Steven Dahlman is a professional photographer in downtown Chicago who specializes in architecture. His customers include architects, construction companies, interior designers, property managers, real estate developers, advertising agencies, television stations, magazines, newspapers, book publishers, hotels, restaurants, and a variety of other businesses.

He’s had two gallery exhibitions. His work has appeared in Architecture Minnesota, Landscape Architecture, Mpls St Paul, (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, Twin Cities Business Monthly, and other magazines, newspapers, annual reports, books, and web sites. His work has been displayed at trade shows. One image was used in the background of a television news studio in the Twin Cities.

Steven shoots on medium-format film, which is then scanned from the negative to create high-resolution 90 MB digital images. His specialty is location photography, whether it’s a dangerous rooftop or comfortable condo. He can deliver high-quality images on a time/materials basis, with no extra charges that are based on usage.

Search through several hundred professional-quality images in seconds. See an image you like? Right-click for a free comp with no watermark. When you’re ready for the full-size TIFF file, email photo@stevendahlman.com and the image will be available for download within 24 hours.

These are large digital files, usually around 90 MB. Smaller digital capture files are also available. Prices are based on image size and not how the image will be used.

The site contains no Flash. No watermarks. New images are available about every month. Signup above for email alerts and we’ll let you know when new images are added.

Architecture

• American Society of Landscape Architects
• BKV Group
• Cuningham Group Architecture, P.A.
• Meyer, Borgman and Johnson, Inc.
• Walsh Bishop Associates, Inc.

Construction

• EFH Company
• M.A. Mortenson Company
• Parsons Electric Company
• Shingobee Builders, Inc.
• Stahl Construction Company
• Versa-Lok
• Welsh Companies, LLC
• Windsor Windows Company

Interior design

• Gunkelmans Interior Design

Property management

• BASE Real Estate Services, LLC
• Brookfield Properties
• CB Richard Ellis
• Cushman & Wakefield
• DUS Management Inc.
• Grubb & Ellis Management Services
• Hines Interests Limited Partnership
• Marina Towers Condominium Association
• Marquette Plaza
• Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.
• Ryan Companies, Inc.
• Sentinel Property Management Corporation
• Silver Pines Apartments
• Stuart Management Corporation
• The Sherman Group
• United Properties
• Village Green Companies

Real estate development, brokers & Realtors

• Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
• Crescent Heights
• Dunbar Development Corporation
• HuntGregory
• Jane Wolf, Realtor
• McCaffrey Interests
• Michael Michalak, Realtor
• Moran & Company
• Schafer Richardson, Inc.
• The Blaisdell Group, LLC
• The Daly Group LLC
• Turnstone Group LLC
• U.S. Realty Advisors, LLC

Advertising & Marketing

• 4design
• Communication Associates, Inc.
• Firestar Communications
• Hot Spots Advertising
• Imagewerks Marketing
• MarketTools
• Milesbrand
• Penn Garritano
• Riley Hayes Advertising
• Sparrow & Jacobs

Media, Publishing & Multimedia

• Afton Historical Society Press
• The Creative Company/Smart Apple Media
• Downtown Journal
• Dr. Design, Inc.
• KMSP Fox 9
• McGraw Hill Higher Education
• The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal
• MSP Communications
• Shearson Publishing
• Skyway Publications Inc.
• WFTC UPN 29

Hotel & Restaurant

• Graves Hospitality Corporation
• Hilton Hotels Corporation
• Hotel 71
• Hotel Sax Chicago
• Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
• Marriott International, Inc.
• Nicollet Island Inn
• Vic’s / Tuggs Tavern

Manufacturing

• Spec Plating Corporation
• Visual Circuits Corporation
• Wagner Spray Tech Corporation

Entertainment

• Minnesota Orchestra

Framing & Retail

• Fastframe
• JV & Company

Other

• Arnstein & Lehr LLP
• Association for Corporate Growth
• Glickman, Flesch & Rosenwein
• Our Lady of Lourdes
• Piper Jaffray & Co.
• Strommen and Associates, Inc.

Periodicals

• Architecture Minnesota
• Landscape Architecture
• Minnesota Leasing Guide
• Minnesota Real Estate Journal
• Mpls St Paul
• Real Estate & Construction Review
• Shopping Center Business
• Skyway News
• Star Tribune
• Successful Meetings
• The Business Journal
• Twin Cities Business Monthly

Books

• Banking In The Great Northern Territory, An Illustrated History published by Afton Historical Society Press
• Creative Living Skills-SE published by Glencoe/McGraw Hill
• Home & Interiors, published by McGraw-Hill
• Mathematics For Elementary Teachers, A Conceptual Approach published by McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Skyscrapers published by Smart Apple Media
• The Grain Merchants: An Illustrated History of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange published by Afton Historical Society Press

Annual reports & Newsletters

• Friends of the Chicago River
• M.A. Mortenson (2000)
• Minnesota Shopping Center Association (2004 Retail Real Estate Report)

Web sites

• The Jewelers’ Building – 35 East Wacker – Image of building on home page.
• City-County Federal Credit Union – Images of Minneapolis and St. Paul. A Fall image of the Mississippi Riverfront appeared in an advertising display located in the Baker Center skyway. They were part of a campaign by Penn Garritano that won an International Echo Award at the Direct Marketing International Conference.
• Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C. – Image of 225 South Sixth Street, where this law firm is located.
• Heritage Landing – Images of and from the Crown Suite, the property’s most prominent rental unit.
• JV & Company – Photographs of clothing store in downtown Minneapolis. Also, fashion photography for the Seven Piece Capsule Collection.
• NASA Earth Observatory – Photograph of the Las Vegas strip illustrates how city lights can be detected by satellite sensors.

Also...

• BKV Group, Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Downtown, Cuningham Group, HancockCondo.com, Hines, Hotel 71, JoffreyTower.com, LoopNorth.com, M. A. Mortenson Company, Marina City Online, Marina Towers Condominium Association, Marquette Plaza, Parsons Electric Company, Phoenix on the River, River West, Shingobee Builders, Strommen & Associates, Walsh Bishop Associates
• Excel Bank Minnesota (now M & I Banking) – Image of 50 South Sixth was on the bank’s home page and appeared on their ATM screens.

• A photograph by Steven Dahlman was a background image for a television news studio in the Twin Cities.

• Two photographs for Brookfield Financial Properties in New York were selected for display at the 2001 International Shopping Center Convention in Las Vegas.
• The Minneapolis Public Library used a photograph by Steven Dahlman to promote its interim location.

Mamiya 645 medium-format film and Canon 350D digital cameras. Lens collection includes the Mamiya 50mm f/4 shift lens, used in architectural photography for perspective correction. I own Bowens monolights, soft box and light disks (reflector and chroma-green background). I use Kodak Professional film, preferring the Portra VC series.

For digital production, I have a Windows XP Professional system with 455-GB hard drive, external 500-GB hard drive, DSL Internet connection, and Adobe Photoshop CS2.

I lease a CentOS Linux 5 dedicated Web server, with 1-GB RAM, 160-GB disk space, 1500-GB bandwidth allotment, and MySQL database.

$2 million comprehensive business liability policy from State Farm Fire and Casualty Company. Certificate of Insurance available on request.

Onto the following commercial rooftops I’ve been allowed...

Chicago
222 North LaSalle, 35 East Wacker Drive, 400 North State Street, 401 North LaSalle, 55 West Wacker, 75 East Wacker Drive. Carbide & Carbon Building, Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Downtown/River North, Hotel 71, Marina City (mechanical penthouse, office block roof, parking ramps), Merchandise Mart, Renaissance Chicago Hotel, Tribune Tower, Wrigley Building (roof and scaffolding).

Minneapolis
33 South Sixth Street, Archdiocese Chancery Office, City Center, Creamette Company Building, Dain Rauscher Plaza (harness), Ford Center, Gaviidae Common, Grand Hotel, Hennepin County 110 Building, Holiday Inn Rivercentre, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, ING parking ramp at Hennepin & 2nd, ING ReliaStar, Itasca Building, Marshall Field’s, Marquette Hotel, Marquette Plaza, Mervyn’s, Midway Center, Midwest Plaza, Minneapolis Public Library, Nicollet Island Inn, NorthStar Center, NRG parking ramp, Orchestra Hall, Pillsbury A Mill, Retek on the Mall, River Towers Condominium, River West, Southeast Steam Plant, The Oakland (apartments), WCCO Television, YWCA-Midtown.