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333 West Wolf Point Plaza, Chicago, IL

Corporate photography at Salesforce Tower Chicago

Sixty floors and 850 feet at Wolf Point, completed in 2024 and reported as fully leased to two organizations. Both run to a global brand standard, so a portrait program here is a matching exercise from the start.

Salesforce Tower Chicago is the sixty story, 850 foot tower at 333 West Wolf Point Plaza, standing on Wolf Point South where the three branches of the Chicago River meet. It was completed in 2024 to a design by Pelli Clarke & Partners, holds about 1.2 million square feet, cost in the region of 800 million dollars, and was developed by Hines together with the Joseph P. Kennedy family. It is the newest of the large downtown towers and one of the most exposed sites in the city, with water on more than one side and open sight lines from the Loop, River North and the West Loop. That exposure is the reason the building reads as a landmark from three different neighborhoods.

Salesforce anchors the tower with about 500,000 square feet. Kirkland & Ellis, the largest law firm in the world by revenue, moved here from 300 North LaSalle with roughly 1,700 Chicago employees on a lease reported at around 600,000 square feet. The building has been reported as fully leased to those two organizations, so if your team is here, your team is part of one of them. Both work to a defined global brand standard, so a portrait program here is usually a matching exercise.

A session runs on your own floor in a conference room of roughly ten feet by eight with access to a power outlet. In a 2024 tower the dock and freight elevator are modern and managed, and access is booked in advance, so confirm the dock window, the elevator booking and any certificate of insurance requirement with building management. Large tenant floors also have their own internal rules about which rooms outside vendors may use, so ask your facilities contact as well as the building. Send us the floor, the room and a lobby contact before the day.

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 Salesforce Tower Chicago 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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Address
333 West Wolf Point Plaza, Wolf Point South
Floors
60, at 850 feet
Completed
2024
Architect
Pelli Clarke & Partners
Size
About 1.2 million square feet
Developer
Hines with the Joseph P. Kennedy family
Anchor tenants
Salesforce and Kirkland & Ellis

Working in Salesforce Tower Chicago

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

Access is booked, not improvised

A new tower with two very large tenants runs tight building security. Confirm the dock window, freight elevator and certificate of insurance with building management, and clear the room with your own facilities team as well.

The space it takes

One conference room of about eighty square feet with a wall outlet. On floor plates this size there is usually a choice, and a room with a window wall is better for the portraits than an interior one.

Matching a global standard

Both anchor organizations run to an established brand look. Send the existing portrait set and we match lighting, crop and finish so the Chicago additions sit with the global library rather than beside it.

Large lists

Forty to sixty people in a day on a booked schedule. A team of several hundred runs across consecutive days with one setup and one standard, which is the only way the set stays consistent.

Views and backgrounds

The confluence site means river views on several sides. A view makes a good environmental portrait but a poor headshot background, so the two are lit and shot separately when a brief asks for both.

Film on the portrait day

Executive interviews and recruiting film share the production day. The room is cleared once, lit once, and returns both a cut and a still library rather than costing the floor two separate disruptions.

Salesforce Tower Chicago questions

What teams in this building usually ask first.

Can anyone book a session in this building?
The tower has been reported as fully leased to Salesforce and Kirkland & Ellis, so a session here means a team inside one of those two. If you are elsewhere on the river, the nearby buildings are listed at the bottom of this page.
What does the building need before we arrive?
Usually a booked dock or freight elevator window and a certificate of insurance on file. Your facilities contact can confirm both, and doing it early costs far less than doing it the day before.
Can you match portraits made in our other offices?
That is most of the job here. Both tenants run a defined global look, so the existing library is the brief, and the Wolf Point additions are made to it rather than to a fresh interpretation of it.
Can you film as well as photograph here?
Yes. Brand film, recruiting pieces and executive interviews can share the visit, and the day also yields stills from the same setup.

Your team is in Salesforce Tower Chicago?

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