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$ 139
Washington Photo Safari has arranged for an exclusive after-hours photo tour of the historic Ford’s Theatre and Petersen house complex, the theatre in which President Abraham Lincoln was shot in April of 1865, and the house in which he died the next morning.
Ford’s Theatre itself is a fully functioning performance venue and historic site. Originally a Baptist church, the building was converted into a theatre by John Ford in the 1860s. Following the Lincoln assassination, it fell into disrepair but was fully restored as a museum and working Theatre in 1968.
Our 90 minute guided photo tour will take us through the Lincoln Museum in the basement level of the theater to photograph various artifacts such as Lincoln’s personal items, life masks, and John Wilkes Booth’s Derringer pistol.
We will then be able to take pictures of the entire theater complex, from different camera angles, including the special flag draped box in which Lincoln was assassinated, using wide angle lens on our cameras or phones (tripods are not allowed).
Here are samples of the photos you will get on this safari:
Ford’s Theater and Peterson House | Flickr
Our photo tour ends in the Petersen House across the street where Lincoln was brought after the assassination.
Our photo tour includes a narration by a Ford’s theater docent and photography tips given by WPS director E. David Luria. (Please note that no tripods are allowed on the tour.)
The safari is limited to 6 clients and the $139 fee includes the price of the guided tour.
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- Camera
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- Extra memory cards
- Extra charged battery
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Outside Ford’s Theater
511 10th St. NW at 4:45 pm. -
Architectural photographer E. David Luria is founder and director of the Washington Photo Safari, which has provided over 6,700 photo safaris for 46,500 amateur photographers – an average of 5 people every day, 365 days a year, since it was founded in 1999.
“You taught me several important points and helped me better understand not only photography but also my own camera. I’ve taken photo classes at the Smithsonian, Glen Echo, and the Washington School of Photography. You’ve been the best among all the teachers I’ve had.“ David Lassiter, Olney, MD
Trained in Paris by a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mr. Luria is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and the Society of Photographic Educators and has had his images of DC appear in over 100 publications, calendars, and postcards and on 30 magazine covers.