My Client Was Democracy – Photographing City Halls, with Arthur Drooker

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Beginning with an iPhone and an “a-ha moment” in the beautiful San Francisco City Hall, photographer Arthur Drooker began a project that would last five years and take him across the United States to photograph the most impressive and interesting city halls in the nation. The project culminated with his wonderful book, City Hall: Masterpieces of American Civic Architecture, from Schiffer Publishing, and it brings him to the B&H Photography Podcast to discuss photographing architecture, civic pride, research and interviews, book publishing, zoom and tilt-shift lenses, and a host of other subjects related to his photography. Join us for this practical and insightful episode.

“To me, the best city halls are not just office buildings to administer services, they also use architecture and design to express something about civic pride, civic virtue, and democratic engagement.” – Arthur Drooker

Guest: Arthur Drooker

Photograph © Arthur Drooker

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the BNH Photography Podcast.
0:04.0	For over 40 years, BNH has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and
0:08.9	more.
0:09.9	For your favorite gear, news, and reviews, visit us at bnh.com or download the BNH app to
0:15.4	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.7	Now here's your host, Alan White's.
0:20.4	Greetings and welcome to the BNH Photography Podcast.
0:22.9	There's an old chestnut that goes you can't fight City Hall, but if you come up with
0:26.9	a good book idea and you know who to call and to make it happen, you can go down to City
0:31.7	Hall and photograph the place.
0:33.8	Today we welcome photographer, author, drucker, who spent five years photographing City
0:37.9	Hall's large and small for a new book from Shiffa Publishing called Interestingly Enough
0:43.2	City Hall.
0:44.6	We're going to be discussing author's journey around the country photographing these unique
0:48.3	institutions.
0:49.3	We're also going to touch upon architectural photography in general, how we edited this
0:53.6	massive undertaking and perhaps his visit his earlier projects such as American Ruins
0:59.7	from 2007.
1:01.5	Pytown revisited in 2015 and lost worlds ruins of the Americas from 2011.
1:08.1	Welcome to the show author.
1:09.5	Thank you.
1:10.5	Thank you for inviting me.
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