The Hamilton-Turner House: A Season-by-Season Guide
An 1873 Second Empire mansion with a mansard roof on Lafayette Square, run as an inn. Four storeys of period interior, and a square full of live oaks outside.
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Venue Guides
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.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
Consecrated 1869, a Gothic Revival cathedral in Portland's Munjoy Hill area, with a tall nave, stained glass and the verticality the style is built on.
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The Ambassador Hotel, Tulsa: A Walk-Through of a 1929 Boutique Building
A 1929 building near Tulsa's Art Deco district, converted into a small boutique hotel with intimate public rooms and period detailing.
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The Kentucky Derby Museum: Building the Shot List
On the Churchill Downs grounds, a museum of the Derby with exhibition galleries, a 360-degree theatre and access to the track and the twin spires.
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The Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis: One Frame and How It Is Made
A historic Minneapolis building with several event spaces, the most striking of which is the ornate Fountain Room.
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The American Visionary Art Museum: Who This Venue Suits
Founded 1995 at the foot of Federal Hill on the Inner Harbor, covered in mirror mosaic with a sculpture barn and giant whirligig. Joyful, chaotic and entirely un-neutral.
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The Magnolia Hotel: Working an Italian Renaissance Revival Building
A 1923 Italian Renaissance Revival building in downtown Omaha, converted to a hotel, with an interior courtyard and period detailing.
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The Santa Fe Railyard: Field Notes on an Industrial District
A redeveloped rail district south of the Plaza, with converted warehouses, a public plaza, galleries and the working Rail Runner line and historic depot.
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The Machine Shop, Minneapolis: Field Notes on a Converted Machine Works
A converted machine works in Minneapolis, transformed into a modern event space while keeping its industrial fabric.
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The Liberty Hotel: Who This Venue Suits
The former Charles Street Jail, built 1851 and converted in 2007, with a ninety-foot granite atrium and catwalks. Dramatic, hard-edged and not for everyone.
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