Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
One of Guerrero's favorite photos is of Wright in the site where…
One of Guerrero's favorite photos is of Wright in the site where the Guggenheim Museum would go up in New York, "which I photographed without his knowledge," he says.
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
Diamond Gas Station, ca 1950s, location unknown
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
The Living Garage, 1958, Greenwich, Conn.
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
Yale Hockey Rink by Eero Saarinen Architect, 1958, New Have…
Yale Hockey Rink by Eero Saarinen Architect, 1958, New Haven, Conn.
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
IBM Office Building, 1961, New York State
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
United Church of Rowayton by Joseph Salerno Architect, 1962…
United Church of Rowayton by Joseph Salerno Architect, 1962, Rowayton, Conn.
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
Bruce Graham House by Bruce Graham Architect, 1963, Rehobeth Bea…
Bruce Graham House by Bruce Graham Architect, 1963, Rehobeth Beach, Del.
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
Luthold House by Allen Gelbin Architect, 1966, New Canaan, …
Luthold House by Allen Gelbin Architect, 1966, New Canaan, Conn.
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
Day House by John Black Lee Architect, 1970, New Canaan, Co…
Day House by John Black Lee Architect, 1970, New Canaan, Conn.
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
Self Portrait, Manhattan studio, 1950
Pedro E. Guerrero’s favorite image that he captured of Frank Lloyd Wright was one he didn’t have permission to take: a candid shot of the architect enjoying a tea break in 1953, on the site of the future Guggenheim (Photo 1 in the slide show at left). As Wright’s friend and principal photographer, Guerrero generally shot photos exactly as Wright wanted, showing exteriors of entire buildings, end to end. “I don’t want to see details that you think are cute,” Wright told him. The now-95-year-old went on to shoot the work of Eero Saarinan, Alexander Calder, and others. Still, Guerrero says, “I don’t imagine that anything could be better than working with Wright.” Pedro E. Guerrero: Photographs of Modern Life, an exhibition of 70 years of architectural photography, is now on view at the Julius Schulman Institute at California’s Woodbury University School of Architecture through April 25. (For more anecdotes about Wright, read and listen to our interview with Guerrero.) • architecture.woodbury.edu
Lindsey M. Roberts is a freelance writer outside of Seattle, specializing in interiors and design, and a former assistant managing editor at ARCHITECT. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Gray, Preservation, and The Washington Post, for which she writes a monthly column about products for the home.
