Photos © Mark Hertzberg
My cameras and I have been to Taliesin many times. My challenge at any Wright site is to photograph it with a fresh eye each visit. I was able to interpret the geometry of Wright’s “forest” in the drafting room at Hillside from a new perspective recently. I welcome your comments, unless they reopen the debate about the Foundation and the School. The treat at the end of this blog entry is my latest portrait of our dear friend Minerva, also taken Friday May 20.
As we look at the drafting tables below, the unknowns, of course, are what renderings and plans were drawn at which table, and by whom. Among countless others, one of the architects (and students) who counted this as their office was Charles Montooth, Minerva’s late husband.
Links:
https://www.taliesinpreservation.org
https://wrightinracine.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/the-marvelous-minerva-montooth/
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Wright in Racine 
Wonderful photos, I like the different perspective. Where were you when you took the aerial photo of the drafting tables and boards?
In the balcony above the entrance to the drafting room.
Wondering as well what music was played if any while work was being done on drawing up the plans?
You posed an interesting question!