The Minneapolis Institute of Art: Four Ways Out of the Gallery Problem
A neoclassical art museum in Minneapolis, with a monumental entrance, grand stairs and extensive collection galleries.
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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.
The Henry Doorly Zoo: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
Omaha's zoo, home to the Desert Dome — one of the world's largest indoor deserts under a geodesic dome — and the Lied Jungle indoor rainforest.
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Cylburn Arboretum: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
Around 200 acres of arboretum and formal gardens in north Baltimore, centred on an 1880s stone mansion. Mature specimen trees and long open lawns.
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Bishop’s Lodge: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
A resort on around 300 acres in the Sangre de Cristo foothills north of Santa Fe, built around Archbishop Lamy's nineteenth-century private chapel.
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The Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis: How the Light Moves
A hotel in a converted Minneapolis warehouse, with exposed heavy timber, brick walls and rooftop space.
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The Alexander: Photographing a Hotel That Is Also a Gallery
A contemporary hotel in downtown Indianapolis with commissioned artworks through its public spaces and event rooms.
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Fairmont Copley Plaza: The Technical Side of a Grand Ballroom
Opened 1912 on Copley Square, a Henry Janeway Hardenbergh grand hotel with gilded ballrooms, a trompe-l'oeil lobby ceiling and no daylight where it counts.
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The Union Station Hotel: Photographing a Barrel-Vaulted Grand Hall
Opened 1894 as a railway terminal, now a hotel, with a Grand Hall under a 65-foot barrel vault carrying mosaic, gold leaf and a projected light show.
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The Botanical Gardens at Asheville: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
Ten acres of native Southern Appalachian plants beside Reed Creek, next to the UNC Asheville campus. Woodland, water and no built structure of consequence.
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The Nordic House, Minneapolis: Photographing Pale Timber and Clean Lines
A Minneapolis venue combining rustic wood elements with clean modern lines, cosy and contemporary at once.
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