Maroon on Georgetown

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FEW PROFESSIONAL PH OTO GRAPHERS live with their subject for over 25 years. Yet highly respected photographer Fred J. Maroon has done just that. MAROON ON GEORGETOWN offers an art-quality collection of photographs of the town Maroon calls home, the small historic cominunity adjacent to the domes and monoliths of our nation's capital. Few express the vitality of Georgetown as well as this man, who searched the streets of Georgetown at dawn and at dusk, in all seasons, photographing buildings, neighbors, and nightlife, enjoying rare access to the interiors of celebrity homes, and bringing to the task an exceptional eye for architectural elements. Maroon developed an intimacy with his subject over the years that few photographers ever achieve. Georgetown's proximity to Washington makes for exciting and diverse cultural life, while its preservation as a National Landmark has allowed it to retain its small-town identity. MAROON ON GEORGETOWN features the campus of Georgetown University... Tovább

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FEW PROFESSIONAL PH OTO GRAPHERS live with their subject for over 25 years. Yet highly respected photographer Fred J. Maroon has done just that. MAROON ON GEORGETOWN offers an art-quality collection of photographs of the town Maroon calls home, the small historic cominunity adjacent to the domes and monoliths of our nation's capital. Few express the vitality of Georgetown as well as this man, who searched the streets of Georgetown at dawn and at dusk, in all seasons, photographing buildings, neighbors, and nightlife, enjoying rare access to the interiors of celebrity homes, and bringing to the task an exceptional eye for architectural elements. Maroon developed an intimacy with his subject over the years that few photographers ever achieve. Georgetown's proximity to Washington makes for exciting and diverse cultural life, while its preservation as a National Landmark has allowed it to retain its small-town identity. MAROON ON GEORGETOWN features the campus of Georgetown University the museums and gardens of Dumbarton Oaks, and the diverse shops and restaurants that form the profusion of style and culture known as Georgetown. Maroon's architectural experience enabled Iliin to capture its mood and character, from the Federal, Queen Anne, and Victorian dwellings to the interior design and decoration behind the facades. From Captain John Smith's first passage up the Potomac River to the town's rise as a busy tobacco port, from its strife on the bordér of the Civil War to its incorporation into the District of Columbia, Georgetown has had a colorful and cultivated past. Maroon's text chronicles the history of Georgetown from its beginning as an Indián village to the úrban community of today. MAROON ON GEORGETOWN offers a chance to touch base with history, to appreciate fine art and architecture, and to experience both the excitement and the serenity of one ofthe most unusual towns in America. Vissza