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HABS Photographer Writes a HABS/HAER/HALS substack

Posted on August 19, 2025 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

HABS Photography exposed and explained on my new Substack.

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New HABS Photo Scans on the LoC Website

Posted on January 1, 2025 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Just found two new sets of scanned records on the HABS site today. As the LoC slowly gets through the backlog of HABS/HAER/HALS photos waiting for scans from the last couple decades. It's nice to see some of my photos out in the public domain where they belong. These two examples of historic survey photography…

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Lecture about HALS at the Sanborn Collection, CSUN

Posted on September 27, 2024 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

I'm doing a presentation. 🗺 At Cal State Northridge. I hope you can be there and see the marvelous and amazing maps that they have, and learn a bit about the HABS/HAER/HALS programs and how I use maps for research before every project. If you’d like more information about HABS, HAER or HALS photography take…

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Lost in America the new book by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams – Book Review

Posted on September 29, 2023 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Lost in America Book Review: Cahan and Williams, have crafted a book that’s an engaging foray through the demise of lost architecture while at the same time the book is a celebration of the Historic American Buildings Survey itself.

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A Picture Perfect New Year 2023

Posted on January 2, 2023 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

HABS photography of a former Fotomat for inclusion in the Historic American Buildings Survey collection at the Library of Congress.

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Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital PDA Award

Posted on September 5, 2022 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital The Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital of San Francisco is a winner for the 2022 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. We created photographs for Project Lead Mike Garavaglia of Garavaglia Architecture in San Francisco. About the Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital The former Immigration Station Hospital was rehabilitated for adaptive…

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TIMES MIRROR HABS (2019)

Posted on September 2, 2022 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

These are the HABS large format photographs of the Times Mirror Building, constructed in 1970-73 for the Times Mirror Company, and designed by William L. Pereira & Associates.

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HABS and HAER Photographs of Lost History

Posted on July 14, 2022 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Historic American Buildings Survey Photographs of buildings lost to the wrecking ball or just lost to time.

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Introduction to (landscape) Photography video now available. (Free)

Posted on December 27, 2021 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

… honored to be included in this short educational photography session sponsored by the California Preservation Foundation (californiapreservation.org) and the California Garden and Landscape History Society (cglhs.org).

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MODERNISM WEEK: The Preserving Los Angeles book tour: A Kaleidoscopic Tour of L.A.’s Built Heritage

Posted on December 1, 2021 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

  Ken Bernstein and Stephen Schafer, author and photographer of the Los Angeles Times bestselling book, Preserving Los Angeles, will be sharing an engaging visual tour of how historic preservation has helped transform Los Angeles, and can do the same for other cities.  Extending beyond well-known Midcentury Modern dwellings by renowned architects, Preserving Los Angeles…

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