"In 2010, [Elizabeth Taylor] granted American fine-art photographer Catherine Opie permission to shoot inside her home. In doing so, she allowed access to parts of her life that up to that point had been off-limits to any public exposure."
--Tim Mendelson, as quoted in The Daily Telegraph

"I remember when I first drove up to Elizabeth Taylor's House through the gates of Bel-Air in 2010--it was the little California ranch house . . . I realized she was an incredibly humble and nostalgic person--who was obviously a great shopper." --Catherine Opie, as told by Romy Oltuski and quoted in Harper's Bazaar

"Opie's photographs present Taylor's domestic sphere as a minutely observed landscape of details and fragments, surfaces and textures."
--Artforum

"700 Nimes Road captures the expected trappings of the actress's public life--the jewelry, shoes, gowns and celebrity photos--side by side with traces of a more quotidian existence: a jumble of emery boards in a kitschy porcelain cup, a dog-eared instruction manual for a remote control, scrape marks on the kitchen wall made by a red chair."
--Kinfolk Magazine

"With her Oscars and her activism, her great loves and even greater roles, Elizabeth Taylor will always be a Hollywood icon. But in a new book, 700 Nimes Road, photographer Catherine Opie shines a light on the private world of the legend." --People.com -

"...[P]hotographer Catherine Opie explores [the] connection between Elizabeth Taylor the star and Elizabeth Taylor the person through intimate and at times poignant 'indirect portraits' of the icon's life at home, including shots of movingly personal items like a pair of Taylor's red baby shoes . . . For [Opie], the caring, down-to-earth spirit of Taylor was very much alive in these inanimate possessions."

--Vogue.com

"[Catherine] Opie spent six months shooting some 3,000 images [of Elizabeth Taylor's home], the best of which are collected in 700 Nimes Road (Prestel), a visual biography of the legend told through her belongings."
--W Magazine

"She was one of the most photographed women in the world--but these quiet pictures of her Bel Air home, which she allowed just before her death in 2011, reveal more about Elizabeth Taylor than any portrait."
-People Magazine

"Although the two never met in person, Opie's new book . . . assumes a powerful, shared intimacy through [her] pictures of Taylor's shoes, jewelry, heirlooms, and other artifacts of fame and family."
--WMagazine.com

"Not long before she passed away in 2011 at age 79, Elizabeth [Taylor] opened up her surprisingly cozy six-bedroom, six-bath LA house to photographer Catherine Opie. The spectacular results can be found in the new book and exhibition named after the actress' Bel Air address, 700 Nimes Road . . . And while the space is every bit as stunning as the actress herself, Opie points out that it 'wasn't just pristine--it was a well-loved and well-used home, too . . . Everything had value to her, from the Krupp Diamond ... to the stuffed animal that leaned against a little rocker."
--Closer

"Liz Taylor never let a photographer into her home--until Catherine Opie came along. The result is as visual paean to the life (and loss) of a legend . . . Flipping through [700 Nimes Road], you feel a little like a child stealing into her mother's room to run her hands over dresses and rummage through drawers. All that's missing is the scent of Taylor's perfume."
--Town & Country

"Midway through the project [Elizabeth Taylor] was hospitalised, and on March 23 2011 she passed away. As an artist it was an emotional and moving time for me to bear witness to her life and to her loss. Her home underwent many changes following her death. These photographs reflect that transition in a subtle way, while still maintaining an intimate portrait of Elizabeth Taylor through her personal space."
-Catherine Opie, as quoted in the Financial Times In 2010,