Libraries are not just places to read and study. In America, they can also be wonderful architectural works, bearing the mark of time and epic stories. Below are some of the beautiful photos featured in the photo book The Library Book.
Lincoln Public Library, Illinois.
Herb Caen Magazines and Newspapers Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Thomas Schiff’s frames are often empty. He shares in the book: “I usually go in to prepare to take photos an hour before opening time. Libraries want to ensure privacy for visitors, which also fits my idea, I want to take pictures of the library when this space is empty.”
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia.
State Library of Iowa Law Library, Des Moines.
These days, it’s easy for anyone to shoot a panorama digitally. But Schiff doesn’t. He captures his images with a film panorama camera called the Hulcherama 120. “It makes it more complicated to create the images, but I really like the format,” he says.
George Peabody Library, Baltimore.
Cambridge Public Library, Massachusetts.
Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
New York Public Library, Rose Reading Room, New York.
Williston Smith Library, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Geisel Library, California University, San Diego.
Beinecke Library, Yale University.
The James Melville Gilliss Library — Naval Oceanography Portal, Washington DC.
Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Riggs Library, Georgetown University Library, Washington.
Library of St. Johnsbury University, Vermont.
The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, LA.
Louis Jefferson Long Library, Wells College, Aurora, New York.
Amelia Givin Library, Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, Ivania.
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