The Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit: Four Ways Out of the Rotunda Problem
A museum in Detroit with bold modern architecture and a striking central dome above a circular rotunda.
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We are writing a photographer’s field guide to every wedding venue we would happily work in, city by city. Each guide covers the light, the timing and the frames that work – and says plainly where we are drawing on craft rather than on having shot there.
Gramercy Mansion: Field Notes on a Country Estate
A Tudor-style mansion on around 45 wooded acres in Stevenson, north-west of Baltimore, with gardens, a pool terrace and an organic farm.
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The Brickway: Who This Old Market Distillery Suits
A distillery and brewery in a brick warehouse building in Omaha's Old Market district, with production equipment, a taproom and event space.
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Sandia Resort: Reading High Desert Light Hour by Hour
A resort on the northern edge of Albuquerque with the Sandia Mountains rising directly to the east.
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The Lodge at Whitefish Lake: Reading a Mountain Lake Hour by Hour
Timber lodge architecture on the shore of Whitefish Lake, in northwest Montana under the Whitefish Range.
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The Detroit Institute of Arts: Four Ways Out of the Gallery Problem
A major art museum in Detroit, with monumental public architecture, a central court and extensive collection galleries.
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The Eldorado Hotel: Working a Large Pueblo Revival Hotel
A large Pueblo Revival hotel two blocks from the Plaza, with ballrooms, an atrium-style lobby and a rooftop terrace looking toward the Sangre de Cristos.
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The Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue: Questions Answered
An 1888 McKim, Mead & White clubhouse on Commonwealth Avenue, with a grand staircase, high-ceilinged reception rooms and the avenue's tree-lined mall at the door.
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The Gateway Arch: Field Notes on Photographing 630 Feet of Steel
Eero Saarinen's catenary arch, completed 1965, standing 630 feet above the Mississippi riverfront in a national park with redesigned grounds.
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Choctaw Hall: What a Gazebo Ceremony Does to the Photographs
An antebellum house on planted grounds in central Natchez, with a garden gazebo used as a ceremony site.
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