The Crim Theater, Kilgore, Texas

The Crim Theater in downtown Kilgore, Texas.  Built in the 1930s during the East Texas oil boom, it now sits empty, next to the cable television office and the former Kilgore National Bank building. 

On the Road to Nac

On Highway 259, just north of Nacogdoches, Texas

Dawn on the Gulf of Mexico at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi.  The O'Connoer Building photographed for Oniplan Architects.

King Spa and Sauna

The King Spa and Sauna, Royal Lane, Dallas, Texas.  One of those strange sights we pass everyday and that say one day we will stop to make a photograph on an early morning.

Website Update

I have updated my website with a dozen new images from the University of Texas Southwestern medical Center Phase 5, photographed for Omniplan.  Thanks to Amanda for the assignment, Ron for all his help and Daniel Mendenhall for assisting on the interiors.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Phase 5

I am photographing the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Phase 5, for Omniplan this month.

Photo Books

My two photo books, Dallas,Texas - A Photographic Portrait and Fort Worth, Texas - A PhotographicPortrait are available from the publisher, Twin Lights, as well as Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and Borders Books.

Fireplace Lounge

The Fireplace Lounge on Samuel Blvd., in East Dallas.  A classic roadhouse, but in the city across the street from a golf course.

Former Urban Theater, Dallas, Texas

The former Urban Theater, 7124 Military Parkway, Dallas, TX 75227, which now serves as a laundromat.

New Architectural Portfolio

Architecture - Images by Peter Calvin

Intersection, Near Guthrie, Kentucky

Intersection of US 41 and US 79, west of Guthrie, Kentucky.

Mobile Site

You can now visit my website with your mobile device and not get the dreaded "you don't have Flash" message.  I built it with the iFolios Wordpress template, and help from Bryan at iFolios and Rory at Silvertype. (Silvertype hosts my site.)

I have also added architectural and editorial portfolios to my Photoshelter archive.

Repurposed Movie Theater

The Ark of Safety Holiness Church, Singleton Blvd., Dallas, Texas

Economic Abandonment

A former AMC Theater recently closed in Dallas near I35 and Walnut Hill Lane.

Denton Drive, Dallas, Texas

Denton Drive, between Royal and Walnut Hill Lanes

The Tyler Roughnecks from 2001

The Tyler Roughnecks were a minor league team playing out of Mike Carter Field in Tyler, TX when I photographed them on a warm Sunday.  The hands are the catcher's, Ronnie Deck.  He is currently the bullpen catcher for the Baltimore Orioles.  More of the Roughnecks and Mike Carter Field can be seen here.

Portraits - Body and Soul

Jazz guitarist Jim Shannon - his website - This image is part of a new project, portraits of jazz musicians, each playing the the same tune, Body and Soul, a standard written in 1930 by  Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and Johnny Green. Good references would be Coleman Hawkins improvised version recorded in 1939 and recordings by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.

Portraits

A client asked me to make some portraits of their staff. Simple lighting: a battery powered Elinchrom shot through a white umbrella, balanced with the window light. (Steven Goss, Principal at Blackbird Studio Architects in Dallas)