The Olde Pink House: Field Notes on a 1789 Georgian Mansion
Built 1789 on Reynolds Square, a Georgian mansion whose stucco has weathered pink from the brick beneath. Small candlelit rooms and a tavern basement.
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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 Portland Museum of Art: Building the Shot List
Founded 1882, Maine's oldest public art institution, with the 1983 Charles Shipman Payson Building designed by Henry Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners.
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The Mayo Hotel: Lighting a 1925 Terracotta Tower
Opened 1925 in downtown Tulsa, an eighteen-storey grand hotel restored in 2009, with a crystal ballroom, ornate lobby and a rooftop bar.
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The Louisville Palace: Field Notes on an Atmospheric Theatre
Opened 1928, a John Eberson atmospheric theatre in downtown Louisville with a Spanish Baroque interior and a ceiling painted as a night sky full of stars.
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The Indiana Roof Ballroom: How to Photograph an Atmospheric Ceiling
A 1927 ballroom in downtown Indianapolis designed as a starlit European village, with a domed atmospheric ceiling.
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The Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland: Photographing a Convention Venue
A modern convention centre in the heart of downtown Cleveland, with large flexible spaces and glazed public areas.
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The Joslyn Art Museum: Photographing a Pink Marble Art Deco Court
Opened 1931 in Omaha, an Art Deco museum clad inside and out in Georgia pink marble, with a fountain court at its centre and a 1994 Foster pavilion alongside.
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The Baltimore Basilica: Field Notes on a Latrobe Interior
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's basilica of 1821 — the first cathedral built in the United States — with a great dome lit by concealed skylights and a pale neoclassical interior.
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The Santa Fe Opera: Building the Shot List at an Open-Air Theatre
An open-air theatre on a hillside north of Santa Fe, with a roof but open sides, looking out across the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo ranges.
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The Agora, Cleveland: Photographing a Vaudeville Theatre Turned Music Venue
A historic Cleveland venue with roots as an early twentieth-century vaudeville theatre, now a music room.
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