The Chicago Athletic Association: Dark Wood and Stained Glass
A former gentlemen's club on Michigan Avenue, now a hotel, with wood-panelled rooms and stained glass overlooking Millennium Park.
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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 Detroit Opera House: A Walk Through a Restored Opera House
A restored opera house in Detroit, with a grand lobby, tiered auditorium and stage.
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The Art Institute of Chicago: Reading a Museum Hour by Hour
A Beaux-Arts museum on Michigan Avenue with a walled South Garden and a contemporary glass-roofed wing.
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The Gem Theatre, Detroit: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A small historic theatre in downtown Detroit, dramatic and intimately nostalgic in character.
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The Fillmore Detroit: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A historic Detroit theatre with a grand lobby of soaring ceilings and ornate chandeliers, now working as a music venue.
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The Adler Planetarium: One Decision Governs the Whole Day
A 1930s planetarium on Northerly Island, facing the Chicago skyline across the harbour with Lake Michigan behind.
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The Siren Hotel, Detroit: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A boutique hotel in downtown Detroit, with a character that is both vintage and refreshingly modern.
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The Bierstube: What Changes When the Reception Is in a Bar
A long-standing ski-town bar in Whitefish, Montana, with a tavern interior and genuine local character.
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The Shinola Hotel, Detroit: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A design-led hotel in Detroit's historic Woodward shopping district, with considered interiors and period buildings around it.
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The Rio Grande Zoo: Cottonwood Shade and the Enclosure Problem
A zoo set among mature cottonwoods beside the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, with planted grounds and animal enclosures.
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