{"id":74758,"date":"2026-08-05T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=74758"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:27:01","slug":"feinknopf-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/feinknopf-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Photographer \u2018Understands Architecture as a Language\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Human Ecology alum planned on designing buildings\u2014but fell in love with capturing their images with grace and style<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">In photographs by <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.feinknopf.com\/\">Brad Feinknopf \u201986<\/a>, buildings have both presence and grace. Light traces and illuminates the contours of dramatic fa\u00e7ades and the sight lines of interiors; people are often present, giving life and human scale to the visuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Human Ecology alum is one of the nation\u2019s top architectural photographers, having garnered dozens of awards and honors and run his own Columbus, OH-based studio for three decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile anyone can record architecture, creating meaningful photographs requires something deeper\u2014an understanding of architecture as a language,\u201d says Feinknopf, who often went to job sites with his architect father as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd I have been looking at architecture all my life, learning that language.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"portrait of Brad Feinknopf \u201986\" class=\"wp-image-74804 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Brad-Feinknopf-Portrait-A_crop.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Nick Fancher<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, the design platform Architizer <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/industry\/the-visionary-100-2025\/\">named Feinknopf<\/a> one of the \u201c100 visionary creatives changing how we see architecture,\u201d praising him for his \u201cconsistent pursuit of perfection, attention to detail, uncompromised professionalism, and utmost of quality in service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in summer 2026, the American Society of Media Photographers gave Feinknopf its <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asmp.org\/ohiovalley\/2026\/07\/03\/brad-feinknopf-awarded-asmps-best-of-architecture-interior-for-2026\/\">Best of Architecture\/Interiors Award<\/a> for a striking image of a lab building at Penn; it gazes into dozens of geometrically aligned windows, with a lone human figure framed among the offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 looking into dozens of geometrically aligned windows of the Vagelos Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania\" class=\"wp-image-74752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-1264x710.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-632x355.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11262-16-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Feinknopf used a drone to capture this award-winning image of Penn&#8217;s Vagelos Laboratory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have never really thought of myself primarily as a photographer; I see myself as a collaborator, a storyteller,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd to articulate that visually, I need to understand a building: how it functions; what was the design vision and how that amplifies its purpose; and how people interact with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I need to understand a building: how it functions; what was the design vision and how that amplifies its purpose; and how people interact with it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Feinknopf had long planned to earn a graduate degree in architecture and follow his father and grandfather into the field, a photography class under <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aap.cornell.edu\/people\/barry-perlus\/\">Prof. Barry Perlus<\/a> changed his trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt opened up a whole new world to me about using the camera as a way to look at the world around you,\u201d recalls Feinknopf, who majored in design and environmental analysis in Hum Ec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Brad Feinknopf at work photographing a building, with camera, tripods and laptop\" class=\"wp-image-74756 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-592x790.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-296x395.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-187x250.jpg 187w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A-94x125.jpg 94w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_5272-A.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Feinknopf at work.<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He crammed his senior-year schedule with as many photography courses as he could, and after graduation landed a job in NYC with famed fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon. That led to stints with other notables, including Robert Mapplethorpe and Joyce Tenneson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feinknopf eventually moved back to his native Columbus and launched his own studio, focusing more and more on architectural photography over the decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although he has worked globally, most of his assignments are in the U.S., where firms have hired him to showcase myriad projects: medical facilities, performance venues, bridges, apartment complexes, newsrooms, hotels, churches, museums, airports, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the Hill, he has photographed such facilities as Milstein Hall, the new North Campus residence halls, and the Lab of Ornithology. His work has appeared in publications from <em>Architectural Digest<\/em> to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have a great love of architecture,\u201d says Feinknopf, whose two sons are pursuing the field as practitioners. \u201cI just decided I\u2019d rather get paid to experience and appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Scroll down for a sampling of Feinknopf\u2019s work!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 taken from the stage of the Ohio Theater at the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts in Columbus, OH, looking out into the house and rows of seats\" class=\"wp-image-74748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-1264x852.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-632x426.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-316x213.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-400x270.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-200x135.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10878-32-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Ohio Theater at the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center\" class=\"wp-image-74753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-1264x1011.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-632x506.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-316x253.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-400x320.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-200x160.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/BCEC_7809-FF-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of students in a shared space in one of the new North Campus residence halls at Cornell with large windows overlooking the rest of campus\" class=\"wp-image-74749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-1264x842.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-632x421.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-316x211.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11010-03-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A lounge in Ginsburg Hall on Cornell\u2019s North Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of the Science &amp; Engineering Complex at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA\" class=\"wp-image-74747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-1264x842.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-632x421.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-316x211.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10824-12-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Science &amp; Engineering Complex at Harvard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of a private residence, with an illuminated upper floor and a cantilevered space with a car parked underneath, surrounded by woods and a stone wall, in Waccabuc, NY\" class=\"wp-image-74742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-1536x1096.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-1264x902.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-632x451.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-316x226.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A-100x71.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/9492-05-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A private residence in Westchester County, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of the atrium and shared spaces of the student union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL\" class=\"wp-image-74745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-1264x843.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-632x421.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-316x211.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10587-15-A-400x267.jpg 400w, 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src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10429-12-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of the interior stairways and floors of the Breazzano Family Center at Cornell in Collegetown\" class=\"wp-image-74744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10429-12-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10429-12-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10429-12-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10429-12-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10429-12-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10429-12-A-316x395.jpg 316w, 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src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/7721-O-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of an outdoor patio and passageway at Cornell's Lab of Ornithology and Sapsucker Woods\" class=\"wp-image-74741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/7721-O-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/7721-O-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/7721-O-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/7721-O-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/7721-O-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/7721-O-A-316x395.jpg 316w, 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Ornithology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of the School of Architecture at Kent State University in Kent, OH, in winter\" class=\"wp-image-74743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-1264x843.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-632x421.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-316x211.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10318-04-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The College of Architecture + Environmental Design at Ohio&#8217;s Kent State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, OH and its surrounding grounds and pathways\" class=\"wp-image-74746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-1264x713.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-632x357.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-400x226.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/10588-03-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 showing two people on a terrace surrounded by the architectural patterns of the Digital Futures office complex in Cincinnati, OH\" class=\"wp-image-74751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-1264x1011.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-632x506.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-316x253.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-400x320.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-200x160.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11101-25-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Digital Futures office complex in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of the Youngmeyer Ranch Research Facility at Wichita State University in Elk County, KS\" class=\"wp-image-74750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-1264x946.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-632x473.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-316x237.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/11012B-12-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Youngmeyer Ranch Research Facility at Wichita State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Brad Feinknopf \u201986 of Milstein Hall on the Cornell campus at early dawn\" class=\"wp-image-74757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-1264x948.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-632x474.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-316x237.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/MilsteinHall-03final-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cornell\u2019s Milstein Hall at sunrise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Top: The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, 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