Light Falling on the Steps of Whig Hall
by Stephen Russell Shilling
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Light Falling on the Steps of Whig Hall
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Stephen Russell Shilling
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Photograph - Archival Inkjet Print
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"[The photographer's task] is to describe the existing light� Chances are, if you believe the light, you�re going to believe that the things photographed existed in the world." - Henry Wessel
Lasting only for a moment, the clouds parted and revealed the light that shown through the columns of Princeton University's Whig Hall.
From the front facades, Whig and Clio halls look identical. The structures by architect A. Page Brown were built in 1893 in the Ionic style of a Greek temple, replacing earlier buildings made of wood and stucco. The buildings were named after and used by the Whig and Clio student debating societies, which merged in 1928. The American Whig-Cliosophic Society, the oldest college debating club in the United States, now resides in Whig Hall. Clio Hall is now the home for the Graduate School's administrative offices, as well as the Undergraduate Admission Office lobby, a site for information sessions and student-led campus tours.
Source: Princeton.edu
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September 28th, 2016
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