Gunter Hill Plantation, Montgomery: The Site’s Own Logic
A historic estate property in central Alabama — a house built to survive a southern summer, which is why it photographs well.
Westin Huntsville: The Light Through the Day
A modern hotel in north Alabama — read hour by hour, because the good light here is concentrated in a few places and a few hours.
Venue at The Depot, Rainsville: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A converted depot in north Alabama — a working building repurposed, which is a choice rather than a background.
Historic Lacey’s Chapel, Athens: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A small nineteenth-century chapel in north Alabama — plain, white and simple, which is a specific photographic problem.
The Club, Homewood: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A club on the crest above Birmingham — an enormous view, and the humidity that decides whether it is worth using.
Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook: The Building’s Own Logic
An art-led boutique hotel outside Birmingham — dark, saturated and deliberately atmospheric, which is a coherent logic to work with.
Boathouse at Lake Martin, Alexander City: The Light Through the Day
A boathouse on a large Alabama reservoir — read hour by hour, because a lake is a different surface in every one of them.
Venue at High Falls, Guntersville: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A venue beside a waterfall in north Alabama — one frame, and it depends entirely on how much water is coming over.
Barn at Shady Lane, Cullman: Field Notes
A barn venue in the north Alabama hill country — where the building is the shade and the summer decides the schedule.
Gardens at Gaineswood, Demopolis: A Walk Through the Site
A Greek Revival house and garden in Alabama's Black Belt — symmetrical, classical, and set on some of the most distinctive soil in the South.