Posts in Category: Fort Worth
A Texas Highways Cover
Cover photo of Texas Highways magazine March 2014 issue by Fort Worth-based photojournalist Robert W. Hart.
Griff Smith, my editor at Texas Highways magazine, gave me this assignment in November and I completed much of the shooting by January 4. However, the editors at TH decided it was strong cover candidate so I concentrated on the Sundance Plaza area and the four umbrellas. At dusk the LEDs come on and illuminate the undersides of the umbrellas in what makes for a very cool light show. The LEDs on the buildings surrounding the plaza are synchronized with the umbrella lights so at various times the entire plaza is bathed in red, blue, orange, white and, my favorite, TCU purple.
You can read the story by Margaret Shakespeare here on the newly redesigned www.TexasHighways.com
I also shot photos of the newly renovated Granbury Opera House. It’s a gorgeous new venue for the resident company and a real source of pride for the community.
Fort Worth is my favorite town on earth. Getting to photograph my town for my favorite magazine was a real delight.
It didn’t feel like work at all. But don’t tell Griff.
‘Fort Worth Weekly’ Picks Up My John Graves Story and Photo
FW Weekly editor Gayle Reaves liked my John Graves blog well enough that she re-published it with another of my John Graves photos in the current (August 7-14) issue. I’m delighted that she thought enough of the tiny piece to publish it. Not a story, so much as a remembrance of my visits with John.
It was John’s words that put me on that river 30 years ago and will find me there again this October.
The 2013 Van Cliburn Winners
Vadym Kholodenko looks to conductor Leonard Slatkin while performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 9, 2013.
©2013 Robert W. Hart
Sean Chen throws his head back near the end of his performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op 30 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 9, 2013.
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Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winners from left silver Award Winner Beatrice Rana, Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko and Crystal Award winner Sean Chen at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 9, 2013.
©2013 Robert W. Hart
Final Round of the Van Cliburn: Night Two
Vadym Kholodenko of the Ukraine performs Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 7, 2013.
©2013 Robert W. Hart
Japanese pianist Tomoki Sakata performs Mozart’s Piano Concerton No. 20 in D Minor during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 7, 2013.
©2013 Robert W. Hart
Sean Chen, from the U.S., performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major op. 73 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 7, 2013.
©2013 Robert W. Hart
The Final Round of the 14th Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth
For complete coverage of the final round of the Van Cliburn Competition go to TheaterJones.com.
Chinese pianist Fei-Fei Dong glances up at conductor Leonard Slatkin during her performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6, 2013.
©2013 Robert W. Hart
Beatrice Rana, of Italy, performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6, 2013.
©2013 Robert W. Hart
Nikita Mndoyants of Russia, performs Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 16 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6, 2013.
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A baton-less Leonard Slatkin conducts the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6, 2013. Word is that when asked why he didn’t use a baton, Slatkin said, “I forgot them.”
©2013 Robert W. Hart