the rooms themselves. Architects and designers expressed interest in the work. I was interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning for a feature dedicated to design and decor (Osgood, 2013), invited by an online interior decorating magazine to write an article (Gerald, 2015), and written about in a number of publications catering to architects and designers. I also was approached by colleagues who shared their interest in the design and structure of their own offices. In responding to these inquiries, I realized how closely aligned some of my interests were to those in design and architecture. This deepened my appreciation for how the analytic pursuit of the psychic interior had a great deal in common with designers and architects creating livable spaces.
