Salisbury House: Field Notes on Stone Walls and Carved Oak
A 1920s Tudor-revival manor house in Des Moines, Iowa, with stone walls, carved oak interiors and formal gardens.
The German American Heritage Center, Davenport: Field Notes on a Brick Building
A nineteenth-century Davenport brick building now a museum — and what brick, small rooms and museum rules ask of a photographer.
The RiverCenter, Davenport: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A Davenport convention centre — deliberately neutral inside, backlit outside, and four ways round both.
The Davenport Hotel, Iowa: The Light Through a Day
A historic Davenport hotel taken hour by hour, in a city that looks south across the Mississippi.
The Figge Art Museum, Davenport: A Building Meant to Be Seen Through
A glass-clad Davenport museum on the Mississippi — and the design logic that puts its light in the circulation rather than the galleries.
The Lost Island Waterpark, Waterloo: What It Suits, and What It Does Not
A themed Waterloo attraction with water features and outdoor space — its photographic strengths and its real limits.
The Cedar Valley Sportsplex, Waterloo: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A large clear-span Waterloo sports facility — and the one frame a room that size exists to give.
The Isle Casino Hotel, Waterloo: Field Notes on a Windowless Venue
A Waterloo casino hotel with no daylight in its public spaces — and what that means in practice.
The Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center, Waterloo: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A Waterloo convention centre where the rooms are deliberately neutral — and four ways to get pictures with character out of them.
The Electric Park Ballroom, Waterloo: The Light Through a Day
A historic Waterloo dance hall taken hour by hour through a wedding day.