(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Many know Frank Lloyd Wright as an iconic American architect, but did you know he was also a photographer?
When you think of the iconic architect, you think of his signature modern style, but he was also a photographer and documented his work throughout his life.
Curator David Hanks said some never before seen photos and early sketches of his buildings are on display throughout five rooms and two floors of the Driehaus.
“We’re looking at photographs that Wright himself took. A number of self portraits and of his home in Oak Park and studio. And his photographs are primarily from the 1890s,” Hanks said.
“This is just a small selection of the hundreds of photographs that exist in the archives of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.”
Hanks said Wright was the greatest architect of our lifetime and this is the only exhibit that displays his work as a photographer and through the lens of photographers he worked with.