a look back at two years spent photographing chicago's historic congress theater (1926) inside and out

the following posts (listed chronologically) offers a virtual guide through my thoroughly methodical and exhaustive efforts documenting chicago's historic extant congress theater (1926), from the moment i stepped foot into the theater's lobby, to the publication of the book "lost and found," which focuses on the discovery and documentation of the tradesmen who built the theater and what they left behind. 

THINGS CONGRESS THEATER'S PLASTER TRADESMEN LEFT BEHIND

PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF CONGRESS THEATER'S ORNAMENTAL TERRA COTTA FACADE

MORE FORGOTTEN OBJECTS LEFT BEHIND BY CONGRESS THEATER'S UNION TRADESMEN IDENTIFIED AND DOCUMENTED

DEPRESSION-ERA CANDY BOXES DISCOVERED BENEATH CONGRESS THEATER'S BALCONY SEATS

PHOTOGRAPHING CONGRESS THEATER'S VESTIBULE AND LOBBY FIXTURES DURING THE "GOLDEN HOUR"

FINDING FORGOTTEN OBJECTS IN CONGRESS THEATER'S CRAWLSPACES AND PLENUM CHAMBERS

MORE ARTIFACTS RECOVERED FROM CONGRESS THEATER'S PLENUM DUCT WORK AND PLASTER-COVERED "IRON TENT"

PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF TRADESMEN REMNANTS, DISCOVERED IN AND AROUND CONGRESS THEATER'S PLASTER DOME

UNCOVERING THE 1920'S BOOT OF A THEATER TRADESMAN IN THE CONGRESS THEATER ATTIC

PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF CONGRESS THEATER'S LOBBY VICTOR PEARLMAN CHANDELIERS

DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CONGRESS THEATER'S INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES, PART ONE

CONGRESS THEATER FALL OF 2017 FACADE SHOOT COMPLETED

CLOWN CIGARETTES, MATCHBOOKS, TOOLS, AND UNUSED PLASTER ORNAMENT FOUND IN CONGRESS THEATER'S ATTIC

FORTHCOMING "LOST AND FOUND" BOOK DETAILS EXPLORATION OF LOGAN SQUARE'S CONGRESS THEATER

NEARLY A YEAR LATER, SHOOTING CONGRESS THEATER REMAINS TOP PRIORITY FOR MONTHS TO COME

A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF CONGRESS THEATER'S ORIGINAL BASEMENT LEVEL MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

REVISITING CONGRESS THEATER'S PLENUM CHAMBERS PRODUCES ADDITIONAL FINDS FROM THE DISTANT PAST

LIMITED-EDITION SOFTBOUND "LOST AND FOUND" BOOK CHRONICLING DISCOVERY OF CONGRESS THEATER'S HIDDEN OBJECTS IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE