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110 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL

Corporate photography at 110 North Wacker

Fifty seven floors on the river, opened in 2020 and the tallest office tower built in Chicago since 1990. River facing glass shifts with the weather off the water, so the room gets metered before anything is lit.

110 North Wacker, also known as the Bank of America Tower, is the 57 floor building on the river at 110 North Wacker Drive in the Loop. It opened on October 14, 2020, and it is the tallest office tower built in Chicago since 1990, which makes it one of the newest large floor plate addresses downtown. A building of this generation is the easy case for a session: the conference rooms are current, the glass is generous, and the service arrangements were designed for tenants moving in and out rather than retrofitted into an older frame. The river frontage gives the upper floors a view worth planning a few frames around.

Bank of America anchors the building and lends it the name it is often given. Around that anchor the tower holds the multi tenant mix a new Class A Loop building attracts rather than a single company's campus, so a session here can serve more than one organization on separate floors. A finance anchored roster usually wants portraits on the conservative end, and that is a lighting and wardrobe decision to settle before the date.

A 2020 building makes most of this simple. Conference rooms tend to be well proportioned with real glass, and the service procedures are clear and recently written. Check the dock window, the freight route and the certificate of insurance requirement with building management the week before, because a newer tower tends to be stricter about paperwork rather than looser. Book a room on your own floor, ideally one facing the river, and we will meter the glass on arrival before balancing the studio light to it. The kit moves up in one cart trip.

We photograph on site, in your own office. If your team is in this building, the notes below are what the day looks like. Nothing here is a claim to a past session in it, and no tenant named is a client unless it says so elsewhere on this site.

Corporate portrait on a studio backdrop, the standard a session at 110 North Wacker would be held to
Corporate portrait from the same studio session
Corporate portrait from the same studio session
Corporate portrait from the same studio session
Corporate portrait from the same studio session
Corporate portrait from the same studio session

Sample work, photographed at other clients' offices rather than in this building. It is the standard a session here would be held to.

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Floors
57 floors
Opened
October 14, 2020
Distinction
Tallest office tower built in Chicago since 1990
Anchor
Bank of America
Also known as
Bank of America Tower
Location
110 North Wacker Drive, on the river

Working in 110 North Wacker

The practical side of a shoot in this building, so the day runs on schedule.

A new building is the easy case

Conference rooms in a 2020 tower are usually well proportioned with a real window wall, which is the room we want. Tell us what is bookable on your floor and we will pick from the list.

River light

River facing glass moves with the day and with the weather off the water. We meter the room on arrival and balance the studio light to what is actually there, so the first portrait and the last one match.

Paperwork first

Newer towers run tighter on access. Settle the dock window, the certificate of insurance and the freight elevator with building management ahead of the week, and put names on the desk list before the morning.

The view frames

Upper floors on this stretch of Wacker look down the river. It is worth three or four leadership frames on a clear day, planned as an addition to the seated portraits rather than as a replacement for them.

Film against the water

An executive interview or a brand film shares the visit, and the river windows give a background that needs no dressing. The same day returns a still library alongside the footage.

110 North Wacker questions

What teams in this building usually ask first.

Is a river facing room better than an interior one?
Usually, because the glass gives a background with depth and a soft fill to work with. The full studio setup covers an interior room just as well, so book whichever room you can hold for the whole session.
Can you photograph two tenants here on the same day?
Yes. Separate floors, one setup, one standard. Each company gets its own schedule and its own gallery.
What does building management need?
A booked dock window, a freight elevator slot and, in most buildings, a certificate of insurance. Ask your office manager for the contact and we will send what is needed.
How many people fit in a day?
Forty to sixty on a booked schedule, and two tenants in the building can share that day, since the setup stays in one room and each team comes to it on its own list.
Can new portraits sit beside the ones we already have?
Yes. The set you already have becomes the brief, down to the light position and the crop, so nobody scanning the leadership page can tell which office was photographed first.
What is the lead time?
A month ahead is the easy answer, though shorter notice often works out. Send the date and the reply comes within one business day.

Your team is in 110 North Wacker?

Tell me the headcount, the floor and the dates. A proposal follows a short conversation, and questions are answered within one business day.