Yasmine Rafii Photography

Random Tales of Home

I collect images of home and scenes that conjure feelings of home. I think about how our homes reflect our inner worlds, priorities, memories, and needs. They are containers for our intimate moments, solitary rumination, and shared lives. They are where we grow up and our story begins. Places of sustenance and refuge, they bear witness to our family's squabbles, sorrows, and joys. They are where we live our successes and failures and share our stories of living. We all have collections of seemingly insignificant objects strewn here and there—each with a memory of a person, place or time. Imbued with meaning and precious to us for the stories they tell of the places we've been, people we've loved, and experiences we've shared.

Dappled light on the facade of a white house
A bouquet of artificial white flowers sits on a bureau net to a window
A red barn behind a white fence with a long clothesline at sunset. Golden light
A pink house peeks out from between trees.
Plants, tomatoes, and cans of food sitting in a kitchen window
Shoes and coats at a backdoor.
Two chairs sit side by side in a driveway
A vase of flowers in silhouette in a darkened room.
A peach rose bush against a yellow house on a grey day frames a view of water and mountains in the distance.
A yellow door with a window that reflects the outdoors.
Coats and shoes in an entry hall
Golden light brightens the wall of a house at sunset.
A cat crouches on a Persian carpet ina ray of sunlight
Deep sunset light enters through a side window onto a bed.
The late afternoon sun casts shadows on the side of a house where a ladder leans against it.
A voile curtain is lifted by the breeze to reveal a farmhouse scene
A volleyball net in a pastoral field