Publications

Surrounded by Art, 2019

Rizzoli Electa, 224 pages

In sweeping tableaux, photographer Tom Schiff presents America’s most important 
art museums, using breathtaking images that compel us to revisit historic and modern cultural institutions and their storied rooms in 
a genuinely new light.

The Poetics of Distortion, 2019

Goff Books, 192 pages

Thomas R. Schiff’s vivid panoramic 
photographs capture the iconic buildings 
and landscapes of San Francisco and the 
Bay Area in new and surprising ways.

Cincinnati Panorama, 2017

SPCA Cincinnati, 180 pages

This follow up to Schiff’s first publication features 
120 photographs of Greater Cincinnati, and several well-known Cincinnatians contributed to this publication benefiting SPCA Cincinnati.

Wright in Ohio, 2017

Ohio History Connection, 117 pages

Wright In Ohio, a study of Frank Lloyd Wright’s eleven structures throughout the state of Ohio, was published to benefit Westcott House Foundation.

The Library Book, 2017

Aperture, 232 pages

The Library Book beautifully captures the shifting architectural styles and missions 
of the library in sweeping 360° panoramas—from the very earliest American libraries to 
the modernist masterpieces of Louis I. Kahn.

Northern Kentucky University, 2015

The University Press of Kentucky, 154 pages

Northern Kentucky University illustrates the university’s rapid evolution over the last 50 years by contrasting Schiff’s full-color panoramic images with engaging historical photographs and comprehensive essays.

Virginia 360°, 2015

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 157 pages

Over 100 panoramic photographs capture historic and visually stunning architecture 
in Virginia’s beautiful natural environments.

Columbus, Indiana, 2013

Skira Rizzoli, 240 pages

Schiff skillfully combines his love of 
photography and architecture in a unique presentation of the midcentury Modernist mecca, with more than 50 exteriors and interiors by celebrated architects and designers.

PROSPECT, 2012

Damiani, 303 pages

In the more than 200 photographs, PROSPECT documents quintessential American architecture at its grandest, featuring buildings by some of the titans of contemporary architecture: Norman Foster, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Zaha Hadid, and Renzo Piano.

Wright Panorama, 2010

Lightborne Publishing, 188 pages

Wright Panorama amplifies the artistry of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture with expanse. In over 140 panoramic photographs, Schiff reveals nearly 80 extant buildings in Wright’s oeuvre from a unique perspective.

Vegas 360°, 2008

BrightCity Books, 131 pages

“Schiff’s process might well have been designed to capture the great, visual eccentricity of the Strip—its ambient, floating dazzle of light in a space that always eludes ordinary film”  —Dave Hickey, author

Panoramic Parks, 2005

Lightborne Publishing, 122 pages

Panoramic Parks visits 36 of Cincinnati’s renowned and diverse parks system from small 
neighborhood parks to regional attractions like Eden Park and Mt. Airy Forest.

Panoramic Ohio, 2002

Cincinnati Art Museum , 96 pages

Published by the Cincinnati Art Museum to mark Ohio’s Bicentennial celebration, Panoramic Ohio presents 75 images from 
every corner of the state.

Panoramic Cincinnati, 1999


Lightborne Publishing, 106 pages

Native son Tom Schiff’s first book of panoramic 
photographs. It presents Cincinnati like you’ve never seen it before.