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Hawkins Architecture: Green Residence

By architecture, Nevada, Photography

Panorama with Mount Rose and Reno/Sparks

Jack Hawkins, a talented architect with a unique ultramodern style, has commissioned me to photograph several of his projects in the past. One of his somewhat recent assignments was the stunning Green Residence, located in the Virginia City Highlands. Hawkins has an amazing talent for making a structure sit ‘in’ the landscape and become a part of it, which gave me some unique opportunities like the above panorama. That’s Mount Rose on the left, and the lights of Reno and Sparks on the right.

Truly an incredible place, and well deserving of the accolades it received once our photos were published. Reno Magazine ran a feature article on it, and it received a Nevada Design Award from the AIA.

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Sezmu Restaurant

By architecture, Photography, Reno

In the course of working on the Tutto Ferro project, I photographed Sezmu Restaurant. It’s a newer establishment and I haven’t yet had the chance to sample their food. I will say that if their food is as good as the architecture of the restaurant, it will be amazing (and by all accounts that I’ve heard, it is). I was mainly concentrating on the bar and metal details, as these were the items that Tutto Ferro had produced. However, I did get a chance to photograph the exterior as well.The owners are very nice people and were quite helpful with arranging the shoot. Sezmu is on Mt. Rose street in Reno, just east of Arlington.

Tutto Ferro

By architecture, Nevada, Photography, Reno

Last month, I photographed Tutto Ferro for Reno Passport magazine. They do high-end custom metal fabrication and have been involved in many of the more iconic building projects in Reno. It was a fun assignment and gave me the rare opportunity to combine architectural photography and environmental portraits into the same series.

Paolo, the owner of Tutto Ferro, carved out a few minutes from his busy schedule for our photo session. His warehouse/work space is filled with interesting projects (his racing Vespa will hopefully be the subject of another photo shoot), but I finally settled on the above background. I’m guessing that it is destined to be a clock, but it was the perfect background to establish Paolo as the company’s visionary and leader.

This is the image that was used for the Passport’s cover. In keeping with Paolo’s ultra-modern minimalist aesthetic, all the roll-up doors in his shop are painted bright yellow.

I’ll follow this up with another post about Sezmu Restaurant, one of Tutto Ferro’s projects. But for now, I’ll close with this image of Paolo’s sculpture by the River Walk in downtown Reno. It’s near the corner of Sierra and First if you’d like to check it out in person.

ACES TATTOO

By architecture, Photography, Reno

During the Tuaca photo shoot, I was able to set aside just a little bit of time for an architectural photo of the Aces Tattoo building. It’s on Virginia Street, just south of downtown. This area is full of interesting old buildings, and I’ve always liked the neon and hand-painted signage of this one. Glad I got a chance to light it a bit and photograph it just for fun.